‘ Whoever orders his mate on Friday to keep quiet, one has indeed committed laghw and whoever commits laghw has gained nothing of his Jumu‘ah’. (1)

One of the prophet’s ( - ) Sah?bah narrated that the prophet ( - ) said: ‘Whoever talks on Friday while the Im?m is delivering his speech, his reward would be [equal to the weight and value of] a hand full of sand’. (2)

As for the third interpretation of laghw, it is supported by the narration -narrated by Abdull?h Ibn ‘Amr- that the prophet ( - ) said: ‘Whoever speaks or tresspasses people, his Jumu‘ah Sal?t would be considered as Thuhr Sal?t’. (3)

Ibn Wahb’s -one of the had?th’s narrators- interpretation runs as follows: ‘The had?th means that one’s Sal?t is valid but one has caused his Jumu‘ah reward to loss’. (4)

I believe that the extra information [Ibn Wahb provided] indicates that the three previously mentioned interpretations [of laghw] are closely related in meaning with no slight sign of inconsistency.

The purport of Ab? Hurairah’s ( - رضي الله عنه -) had?th indicates the prohibition of talking [during the Khutbah] for the prophet ( - ) considered the words “Be quiet” to be of laghw although this is originally of enjoining what is good, and the more worth it other kinds of speech.

In Ahmad’s “Musnad”, Al-A‘raj’s narration, traced back to Ab? Hurairah ( - رضي الله عنه -) , states: ‘ ... you have committed laghw, let nothing distract you [from listening]’.