As Sallam Alaikum, Can you get me a fatwa regarding the correct time for Jumua Prayer. There are a Mosque in Melbourne, Australia that conducts Friday prayer before the DHUHR TIME, this goes on for the six months of daylight-savings. Also all the Universities Mussallas do the same because of the lunch time break. Are we allowed to do this or not, is there any Hadith that supports this rulling, Ma Sallam, Ahmed Risilia

All praise be to Allah and may His blessings and peace be on His last messenger, Muhammad,

In the Hanafi and Shafi'i madhhabs, the time for jumu'a is the same for dhuhr prayer, which is from noon until 'Asr. In the Hanbali madhhab, the time for jumu'ah is the same for Eid prayer, which is from duha, approximately 15 minutes after sunrise, until 'Asr. The proof of the Hanbali position is the following hadeeth: Muslim reported from Jaabir ibn Abdullah, in the `Book of Jumu’ah`

‏كنا ‏ ‏نصلي مع رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏ثم نرجع فنريح ‏‏ نواضحنا ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏حسن ‏ ‏فقلت ‏ ‏لجعفر ‏ ‏في أي ساعة تلك قال ‏ ‏زوال ‏ ‏الشمس

"We used to pray [Jumu'ah] with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) and then we would go back and rest our camels. Hassan said to Ja’far, at what time? Ja’far said, by noon."

So, based on that hadeeth, and this understanding of the Hanbali scholars, it is permissible to pray jumu’ah that early. This seems to be a very strong position due to the authenticity and clarity of the supportive hadeeth. Allah knows best.