Friday Reminders ❤️

As-Salat Wa Salam Upon The Prophet Of Islaam

al-Hafidh Emaad ad-Deen Isma’eel Ibn Katheer¹ [D.774A.H.] [رحمه الله] said in his Tafseer regarding the saying of Allaah [تعالى]:

‎﴿إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا﴾‏

«Allaah sends His Salât [Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.] on the Prophet and also His Angels too [ask Allaah to bless and forgive him]. O you who believe! Send your Salât on [ask Allaah to bless] him, and [you should] send Salam upon him.» [Soorah Ahzab: 56]

Ibn Katheer [رحمه الله] said in his Tafseer:

❝The meaning of this Ayaah is: that Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] informed His worshippers of the status of His slave and His Prophet with Him in the high gathering [Angels], in that Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] praises the Prophet in the high gathering of the Angels that are close to Him.

Also, that the Angels pray for the Prophet [ﷺ], then Allaah [تعالى] ordered the people of the lower world to send as-Salat Wa Salam upon the Prophet, so that the praise of those of the high world and lower world are combined.❞

[Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-Atheem By al-Hafidh Ibn Katheer, (3/663)]

Giving Charity on Fridays

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

Giving charity on Friday has a special merit compared to other days,

just as giving charity during the month of Ramadan has a higher merit compared to the rest of the year.

I witnessed Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله when he would go out for Jumuaah,

he would take whatever he found at home—be it bread or anything else—and give it as charity in secret on his way.

I heard him say:

“If Allāh commanded us to give charity before consulting with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ (58:12), then giving charity before consulting with Allāh is even more virtuous and deserving of merit”

[Zaad al-Maad, 1/399]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

"If the one giving charity knew that his charity landed in the Hand of Allāh before the hand of the poor person (48:10), the pleasure of the giver would be greater than the pleasure of the receiver."

[al-Madarij as-Salikeen, 1/26]

FRIDAY يوم الجمعة

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Everyone who invokes a blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah."

[Sahih Muslim 384]

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"The five (daily) prayers and from one Friday prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins."

[Sahih Muslim 233]

• Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
"He who performed ablution well then came to Friday prayer, listened (to the sermon), kept silent, all (his sins) between that time and the next Friday would be forgiven with three days extra."

[Sahih Muslim 857]

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"On Friday, there is an hour when, if a Muslim happens to pray at that time and ask Alläh for something good, He will give it to him."

[Sahih Muslim 852]

If you want Allah to bless you ten times, remove ten of your sins, and elevate you ten degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ once.

If you want Allah to bless you a hundred times, remove a hundred of your sins, and elevate you a hundred degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ ten times.

And so on, whenever you send blessings upon him ‎ﷺ, multiply it by ten without any limit.

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said:
“Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will bless him ten times, remove ten of his sins, and elevate him ten degrees.”

And this is not specific to Fridays, but on Fridays, it is more virtuous.

Prophet ﷺ said: “If one of you yawns on Friday (during the Khutbah), let him change from the place he’s sitting to another.”

‎● [صحيح بن خزيمة : مختصر المختصر من المسند الصحيح ١٨١٩]

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said

"'When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals.

The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice).

The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively.

When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 929

‘Imam Zayn al-Abidin said:

“The sign of ‘Ahl as-Sunnah is sending abundant Salat upon the Messenger of Allah”

al-Durr al-Mandhūd

The Messenger of Allah‌‎ صلى الله عليه وسلم said,

“Verily, the best of your days is Friday.

on it Adam was created,

on it he died,

on it the trumpet will be blown,

and on it the shout will be made.

Thus, increases in sending blessings upon me, for indeed your blessings are presented to me.”

Sunan Abi‌ Da‌wu‌d 1047 | Graded Sahih

Don’t speak during the Khutbah

The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم sat on the minbar and addressed the people, and he recited a verse.

Ubayy ibn Ka’b was next to me, so I said to him: “O Ubayy, when was this verse revealed?”

But he refused to speak to me, so I asked him again and he refused to speak to me, until the Prophet ‎صلى الله عليه وسلم came down (from the minbar).

Then Ubayy said to me: “You have gained nothing from your Jumu’ah except idle talk.”

When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had finished (the prayer), I went to him and told him (what had happened).

He said: “Ubayy was right. When you hear your imam speaking, then keep quiet and listen attentively until he has finished.”

Ahmad, 20780; Ibn Maajah, 1111 - Sahih

Shaykh Ibn Baz رحمه الله said:

“It is not legislated to return the salam during the khutbah.

Rather you must remain silent.”

Majmu’ al-Fatawa (v. 12, p. 339)]

Friday strengthens your heart throughout the week, so do not waste its strength by neglecting it, otherwise your heart will become sick and die.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever missed three Fridays out of negligence, Allaah will place a seal over his heart."

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1369

Friday Is the Day for Du‘a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“Jumu‘ah is comprised of 12 portions of time. There is one in which a Muslim who asks Allah for something will have it granted to him. Seek it in the last period after ʿAṣr.” (Abū Dāwūd)

The attack against our brothers and sisters in #Gaza continues.

