Question: We received questions before the program, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Does Friday have a special status compared to the other days? And what righteous deeds are reported regarding it? Answer: Yes, Friday is a great day, and it is the festival of the week. It has a great virtue. It contains the Friday prayer and the hour of answered supplication لا يوافقها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه الله إياه when Allah gives to a muslim slave standing in prayer whatever he asks for Muwatta Malik 5:16 So it has great virtues by which Allah singled out this Ummah, while He led astray those who came before it from it. The Jews chose Saturday, and the Christians chose Sunday, and Allah guided this Ummah to Friday. Yes.

The Virtue of Friday

Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan

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Question:
We received questions before the program, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Does Friday have a special status compared to the other days? And what righteous deeds are reported regarding it?

Answer:
Yes, Friday is a great day, and it is the festival of the week. It has a great virtue. It contains the Friday prayer and the hour of answered supplication

when Allah gives to a muslim slave standing in prayer whatever he asks for

لا يوافقها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه الله إياه

Muwatta Malik 5:16

So it has great virtues by which Allah singled out this Ummah, while He led astray those who came before it from it. The Jews chose Saturday, and the Christians chose Sunday, and Allah guided this Ummah to Friday. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4594] فضل يوم الجمعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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