Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We used to pray the Friday prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then we would hurry towards the shade, but that shade would only be the length of one or two feet. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; however, Imam Bukhari narrated it from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) in a different wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer has, as it were, caught the (whole) prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer, let him add another rak'ah to it." Usamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard from those present in the gathering, about al-Qasim bin Muhammad and Salim, that they both used to say the same.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Friday prayer, let him add another (rak'ah) to it." All three of these chains are sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim)! But they did not record it with this wording; they only agreed on the narration of al-Zuhri from Abu Salamah from Abu Hurayrah which says: "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the prayer" and "Whoever catches one rak'ah of the Asr prayer", while in Imam Muslim's narration there is this addition: "then he has caught the whole prayer."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about people who stay away from the Friday prayer: "I was indeed about to order a man to lead the people in prayer, and then burn down the houses of those people who stay away from the Friday prayer." Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi also narrated it in the same way from Zuhayr, and this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording; they recorded it with mention of the Isha prayer and the other prayers.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever leaves three Friday prayers without any necessity, Allah Almighty sets a seal upon his heart."

Imam al-Hakim says: This is a hadith which I recorded earlier in this book through the chain of al-Thawri and others, from the narration of "Muhammad bin Amr bin Alqamah from Abidah bin Sufyan al-Hadrami from Abu al-Ja'd al-Damri", and declared it sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim; and this elevated (short-chained) supporting report I found later. It has another supporting report through the hadith of Muhammad bin Ajlan which is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware! Might one of you (at a distance of a mile or two miles) keep a flock of sheep, then find no pasture available at a distance of a mile or two, so he goes (further away); then when the time of the Friday prayer comes he cannot attend it, until a seal is set upon his heart."

Ammar bin Abi Ammar narrates: On a Friday I passed by Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he, along with his slaves and servants, was letting the water of a stream flow. I said to him: O Abu Sa'id! The Friday prayer (it is time)! He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When there is heavy rain, pray in your dwellings." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Nasih bin al-Ala is a trustworthy (thiqah) Basran, whereas the one who has been criticised is Nasih Abu Abdullah al-Muhallimi al-Kufi, because he narrates munkar (objectionable) reports from Simak bin Harb.

Abu al-Malih narrates from his father that he was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the year of al-Hudaybiyah. Rain fell on a Friday which barely wet even the soles of their sandals, yet the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to pray in their dwellings. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) used its narrators as evidence; it is of the kind in which corroboration is sought for the Successor who narrates from the Companion; however, they did not record it.