The Day of Friday
Its Virtues, Sunan & Etiquettes
يوم الجمعة
فضائله وسننه وآدابه
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بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم
إن الحمد هلل ،نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ،ونعوذ باهلل من شرور أنفسنا،
ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهده هللا فال مضل له ،ومن يضلل فال هادي له،
وأشهد أن ال إله إال هللا وحده ال شريك له ،وأشهد أن محمدًا عبده ورسوله
ق تُقَاتِ ِه َوالَ ت َ ُموت ُ َّن ِإالَّ َوأَنتُم ُّم ْ
س ِل ُم َ
ون ﴾ ّللاَ َح َّ ﴿ يَا أَيُّ َها الَّذ َ
ِين آ َمنُواْ اتَّقُواْ ه
]آل عمران[١٠٢ :
اح َد ٍة َو َخلَ َ
ق ِم ْن َها ﴿ يَا أَيُّ َها النَّ ُ
اس اتَّقُواْ َربَّ ُك ُم الَّذِي َخلَقَكُم ِ همن نَّ ْف ٍس َو ِ
ون ِب ِه ساءلُ َ ّللاَ الَّذِي ت َ َ
ساء َواتَّقُواْ ه ث ِم ْن ُه َما ِر َج ااال َكثِ ا
يرا َونِ َ َز ْو َج َها َوبَ َّ
علَ ْي ُك ْم َرقِيباا ﴾ [النساء]١ : ّللاَ ك َ
َان َ َواأل َ ْر َحا َم إِ َّن ه
ص ِلحْ لَ ُك ْم أ َ ْع َمالَ ُك ْم
سدِيداا * يُ ْ ّللاَ َوقُولُوا قَ ْو اال َ
ِين آ َمنُوا اتَّقُوا َّ﴿ يَا أَيُّ َها الَّذ َ
از فَ ْو ازا ع َِظي اما ﴾ سولَهُ فَقَ ْد فَ َ َويَ ْغ ِف ْر لَ ُك ْم ذُنُوبَ ُك ْم َو َمن يُ ِط ْع َّ
ّللاَ َو َر ُ
]األحزاب[٧١-٧٠ :
أما بعد :فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب هللا ،وخير الهدي هدي محمد ﷺ ،وشر
األمور محدثاتها ،وكل محدثة بدعة ،وكل بدعة ضاللة ،وكل ضاللة في
النار
Sunan1 on the Day of Friday
Conveying Salutations upon the Messenger ﷺ
Performing Ghusl
Wearing your best / clean clothes
Applying oil / perfume for men
Using a Miswāk
Going to the Masjid early
Reciting Sūrah al-Kahf (18)
Seeking the hour when Du’ā is accepted
1 The Plural of Sunnah
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺsaid: “The best day on which the
sun has risen is Friday; on it Adam was created. on it he was
made to enter Paradise, on it he was expelled from it, and
the last hour will not take place except on the day of Friday.”
● [٨٥٤ ]صحيح مسلم
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “The best of days with Allāh is the day of
Jumu’ah (Friday).”
● [١٥٠٢ السلسة الصحيحة،١٠٩٨ ]صحيح الجامع
Ibn Mas’ūd رضي هللا عنهsaid: “The leader of all days is Friday
and the leader of all months is Ramaḍān.”
● [٥٥٥٢ ]ابن أبي شيبه في المصنف
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه هللاsaid: “The Friday prayer is from the
greatest of congregations of the Muslims.”
● [٣٦٥-٣٦٤\١ ]زاد المعاد
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “The five daily (prescribed) prayers,
Friday (prayer) to the next Friday (prayer), and the fasting
of Ramaḍān to the next Ramaḍān, is an expiation of the sins
committed in between them, so long as the major sins are
avoided.”
● [٢٣٣ ]صحيح مسلم
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺsaid: “Send prayer upon me
abundantly on the day of Jumu’ah and on the night of
Jumu’ah, for he who sends prayer upon me one time, Allāh
sends prayer upon him ten times.”
● [١٢٠٩ ]صحيح الجامع
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “The best of prayers with Allāh is the
morning prayer (Fajr) on the day of Friday in
congregation.”
● [١١١٩ ]صحيح الجامع
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “Whoever performs a Ghusl thoroughly
on Friday, proceeds (to the Masjid) early, comes close (to the
Imām), listens closely and remains silent, for every step he
takes, he will have the reward of fasting and standing (in
prayer) for one year.”
● [٤٩٦ ]جامع الترمذي
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “If it is the day of Jumu’ah and a man
performs a Ghusl, and he thus washes his head, and utilizes
his best fragrance and wears an item of his good clothing,
and then he leaves to pray (in the Masjid) and he does not
divide two people sitting next to each other, and then he
listens attentively to the Imām, his sins from one Jumu’ah to
the next will be forgiven and three additional days.”
