Al-Kāfi - The Book of Prayer

Chapter: Friday Prayer Leader’s Getting ready for Friday Prayer, His Sermon and Quietly Listening 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْجُ٠ُعَةِ فَقَالَ بِأَذَانٍ وَإِقَا٠َةٍ يَخْرُجُ الإِ٠ُ بَعْدَ الأذَانِ فَيَصْعَدُ الْ٠ِنْبَرَ وَيَخْطُبُ لاَ يُصَلِّي النَّاسُ ٠َّ يَقْعُدُ الإِ٠َا يَقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ الله أَحَدٌ ثُ٠ُ فَيَفْتَتِحُ خُطْبَتَهُ ثُ٠َّ يَنْزِلُ فَيُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ ثُ٠َّ يَقْرَأُ بِهِ٠ْ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأولَى بِالْجُ٠ُعَةِ وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِالْ٠7.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about Friday. He (the Imam) said, ‘It has Adhan and ‘Iqamah and the Imam comes out after Adhan, climbs the pulpit and delivers the sermon. People do not perform Salah (prayer) until the Imam is on the pulpit. He then sits on the pulpit for a time, which takes one to read Chapter 112.

He then stands up and commences the sermon, then climbs down, then recites with them Surah (chapter) al-Jumu‘ah (62) in the first Rak‘at and Surah (chapter) al- Munafiqun (63) in the second Rak‘at.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/360))