Merits of Friday مزايا الجمعة

Friday is a special day for Muslims. Many of us say that all days are equal as all are being created by Allah. True, but still, Friday is special, it has its own merits. Refer to following hadith:

Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) said, “The best day on which the sun rises is Friday; on it Adam (AS) was created; and on it, he descended on earth; and on it, his repentance was accepted; and on it, he died; and on it, the Hour will be established…..”

(Hadith No. 1046, Book of Salat, Sunan Abu Dawud, Vol.1).

حديث أَبي سَلَمةَ بنِ عبدِ الرَّحمنِ عن أَبِي هُريرةَ قال: قال رسولُ اللَّه صلى الله عليه وسلم : «خَيرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ فِيهِ الشَّمْسُ يومُ الْجُمُعَةِ، فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ، وفِيه أُهْبِطَ، وفِيه تِيبَ عَلَيْهِ، وفيه مَاتَ، وَفِيهِ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ، وَمَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ إِلَّا وَهِيَ مُسِيخَةٌ يومَ الْجُمُعَةِ، مِنْ حِينَ تُصْبِحُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ، شَفَقًا مِنْ السَّاعَةِ، إِلَّا الْجِنَّ والْإِنْسَ، وفيه ساعةٌ لَا يُصَادِفُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسلمٌ وهو يُصلِّي، يَسأَلُ  

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It is to be understood that the concept of Friday is not a new thing for the Ummah of Muhammad (PBUH); rather this day was declared special by Allah for the nations who existed before. Let us say it as a weekend, although it is not same as weekend of modern world. Nevertheless, this one day in a week (Friday) was appointed by Allah as a holy day (it seems ‘holiday’ has been derived from this) and celebration of Friday (i.e. the Salat of Friday) was made compulsory on the races that existed before Muhammad, PBUH. Following hadith explains this very clearly:

Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): I heard Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) saying: “We are the last but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection, though the former nations were given the Scripture before us. And this was their day (Friday) the celebration of which (i.e. Friday prayer etc.) was made compulsory for them, but they differed about it. So, Allah gave us the guidance for it (Friday) and all the other people are behind us in this respect: the Jews’ (holy day is) the following day (i.e. Saturday) and the Christians’ (is) the day after the following day (i.e. Sunday).”

 

(Hadith No. 876, Book of Al-Juma’a, Sahih Bukhari, Vol.2).

ورد في صحيح البخاري «أن رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال: نحن الآخرون السابقون يوم القيامة بيد أنهم أوتوا الكتاب من قبلنا ثم هذا يومهم الذي فرض الله عليهم فاختلفوا فيه فهدانا الله له والناس لنا فيه تبع اليهود غدا والنصارى  

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