By Br Yassir Butt — (guest contributor to queries sent to him that may also be of benefit to some of you.)
The Friday Prayer time
Non Hanafi view
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It was narrated from Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to pray Jumu‘ah when the sun had passed the meridian. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (no. 904)
1-Imam Al-Shafi says in his Famous Book called the “Al-Umm” (the Mother of Sciences) volume 1 page 223
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The Contemporary scholars like sheikh Salman al-Odah say”After Zawal is the strongest and the most authentic opinion”
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The late Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sh.Bin Baaz said”it is better to pray after zawal to avoid controversy because majority of the scholars indicate that it should be done after zawal”
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That is what Imam Nawawi headlined a chapter in his commentary of Sahih Muslim “Chapter: Time of Friday is after Zawal of the Sun”
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Ibn Rajab in his commentary of the Bukhari being a Hanbali states a statement by Imam Ahmed that it (Friday Prayer) should not be done but after Zawal.
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The Kuwaiti Islamic Ministry encyclopedia of Fiqh states
“The strongest opinion followed by the majority is that the time of Friday is the same time of Zuhr Prayer”
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