● [١٠٢٥ ]الترغيب
Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه هللاsaid: “Ghusl for Jumu’ah begins
at dawn, but it is better not to do Ghusl until the sun has
risen.”
● [١٤٢\١٦ ]مجموع الفتاوى
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “If it were not that it would be difficult
upon my Ummah, then I would have ordered them to use the
Miswāk with each prayer.”
● [٨٨٧ ]صحيح البخاري
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “On every Friday, the angels take their
stand at every gate of the Masjid to write the names of the
people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their
arrival for the Friday prayer) and when the Imām sits (on
the Minbar) they fold up their scrolls and listen to the
khutbah.”
● [٣٢١١ ]صحيح البخاري
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “It is recommended to
leave early to go to the Masjid on the day of Jumu’ah, and
when one enters, pray two units of prayer for greeting the
Masjid.”
● [١٩٦\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه هللاsaid: “It is more right for the one who
comes on Jumu’ah that he busies himself with prayer up
until the Imām comes out [to give the khutbah].”
● [١٨٩\٢٤ ]مجموعة الفتاوى
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “From the rulings of
Jumu’ah is that whoever comes to the Masjid whilst the
Imām is giving the khutbah, he should not sit until he has
prayed two light units of prayer.”
● [١٩٨\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “Whoever enters [the
Masjid] whilst the Imām is giving the khutbah, then he
should not greet [anyone].”
● [٢٠٠\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “From the rulings of the
Jumu’ah prayer is that it is not permissible to speak whilst
the Imām is giving the khutbah.”
● [١٩٨\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Shaykh al-‘Uthaymīn رحمه هللاsaid: “It is impermissible for a
man to give salām during the Friday khutbah, and it is also
impermissible to return the salām.”
● [١٠٠\١٦ ]فتاوى
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “If he sneezes, then he
should praise Allāh quietly to himself (i.e. so that no one
hears).”
● [٢٠٠\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “It is permissible to
speak before and after the khutbah, and when the Imām sits
between the khutbatayn (i.e. the two khutbah) for a benefit.
However, one should not speak about worldly affairs.”
● [٢٠١\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
al-Sharīd ibn Suwaid رضي هللا عنهsaid: “The Messenger of Allāh
ﷺcame upon me when I was sitting with my left hand behind
my back and leaning on the fleshy part of it.”
He ﷺsaid: “Are you sitting in the manner of those with
whom Allāh is angry with?”
● [٥٦٧٤ ؛ صحيح ابن حبان١٨٩٦٠ ؛ مسند أحمد٤٨٤٨ ]سنن أبي داود
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه هللاsaid: “This hadeeth indicates that it is
not allowed to sit in this manner, for the reason that it is the
way in which those who are punished sit.”
● []إقتضاء الصراط المستقيم
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “It is not permissible for
him (i.e. the one who is sitting and listening during the
khutbah) to fidget with his hand, foot, beard, clothing or
other than that.”
● [٢٠٠\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه هللاsaid: “Likewise, he should not
turn right or left and become busy with looking at the people
– or other than that – as that will distract him from listening
to the khutbah. Rather, he should turn to the khatīb just like
the Companions رضي هللا عنهمused to turn towards the
Prophet ﷺduring the khutbah.”
● [٢٠٠\١ ]الملخص الفقهي
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “If one of you becomes drowsy on Friday
(during the khutbah), let him change from the place he’s
sitting to another.”
● [٥٢٦ الترمذي،١١١٩ ]أبو داود
Ibn Mas’ūd رضي هللا عنهsaid: “Lengthening the prayer and
shortening the khutbah is a sign of a man’s fiqh
(understanding).”
● [٩٤٩٤]الطبراني في الكبير
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “Whoever reads Sūrah al-Kahf on Friday
will be illuminated with light from that Friday to the next.”
● [١٠٦٣ ]الترغيب
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “Indeed, there is an hour on Friday, a
Muslim does not ask Allāh for anything (good) in it, except
that it is given to him.”
● [١٤٣١ سنن النسائي،٨٥٢ ]صحيح مسلم
The Prophet ﷺsaid: “Friday is comprised of twelve hours.
There is one in which a Muslim who asks Allāh for
something will have it granted to him, so seek it in the last
hour after ‘Aṣr.”
● [١٠٤٨ ]سنن أبي داود
Imām al-Barbahārī رحمه هللاsaid: “Whoever abandons Friday
and congregational prayers in the Masājid without an excuse
is an innovator.”
● [١٧٧\٢ ]شرح السنة
وهللا أعلم
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)15 of Ramaḍān, 1442 AH (04/27/2021
