Saturday 12 Aug 2017
Chapter of Prayer: The Jumuah (Friday) Prayer
• Why is the Friday Prayer called Jumuah prayer? What does Jumuah mean?
• The day of Friday is the best day of the week
o Hadith in Al-Bukhari and Muslim about superiority of Friday
o “We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the first on the Day of Resurrection though the former nations were the given the Scripture before us. This (Friday) was their day of celebration which was made compulsory for them but they differed about it. So Allah gave us the guidance for it (Friday) and all the other people follow us in this respect” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
• The gathering of the Muslims has been prescribed on Fridays in order for us to see the great blessings of Allah bestowed upon us and to encourage us to thank Allah
• The ayah (verse) ”O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the Prayer on the day of Jumu’ah (Friday), then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew” (Al-Jumu’ah: verse 9)
• Ibnul-Qayyim said: “It is of the guidance of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to honour this day (Friday), and to favour it with special acts of worship which he does not perform on other days” (see Zaadul-Ma’aad 1/11)
• Which is better? Fridays or the day of Arafa? [difference of opinion]
• On Friday Fajr Prayer Surah As-Sajdah (The Prostration) and Surah Al-Insan (Man) are read
• Ibnul-Qayyim said: I heard Shaykhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyah saying, “The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to recite these two Suras (As-Sajdah and Al-Insan) in the Fajr (dawn) Prayer on Friday as they deal with events that happened or will happen on Friday such as the creation of Adam, the Resurrection, and the gathering of servants (to the account in the hereafter). Thus, reciting these two Suras every Friday reminds the Muslim nation of the aforementioned events and consequently comes the prostration of recitation (in the Sura of As-Sajdah). So, the prostration of recitation is not intended particular here and the one performing prayer should not mistakenly recite a prostration-containing verse from whatever sura in the Quran (believing that it is an act of the Sunnah (Prophetic Tradition) for Fridays” (Zaadul-Ma’aad 1/120)
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