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While `Umar (bin Al-Khattab) was delivering the Khutba on a Friday, a man entered (the mosque).
`Umar asked him, "What has detained you from the prayer?" The man said, "It was only that when I
heard the Adhan I performed ablution (for the prayer)." On that `Umar said, "Did you not hear the
Prophet saying: 'Anyone of you going out for the Jumua prayer should take a bath'?".
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 11, Hadith 7
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) said, "Any person who takes a bath on Friday like the bath of Janaba and
then goes for the prayer (in the first hour i.e. early), it is as if he had sacrificed a camel (in Allah's
cause); and whoever goes in the second hour it is as if he had sacrificed a cow; and whoever goes in
the third hour, then it is as if he had sacrificed a horned ram; and if one goes in the fourth hour, then it
is as if he had sacrificed a hen; and whoever goes in the fifth hour then it is as if he had offered an
egg. When the Imam comes out (i.e. starts delivering the Khutba), the angels present themselves to
listen to the Khutba."
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The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, then
uses his (hair) oil or perfumes himself with the scent of his house, then proceeds (for the Jumua
prayer) and does not separate two persons sitting together (in the mosque), then prays as much as
(Allah has) written for him and then remains silent while the Imam is delivering the Khutba, his sins
in-between the present and the last Friday would be forgiven."