It is narrated from Aws (bin Aws Thaqafi, may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever bathes and causes someone else to bathe on Friday, then goes out early (for Friday prayer), sits near the Imam, listens to the sermon silently, does not engage in idle actions until the Imam finishes, for every step he takes, he will have the reward of a year's fasting and standing (in worship)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the Imam is delivering the Friday sermon and you say to the person sitting next to you, 'Be quiet,' then you yourself have engaged in idle talk."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If you say to the person sitting next to you, 'Be quiet,' while the Imam is delivering the sermon, then you have engaged in idle talk."

From this chain of narration as well, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, similarly as mentioned previously.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any one of you comes (to the mosque) and the Imam is delivering the sermon or has come out for the sermon, he should perform two rak‘ahs of prayer."

Iyad bin Abdullah said: Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) came while Marwan was delivering the sermon. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and began to pray, so Marwan's guards came and started preventing him from praying. Then Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I will not abandon these two rak'ahs because I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanding it.

Rabee’ bin Sabeeh Basri said: I saw Imam Hasan Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) praying two rak‘ahs during the sermon, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“When the Imam is delivering the sermon and one of you enters the mosque, let him pray two light rak‘ahs (Tahiyyat al-Masjid), and let him keep them brief.”Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This is also my opinion.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon to us and recited Surah Sad. When he passed by the verse of prostration, he descended and performed prostration.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) reports: A man came to the mosque on Friday while the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him:“Have you performed the (Tahiyyat al-Masjid) prayer?”He replied: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“(Stand up and) perform two rak‘ahs.”Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I also say the same.

Abu Wa'il said: Our master Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered to us a very brief and extremely eloquent sermon, so we said: O Abu Yaqzan! It would have been better if you had made this sermon longer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A man's prolonging of the prayer and shortening of the sermon is a sign of his understanding, so make the prayer long and the sermons short, and indeed some speech is (as) magic (in its effect)." (That is, some brief words have an effect like magic.)