Friday Prayer

Abu Saeed al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Taking a ritual bath on Friday is obligatory for every adult.”

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “We are the last, yet we will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. They were given the Scripture before us, and it was given to us after them. This was the day about which they differed, and Allah guided us to it. Tomorrow is for the Jews, and the day after for the Christians.” He paused, then said, “Every Muslim must take a ritual bath one day in every seven, washing his head and body.”

Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet said, “Allah has a right over every Muslim that he take a ritual bath one day in every seven.”

Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet said, “Allow women to go to the mosques at night.”

Ibn Umar reported that a wife of Umar used to attend the dawn and night prayers in congregation at the mosque. She was asked, “Why do you go out when you know that Umar dislikes this and is protective?” She replied, “What prevents him from forbidding me?” The man said that the words of the Messenger of Allah prevented him: do not prevent the female servants of Allah from the mosques of Allah.

On a rainy day, Ibn Abbas told his caller to say, after “I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,” “Pray in your homes,” instead of saying, “Come to prayer.” It seemed that the people disapproved, so he said, “Someone better than I did this. Friday prayer is firmly prescribed, but I disliked making you go out and walk through mud and slippery ground.”

Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, reported that people used to come for Friday prayer from their homes and outlying settlements, arriving dusty and sweaty. A man came to the Messenger of Allah while he was with me, and the Prophet said, “If only you would cleanse yourselves for this day of yours.”

Yahya ibn Saeed asked Amra about taking a ritual bath on Friday. She said that Aisha reported: “People used to do their own work, and when they went to Friday prayer, they came as they were. They were told to take a bath.”

Anas reported that the Prophet used to pray the Friday prayer when the sun had begun to decline.

Anas reported, “We used to go early to Friday prayer and take an afternoon nap after it.”

Anas reported that when the cold was severe, the Prophet performed the prayer early, and when the heat was severe, he delayed it until it cooled,” meaning the Friday prayer. Yunus ibn Bukair reported the wording without specifying Friday. Bishr ibn Thabit reported that a governor led them in the Friday prayer and then asked Anas how the Prophet used to pray the noon prayer.

Abu Abs told Abaya ibn Rifaa, as he was going to Friday prayer, that he heard the Prophet say, “Whoever gets his feet dusty in the path of Allah, Allah will forbid him from the Fire.”

Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet said, “When the prayer has been called, do not come to it running. Come walking calmly. Pray whatever part you catch, and complete whatever you miss.”

Abdullah ibn Abi Qatada reported, as far as I know from his father, that the Prophet said, “Do not stand until you see me, and remain calm.”

Salman al-Farsi reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever takes a bath on Friday, cleanses himself as thoroughly as he can, applies oil or perfume, then goes early without separating two people, prays as much as has been prescribed for him, and listens quietly when the imam comes out will be forgiven for what occurred between that Friday and the next.”

Ibn Umar reported that the Prophet forbade a man from making his brother get up from his seat and then sitting in it. I asked Nafi, “On Friday?” He replied, “On Friday and on other occasions.”

Al-Saib ibn Yazid reported that in the time of the Prophet, Abu Bakr, and Umar, the call to prayer on Friday was first made when the imam sat on the pulpit. When the people increased during the caliphate of Uthman, he added a third call at al-Zawra. Abu Abdullah said: “Al-Zawra is a place in the market of Medina.”

Al-Saib ibn Yazid reported that the person who added the third call to prayer on Friday was Uthman ibn Affan, when the population of Medina had grown. The Prophet had only one caller to prayer, and the Friday call was made when the imam sat on the pulpit.

Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf reported that he heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, seated on the pulpit, repeat the words of the caller: “Allah is greatest” twice, then “I testify that there is no deity but Allah,” to which Muawiya replied, “And I.” The caller then said, “I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,” and Muawiya again replied, “And I.” When the call was finished, Muawiya said, “People, I heard the Messenger of Allah in this very place, when the caller gave the call, say what you heard me say.”

Al-Saib ibn Yazid reported that Uthman ordered the second call to prayer on Friday when the people attending the mosque had increased. The Friday call to prayer used to be made when the imam sat down.