A muslim may do Ghusl and attend the mosque walking not riding but sits in a place convenient for him though faraway from the Im?m, although the prophet ( - ) said: ‘The more the man retreats [from the Khat?b] the lower his rank in Jannah will be -even if he was admitted to it’.

Some of those who attend the mosque early and come close to the Im?m cause their rewards to loss because of their ignorance of some of the Jumu‘ah etiquettes believing they are doing well.

[4/ 58] Some of them may go around serving people water while the Im?m is delivering his speech.

Im?m M?lik said: ‘I hate that one drinks water or serves it to others while the Im?m is delivering his speech on Friday’. (1)

Commenting on the aforementioned statements, Ibn Rushd said: ‘It is indeed the truth. Since silence is an obligation in both Sal?t and while the Khutbah is being delivered, the case is the same with eating and drinking; they are both forbidden while being in Sal?t and should be so while the Khutbah is being delivered’. (2)

Ibn Hani’ said: ‘I asked Im?m Ahmad regarding drinking water while the Im?m is delivering his speech he said: ‘One must not drink water [in such a state]’’. (3)

[5/ 58] The same ruling applies on those who go around in the mosque on Friday for the purpose of fund raising while the Im?m is delivering his speech -as happens in some villages.

[6/ 58] Some people enter the mosque talking while the Im?m is delivering his speech and hence falling in that which is forbidden as stated in Ab? Hurairah’s ( - رضي الله عنه -) had?th which states: ‘If