• Raise your hands and beg Allah to help the Muslims.

• Pray against the oppressors and those who assist them.

• Ask Allah like the one who knows that Allah is All-Powerful.

Do not underestimate the power of du‘ā'.

▪️قال الشيخ الدكتور محمد بن سعيد رسلان -حفظه الله تعالى-:

⚠️ مِن آدَابِ الجُمُعَة:

📌 قِرَاءُةُ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ؛

- لِحَدِيثِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رضي الله عنه أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْه وسَلَّم قَالَ: ((مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ، أَضَاءَ لَهُ نُورُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَتَيْنِ))
أَخْرَجَهُ الْحَاكِمُ وَصَحَّحَهُ، وَالْبَيْهَقِيُّ، وَصَحَّحَهُ الْأَلْبَانِيُّ.

📚 شرح عمدة الأحكام - كتاب الصلاة.

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله - said:

⚠️ Among the etiquettes of Friday:

📌 Reading Surah Al-Kahf on Friday;

Based on the hadith of Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever reads Surah Al-Kahf on the day of Friday, a light will shine for him between the two Fridays." This hadith was reported by Al-Hakim, who authenticated it, Al-Bayhaqi, and it was authenticated by Al-Albani.

📚 Explanation of 'Umdat al-Ahkam - Book of Prayer.

▪️قال الشيخ الدكتور محمد بن سعيد رسلان -حفظه الله تعالى-:

⚠️ مِن آدَابِ الجُمُعَة:

📌 أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، أَمَّا قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَيُصَلِّي صَلَاةً مُطْلَقَةً، لَيْسَ لَهَا قَبْلَهَا سُنَّةٌ رَاتِبَةٌ مُقَدَّرَةٌ، بَلْ يَشْتَغِلُ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ بِالتَّطَوُّعِ الْمُطْلَقِ وَالذِّكَرِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ الْإِمَامُ.

➖ أَمَّا رَاتِبَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ الَّتِي بَعْدَهَا؛

- فعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْه َوسَلَّم : ((إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلْيُصَلِّ بَعْدَهَا أَرْبَعًا)).

- قَالَ سُهَيْلٌ أَحَدُ رُوَاةِ الْحَدِيثِ: ((فَإِنْ عَجِلَ بِكَ شَيْءٌ فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ إِذَا رَجَعْتَ)) أَخْرَجَه مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ.

وَذَكَرَ الْإِمَامُ ابْنُ الْقَيِّمِ أَنَّ شَيْخَ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ: ((إِنْ صَلَّى فِي الْمَسْجِدِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، وَإِنْ صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ)).

- وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنهما إِنْ صَلَّى فِي الْمَسْجِدِ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، وَإِنْ صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ.

📚 شرح عمدة الأحكام - كتاب الصلاة.

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله - said:

⚠️ Among the etiquettes of Friday:

📌 To pray four rak'ahs after the Friday prayer. Before the Friday prayer, one may perform any voluntary prayers as there is no specific prescribed Sunnah before it. Upon entering the mosque, one should engage in general voluntary prayers and remembrance until the Imam arrives.

➖ As for the prescribed Sunnah after Friday prayer:

- Based on the hadith of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When one of you prays the Friday prayer, let him pray four rak'ahs after it."

- Suhail, one of the narrators of the hadith, said: "If you are in a hurry, pray two rak'ahs in the mosque and two rak'ahs when you return home." This hadith is reported by Muslim in his Sahih.

Imam Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned that Sheikh al-Islam said: "If you pray in the mosque, pray four rak'ahs, and if you pray at home, pray two rak'ahs."

- Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to pray four rak'ahs if he prayed in the mosque and two rak'ahs if he prayed at home.

📚 Explanation of 'Umdat al-Ahkam - Book of Prayer.

▪️قال الشيخ الدكتور محمد بن سعيد رسلان -حفظه الله تعالى-:

⚠️ مِن آدَابِ الجُمُعَة:

📌 الإكْثَارُ مِن الدُّعَاءَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ؛ لَعَلَّهُ يُوَافِقُ سَاعَةَ الْإِجَابَةِ؛

- لِحَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((إِنَّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ لَسَاعَةً لَا يُوَافِقُهَا عَبْدٌ مُسْلِمٌ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي يَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ خَيْرًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ)) مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.

وَقَوْلُهُ: ((يُصَلِّي))؛ أَيْ: يَدْعُو؛ لِأَنَّ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا مَرَّ وَهُوَ الرَّاجِحُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ سَاعَةَ الْإِجَابَةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ هِيَ آخِرُ سَاعَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ، وَهَذَا الْوَقْتُ وَقْتُ كَرَاهَةٍ لَا يُصَلَّى فِيهِ

فيَنْبَغِي لِلْعَبْدِ الْمُسْلِمِ أَنْ يُكْثِرَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ فِي جَمِيعِ سَاعَاتِ الْجُمُعَةِ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يُوَفَّقَ لَهَا.

