4 - Muhammad Ibn Abdir Rahman Ibn Zur?rah said: ‘I heard my uncle -who has no like in our family- say: ‘The prophet ( - ) said: “Whoever hears the ’Ath?n for Friday Sal?t and does not respond [i.e. attend the mosque] then hears it and does not respond, then hears it once again and does not respond, All?h ( - عز وجل -) will seal his heart and turns it into that of a hypocrite”. (1)
5 - Ibn ‘Abbas ( - رضي الله عنه -) said: ‘Whoever does not present himself to Friday Sal?t three consecutive times has indeed casted Isl?m behind his back’. (2)
6 - Abil Ja‘d Ad-Damr? -who was one of the prophet’s ( - ) companions related that the prophet ( - ) said: ‘Whoever abandons three Friday Sal?t out of laziness, All?h ( - عز وجل -) will seal his heart’. (3)
The words “out of laziness” mean out of carelessness for the act of ignoring All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) orders is considered an act of disbelief.
(1) Narrated by: Al-Baihaq? and Ab? Ya‘la as mentioned in “At-Talkh?s Al-Hab?r” (vol. 2 / p. 53), Al-Marwaz? in “Al-Jumu‘ah Wafadluh?” (no. 63) and Ibn Al-’Ath?r in “’Usdul Gh?bah” (vol. 5 / p. 100) tracing it back to Ibn Mandah and Abi Nu‘aim.
The had?th is a sound one, as mentioned in “Sah?h At-Targh?b Wat Tarh?b” (no. 737).
Ibn Hajar in “At-Talkh?s Al-Hab?r” said that Ibn Al-Munth?r considered this had?th as good and all its narrators are reliable.
(2) Narrated by Ab? Ya‘la through an authentic chain of narrators traced back to a Sah?b? - as mentioned in “At-Talkh?s Al-Hab?r” (vol. 2 / p. 53), “Majma‘ Az-Zaw?’id” (vol. 2 / p. 193), “Silsilat Al-Ah?dith Ad-Da‘ifah” (no. 657) and “At-Targh?b Wat Tarh?b” (vol. 1 / pp. 308 - 9).
(3) Narated by At-Tirmith? (no. 500), Ab? D?w?d (no. 1052), An-Nas?’? (vol. 3 / p. 88), Ahamd (vol. 3 / pp. 424 - 5), Ibn M?jah (no. 1125), Al-H?kim (vol. 1 / p. 280), Ad-D?l?b? (vol. 1 / pp. 21 - 2), Al-Baghaw? (no. 1053), Al-Baihaq? (vol. 3 / p. 172), At-Tah?w? (vol. 4 / p. 230), Ibn Kuzaimah (no. 1857) and (1858), Ibn Hibb?n (no. 553) and (554) and Al-Marwaz? (no. 62).
The had?th is authentic according to many scholars such as: Ibn As-Sakan and Ath-Thahab?. See: “At-Talkh?s Al-Hab?r” (vol. 2 / p. 52) and “Al-Kab?’ir” (p. 208).