Narrated Jabir (RA): A man entered the mosque on a Friday when the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was delivering the Khutbah (religious talk, sermon) and he [the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )] said, "Have you prayed? He replied, "No." He [the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )] said, "Stand and pray two Rak'at." [Agreed upon] .

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recite in Jumu'ah prayer Surat al-Jumu'ah and al-Munafiqun. [Reported by Muslim] . Narrated Nu'man bin Bashir (RA): He [Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم )] used to recite in the two 'Eids and in the Friday prayer: "Sabbih isma Rabbikal-A'la (Surat 87)" and "Hal ataka hadithul-ghashiyah (Surat 88)." [Reported by Muslim] .

Narrated Zaid bin Arqam (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) prayed the 'Eid prayer (on a Friday); and granted a permission (to be excused) from the praying of Friday prayer and said, "Whoever wants to pray it, he may pray." [Reported by al-Khamsah excluding at-Tirmidhi. Ibn Khuzaimah graded it Sahih (authentic)] .

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "When anyone of you prays the Jumu'ah prayer, he should pray four (optional) Rak'at after it." [Reported by Muslim] .

Narrated as-Sa'ib bin Yazid (RA) that Mu'awiyah (RA) told him, "If you offer the Friday prayer, do not connect it with another prayer, till you talk or go out. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had commanded us accordingly: That we should not connect a prayer to another prayer till we talk or go out (in between them)." [Reported by Muslim]

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: "Whoever takes a bath, then comes to al-Jumu'ah prayer, then prays what was fixed for him, then keeps silent till the Imam finishes the Khutbah (religious talk - sermon), and then prays along with him - his sins (committed) between that time and the next Friday will be forgiven, with an addition of three days more." [Reported by Muslim] .

Narrated [Abu Hurairah (RA)] : Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) mentioned the day of al-Jumu'ah and then said, "There is a time in it (Friday) at which no Muslim would stand up while praying and beg Allah, Who is Great and Glorious, for something except that He would give it to him. He ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) indicated with his hand that it (this time) is short." [Agreed upon] . A narration of Muslim has: "This time is brief."

Narrated Abu Burdah (RA) from his father's: I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say, "That time is between the time when the Imam sits down and the end of the prayer." [Reported by Muslim. ad-Daraqutni held that the stronger view is that it is the saying of Abu Burdah] . Ibn Majah reported from 'Abdullah bin Salam. and Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i reported from Jabir: "It is between the 'Asr prayer and sunset." More than forty different sayings were narrated about this (special fortune time on Friday), and I have detailed them in (my book) 'Sharh al-Bukhari'.

Narrated Jabir (RA): It is decided in the Sunnah that the Friday prayer (established/recognized) when forty praying persons or more attend it. [ad-Daraqutni reported it through a weak chain of narrators] .

Narrated Samurah bin Jundub (RA): The Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to ask for (Allah's) forgiveness for the believing men and believing women, every al-Jumu'ah (Friday prayer). [al-Bazzar reported it through a weak chain of narrators] .