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The Aadaab of Jumu’ah

1. Every Muslim should make preparations for jumu’ah from Thursday. After the asr salaat of Thursday, he should make a lot of istighfaar. He should clean his clothes and keep them ready. If he does not have any perfume in his house, then if it is possible he should try and obtain some and keep it ready so that he will not get distracted with these things on jumu’ah. The pious people of the past have stated that the person to receive the most benefit on Friday will be that person who waits for it and who makes preparations for it from Thursday. The most unfortunate person will be he who does not even know as to when Friday will fall, so much so that he will ask the people in the morning as to which day this is. Some pious people used to go and stay in the jaame musjid from the night of jumu’ah in order to make full preparations for the following day. (Ihyaa ul-Uloom, vol. 1, page 161)

2. On the day of jumu’ah, ghusl should be made and the hair of the head and the rest of the body should be thoroughly washed. It is also very virtuous to use the miswaak on this day.

3. After making ghusl, a person should wear the best clothing that he possesses, and if possible he should also apply some perfume. He should also clip his nails.

4. He should try and go very early to the jaame musjid. The earlier a person goes, the more reward he will receive. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said : “On the day of jumu’ah, the angels stand at the entrance of that musjid in which jumu’ah salaat is to be offered. They write down the name of the person who enters the musjid first, and thereafter the name of the person who follows, and they continue doing this. The person who entered first will receive the reward of sacrificing a camel in the path of Allah, the one who followed him will get the reward of sacrificing a cow, thereafter a chicken, thereafter the reward of giving an egg as charity in the path of Allah. Once the khutbah commences, the angels close the register and begin listening to the khutbah.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

In olden times, the roads and alleys used to be extremely busy in the mornings and at fajr time. All the people used to go so early to the jaame musjid and there used to be such a large crowd that it used to look like the days of eid. Later, when this habit was given up, people began saying that this is the first innovation in Islam. After writing this, Imam Ghazali rahmatullahi alayh says : “Aren’t the Muslims ashamed of themselves that the Jews and Christians go so early in the morning to their synagogues and churches on Saturdays and Sundays. Those who are businessmen go so early to the bazaars in order to do their buying and selling. Why don’t the Muslims do the same?” The reality of the situation is that the Muslims have totally reduced the value of this blessed day. They do not even know what day this is, and what a high status it has. How sad it is that the day which was more valuable than eid in the eyes of Muslims of the past, which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was proud of and the day which was not granted to the previous nations has become so dishonoured at the hands of Muslims today and it is such a great ingratitude to the favour of Allah Ta’ala that the consequence of all this can be seen with our very eyes.”

5. By going walking for the jumu’ah salaat, one gets the reward of fasting for one year for every step that he takes. (Tirmidhi)

6. On Fridays, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to recite Surah Alif Laam Meem Sajdah and Surah Hal Ataa, in the fajr salaat. These Surahs should therefore be occassionally recited in the fajr salaat on Fridays. Occassionally they should be left out so that people do not regard their recitation as wajib.

7. For the jumu’ah salaat, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam used to recite the following Surahs : al-Jumu’ah and al-Munaafiqun, or al-A’la and al-Ghaashiyah.

8. There is a lot of reward in reciting Surah Kahf either before the jumu’ah salaat or after it. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said : “The person who recites Surah Kahf on Fridays, a nur will appear for him from below the arsh as high as the skies. This light will help him in the darkness of the day of resurrection. And all the sins which he may have committed from the last Friday till this Friday will be forgiven.” (Sharh Sifrus-Sa’aadah) The ulama have written that this Hadith refers to minor sins because major sins are not forgiven without making taubah.

9. There is more reward in reciting durood on Fridays than on other days. It has been mentioned in the Hadith that durood should be recited abundantly on Fridays.

A very great part of the teachings of the Messenger of Allah (Sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) concerns man’s social life, his day to day living, his conduct and his dealing with other men. In some ways, this department is more important and excellent than other affairs becuase it is instrumental in makin man human or, in other words, shaping him into a true human being. Without achieving perfection in this department, the other fields are meaningless even is anyone gains excellence in them. It is the policy of narrators of Hadith to collect the Ahadith on this subject in the Book of Adab (Babb al Adab) and in every authentic book of Hadith this chapter is included under the heading Book of adab. Imaam Bukhari (May Allah have mercy on him) is correctly known as Ameer al-Mu’mineen fi al-Hadith. His position and rank is confirmed and well known among the high ranking Ulema and Scholars of Hadith, and the layman among muslims too are not unaware of his high standing. He recognised the importance of this section of the Hadith of the Prophet (Sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) and composed a seperable book on social manners quite apart from the Saheeh Bukhari. Thereby he bestowed a great favour on the muslim community and he gave the book the title al-Adab al-Mufrad. This book was always well known to the Ulemaa and it has been translated into other languages too….

Some of the peculiarities of this book as described by the exegete of Bukhari, al-Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani are:

1. About half the number of Ahadith in al-adab al-Mufrad match the standard of soundness set for Saheeh Bukhari and the remaining match the standard of Saheeh Muslim. They are stronger than the remaining books of Sihah Sittah
2. Those Ahadith that were narrated in Bukhari without sanad have been narrated in this book with proper sanad
3. Some words or phrases in many of the Ahadith cause great scholars to ponder over their correct interpretation. In this book, they have been very clearly defined
4. There are many narratives in this book that are not found elsewhere

…Let no Muslim family go without reading it. It should be enough in schools and Madrasahs to use this book to impart the teachings of the Messenger (Sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam)

 

“And Allah is the One who reconciles and the One Who helps”

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Jumu’ah Salaat

Allah Ta’ala does not like anything more than salaat. It is for this reason that we do not find such great emphasis for any other form of ibaadah in the pure Shariah. It is for this reason that Allah Ta’ala has specified this ibaadah five times daily as a form of gratitude for His endless bounties. These bounties which commence from birth right until death – in fact they continue after death and commence even before birth.

Since Friday has been accorded the most amount of merits as opposed to other days, so much so that the father of all mankind Hadrat Aadam alayhis salaam was created on this day, a special salaat was therefore ordered for this day. We have already mentioned the benefits and wisdom of jama’at. It has also been made clear that the bigger the jama’at the more those benefits will become apparent. This will only be possible if the people of all the different areas and the residents of that place get together and offer their salaat collectively. This would have been extremely difficult if it were to be done five times daily. Because of all this, the Shariah has specified such a day in the week in which the people of all the different residential areas and villages can get together and fulfil this ibaadah. Since jumu’ah is the most virtuous and noble of days, this ibaadah has been specified for this day. Allah Ta’ala had also specified this day as a day of ibaadah for the previous nations. But because of their bad-luck, they disputed and differed with regards to it. The result of this dispute was that they were deprived of this great bounty and this ummah has been favoured with this bounty. The Jews set aside Saturday on the basis that Allah Ta’ala had completed creating the entire creation on this day. The Christians set aside Sunday thinking that this is the day when Allah Ta’ala commenced with the creation. Because of this, both these groups make numerous arrangements on both these days – leaving all work on these days and spending it in worship. It is because of this that all the offices are closed on Sundays in Christian countries.

Insha’Allah next Jumu’ah I will post up the Virtues of Jumu’ah