(15) CHAPTER. From where (distance) should one present oneself for the Jumuah (prayer) and for whom is the Jumuah (prayer) complusory?
Narrated Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) The people used to come from their abodes and from Al-`Awali (i.e. outskirts of Medina up to a distance of four miles or more from Medina). They used to pass through dust and used to be drenched with sweat and covered with dust; so sweat used to trickle from them. One of them came to Allah's Apostle who was in my house. The Prophet said to him, I wish that you keep yourself clean on this day of yours (i.e. take a bath).