Doing ghusl for Jumu’ah is prescribed as Sunnah when getting ready to go to the prayer

Question

Praise be to Allah.

The Sunnah is to do ghusl on Friday when getting ready
to go to Jumu’ah, and it is preferable to do that when one is about
to head for the mosque, because the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When any one of you
goes to Jumu’ah, let him do ghusl.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-Jumu’ah,
882 – this version was narrated by him; Muslim, al-Jumu’ah, 845).

If one does ghusl at the beginning of the day, that is
sufficient, because ghusl on Fridays is a confirmed Sunnah (Sunnah
mu’akkadah), and some scholars said that it is obligatory. So this
ghusl should be done regularly on Fridays, preferably when one is about
to set out for the mosque, as stated above, because this is more clean,
and more likely to put a stop to offensive odours. One should also take
care to apply perfume and wear nice clothes. When setting out for the
mosque one should take care to be solemn in one’s demeanour, and to
make his stride short, because each step wipes out a bad deed and Allaah
raises a person one degree thereby. So he should proceed in a solemn
and careful manner. When he reaches the mosque, he should enter with
his right foot first, send blessings and peace upon the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and mention the name of
Allaah, and say, “A’oodhu Billaah il-‘Azeem wa bi wajhih il-kareem
wa sultaanih il-qadeem min al-shaytaan il-rajeem; Allaahumma iftah li
abwaab rahmatika (Is seek refuge with Allaah the Almighty and in
His noble Face and His eternal Dominion, from the accursed Shaytaan;
O Allaah, open to me the gates of Your mercy).” Then he should pray
as much as Allaah wills he should pray. He should not push between two
people. After that he should sit and wait, either reading Qur’aan, or
reciting dhikr and prayers for forgiveness, or in silence, until the
imaam comes. He should listen attentively when the imaam gives the khutbah,
then he should pray with him. If he does that then he will have attained
a great deal of good. It says in a saheeh hadeeth that the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever does ghusl,
then comes to Jumu’ah and prays whatever Allaah wills that he should
pray, then listens attentively to the khateeb until he finishes the
khutbah, then prays with him, will be forgiven his sins between that
and the other Friday plus three days.” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Jumu’ah,
1418). That is because a good deed earns a tenfold reward.