وأَنَّ إِنْسَانًا لَوْ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ حَاجَةٌ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقِفَ عَلَى بَابِهِ إِنْ تَيَقَّنَ أَوْ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ، لَا يَسْتَكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقِفَ عَلَى بَابِهِ سَائِلًا حَاجَتَهُ يَوْمًا طَوِيلًا، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَطْلُبُ مِنْ رَبِّ الْأَرْبَابِ صَاحِبِ الْجُودِ وَالْهِبَاتِ وَالْعَطَايَا، الَّذِي يَقُولُ لِلشَّيْءِ: كُنْ، فَيَكُونُ؟!

أَفَيَسْتَكْثِرُ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى حَاجَتِهِ أَنْ يَلْزَمَ بَابَ رَبِّهِ طَالِبًا مِنْهُ حَاجَتَهُ سَاعَةً حَدَّدَهَا لَهُ نَبِيُّهُ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَأَخْبَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تبارك وتعالى لَا يَسْأَلُهُ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ خَيْرًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ.

نَعُوذُ بِاَللَّهِ تبارك وتعالى مِنَ الْخِذْلَانِ، وَنَسْأَلُهُ التَّوْفِيقَ.

📚 شرح عمدة الأحكام - كتاب الصلاة.

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله - said:

⚠️ Among the etiquettes of Friday:

📌 Making abundant supplications on Friday, hoping to coincide with the hour of acceptance;

- Based on the hadith of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: Abu al-Qasim, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There is an hour on Friday during which no Muslim servant stands and prays, asking Allah for good, except that He gives it to him." Agreed upon.

And his saying: "stands and prays" means: supplicates; because the prevailing opinion among the scholars is that the hour of acceptance on Friday is the last hour after Asr, and this time is disliked for prayer.

Therefore, it is appropriate for a Muslim servant to make abundant supplications during all the hours of Friday, hoping to coincide with this time.

If a person had a need from someone, he would not find it too much to stand at his door if he was certain or thought that his need would be fulfilled. How then for one who asks from the Lord of Lords, the Owner of generosity, gifts, and bounties, who says to a thing: Be, and it is?

Would a person find it too much to stand at his Lord's door, asking Him for his need during an hour specified by his Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who informed that Allah, blessed and exalted, does not ask Him for good during it except that He gives it?

We seek refuge in Allah, blessed and exalted, from failure, and we ask Him for success.

📚 Explanation of 'Umdat al-Ahkam - Book of Prayer.

اللهم صَل وسلم على نبينا محمد

❝I do not know that anyone who loves Allāh and His Messenger would ever leave Aṣ Ṣalāt (sending salutations) upon the Noble Prophet ﷺ.❞

— Shaykh Muḥammad Ibn Ṣāliḥ al-‘Uthaymīn
● [لقاء الباب المفتوح ٢٣٤]

▪️قال الشيخ الدكتور محمد بن سعيد رسلان -حفظه الله تعالى-:

⚠️ مِن آدَابِ الْجُمُعَةِ:

📌 الْمَشْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ؛

- لِحَدِيثِ أَوْسِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْه وسَلَّم يَقُولُ: ((مَنْ غَسَّلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاغْتَسَلَ، وَبَكَّرَ وَابْتَكَرَ، وَمَشَى وَلَمْ يَرْكَبْ، وَدَنَا مِنَ الْإِمَامِ، وَاسْتَمَعَ وَلَمْ يَلْغُ، كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ عَمَلُ سَنَةٍ أَجْرُ صِيَامِهَا وَقِيَامِهَا)) الْحَدِيثُ أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ، وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ

📚 شرح عمدة الأحكام - كتاب الصلاة.

Sheikh Muhammad Sa’eed Raslan حفظه الله - said:

⚠️ Among the etiquettes of Friday:

📌 Walking on foot;

- Based on the hadith of Aws bin Aws, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say “Whoever performs a thorough ritual bath on Friday, proceeds at the earliest to the mosque, sits below the Imam and listens carefully without talking, he will have a reward for each step he took a year’s worth of fasting and praying”. This hadith is reported by Abu Dawood, Al-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah.

📚 Explanation of 'Umdat al-Ahkam - Book of Prayer.

FRIDAY REMINDER

From Aws bin Aws ath-Thaqafi who said I heard the Messenger of ﷺ saying:

'Whoever performs a perfect Ghusl on Friday then goes very early to the Khutbah, walking and not riding, sits close to the Imam, listens and does not speak or keep himself busy then for every step towards the Khutbah is the reward equivalent to a year of fasting and praying.'

[Collected by Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi & authenticated by Al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jama as-Sagheer' no. 6405]

عيـــــدكـــــم مبـــــــارك 🎊
تقبل الله منا ومنكم

May Allaah accept our sacrifices and increase us in Imaan and Taqwaa.

May He replace the hardships and grief faced by our brothers and sisters in every part of the world with peace and happiness. Aameen ya Rabb