‘Arfajah ibn Shurayh reported: I saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, delivering a sermon to the people, saying, “Verily, the Hand of Allah is over the united community, for Satan is with one who secedes from the community, running after him.” Source: Sunan al-Nasā’ī 4020 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ بْنِ …
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Mu’awiyah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be leaders after me who make false claims from their pulpits, and no one will refute their words. They will leap into the Hellfire as if they were apes.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ lil-Ṭabarānī 5311 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ …
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Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No Muslim passes away on Friday, or its night, but that Allah will protect him from the trial of the grave.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1074 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Albani عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ …
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Samurah ibn Jundub reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Be present at the sermon and comes close to the Imam. Verily, a man continues to distance himself until he is delayed from Paradise, even though he will eventually enter it.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1108 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according …
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Abu Mas’ud al-Ansari reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Increase your supplications for blessings upon me on Friday, for no one blesses me on Friday but that his supplication is presented to me.” Source: Shu’ab al-Imān 2769 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ …
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Jabir ibn Abdullah reported: We were praying with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as a caravan arrived carrying food. They turned their attention to it until none remained with the Prophet but twelve men. Thus, the verse was revealed, “When they saw trade or diversion, they rushed to it and left you …
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Rabia’ reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, recited Surat al-Nahl on the pulpit on Friday until he reached the verse of prostration, then he descended and prostrated and the people prostrated with him. On the following Friday, Umar recited the same chapter until he came to the verse of prostration. Umar …
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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave us the combination of all good and its endings, for he taught us the statements of prayer and the statements of need. The statements of prayer are, “All greetings, prayers, and good things are for Allah. Peace be upon you, …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no creature but that it is alert on Friday when it awakens until the sun sets, anxious of the Hour, except for humans and jinn.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1046 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ …
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Al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid reported: The announcement of Friday prayer was first made when the Imam would sit upon the pulpit in the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as well as Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. In the time of Uthman, the number of people increased, …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The promised day is the Day of Resurrection, the witnessed day is the day of Arafat, and the witnessing day is Friday (85:2-3). The sun does not rise or set over a day better than it. In it is a moment …
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Mu’awiyyah reported: When you perform the Friday prayer, do not pray another prayer until you have spoken or left the mosque. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us to do that, to not connect two prayers together unless we have spoken or we have left. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 883 Grade: …
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‘Ubaydullah ibn ‘Adi reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “O people, do not make Allah hateful to his servants.” They said, “How is that? Allah correct you!” Umar said, “One of you is an Imam and he prolongs the prayer for people until what is in it becomes hateful to …
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‘Ammar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, the length of a man’s prayer and the brevity of his sermon is a sign of his understanding. Lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon. Verily, some eloquence is charming.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 869 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim عَنْ …
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‘Ikramah reported: Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Preach to people once a week every Friday. If you refuse, then two times. If you desire more, then three times. Do not make people averse to this Quran. Do not come to people while they are talking and begin to lecture them, cutting …
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Umm Hisham bint Harithah reported: I took the chapter, “Qaf, by the Glorious Quran,” (50:1) from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on Friday. The Prophet would recite it on the pulpit every Friday. In another narration, she said: The Prophet would pray with it in the dawn …
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Aws ibn Aws reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “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.” Source: …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would not pray after Friday prayer until he had departed and thus would pray in his house. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 895, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 882 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَ …
Hadith on Friday: The Prophet prays after Friday in his house Read More »
Ibn Umar reported: I prayed with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, two prostrations before and after noon prayer, two prostrations after sunset prayer, two prostrations after evening prayer, and two prostrations after Friday prayer. As for sunset and evening prayer, they were in his house. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1172, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 729 …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not single out the night of Friday for voluntary prayer to the exclusion of other nights. Do not single out the day of Friday for fasting to the exclusion of other days, unless it is the routine of one of you.” In …
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