Islam > Hadiths > Jurisprudence of acts of worship > Whoever takes a bath on Friday, like the bath taken from sexual impurity, and then goes (t…
AuthenticUpdated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 2 min readThe Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) tells about the merit of going early to the Friday prayer. Earliness starts from sunrise to the coming of the Imām. This is five hours, to be divided into five parts across the time from the rise of the sun to the entering of Imām and ascending the pulpit to deliver the sermon:
First: He who takes a complete bath, like the one taken after sexual impurity, and then goes to the mosque on Friday at the first hour is like the one who gives a camel in charity.
Second: He who goes at the second hour is like the one who gives a cow in charity.
Third: He who goes at the third hour is like the one who gives a horned ram - a male sheep - in charity.
Fourth: He who goes at the fourth hour is like the one who gives a chicken in charity.
Fifth: He who goes at the fifth hour is like the one who gives an egg in charity.
When the Imām comes out, the angels standing at the doors stop recording the names of those who enter the mosque and come to listen to the Dhikr and sermon.
Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Purification · Prayer · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Ritual Bath · Recommended Manners of the Ritual Bath · Jumu‘ah (Friday) Prayer