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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on the Day of Friday

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 489

Chapter: [What Has Been Related] About The Hour That Is Hoped For On Friday

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 489

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْهَاشِمِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْعَطَّارُ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الْحَنَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ ‏

"‏ الْتَمِسُوا السَّاعَةَ الَّتِي تُرْجَى فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّمْسِ ‏"

Anas bin Malik narrated that :

the Prophet said: "Seek out the hour that is hoped for on Friday after Asr until the sun has set."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 489).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ ) فِي التَّقْرِيبِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ الزُّرَّقِيُّ أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَدَنِيِّ لَقَّبَهُ حَمَّادٌ ضَعِيفٌ مِنْ السَّابِعَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( اِلْتَمِسُوا ) أَيْ اُطْلُبُوا ( تُرْجَى ) بِصِيغَةِ الْمَجْهُولِ أَيْ تُطْمَعُ إِجَابَةُ الدُّعَاءِ فِيهَا ( بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّمْسِ ) . ( وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ) قَالَ الْقَارِيُّ نَقْلًا عَنْ مَيْرك : وَرَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ اِبْنِ لَهِيعَةَ وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ وَهِيَ قَدْرُ هَذَا وَأَشَارَ إِلَى قَبْضَتِهِ وَإِسْنَادُهُ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 489
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 489
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 489

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 1360

Anas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Seek the time in which hope is placed on Friday from after the afternoon prayer till sunset." Tirmidhi transmitted it.

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْتَمِسُوا السَّاعَةَ الَّتِي تُرْجَى فِي وَيَوْم الْجُمُعَةِ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى غَيْبُوبَةِ الشَّمْسِ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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