English translation
489. Anas bin Mālik narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Seek out the hour that is hoped for on Friday after 'Aṣr until the sun has set." (Sahih) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Gharīb from this route. And this Hadīth has been reported from Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ, through routes other than this. Muḥammad bin Abī Ḥumaid (a narrator in the chain of this Hadīth) was graded weak. He was graded weak by some of the people of knowledge due to his memory, and they also call him Ḥammād bin Abī Ḥumaid, as well as Abū Ibrāhīm Al-Anṣārī. He is Munkar in Hadīth. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others thought that the hour which is hoped for was after 'Aṣr until the sun had set, and this is the view of Aḥmad and Ishāq. Aḥmad said: "Most of the narrations which mention the hour in which it is hoped that the supplication will be answered (state that) it is after the 'Aṣr prayer, and it is (also) hoped for after the sun passes its zenith."