The Virtue of Friday and Supplication on It
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Question:
This questioner says: We ask the Honorable Shaykh to explain the virtue of Friday and the supplication on it.
Answer:
Yes, Friday is a noble day; it is the best of the days of the week, and it is the festival of the week. The Muslims gather in the town in one mosque if possible, and if they are numerous and it is difficult for them, they pray in mosques according to need. They pray the Friday prayer in mosques according to need. There is no doubt that they should strive to gather, as much as possible, in one mosque or in a few mosques, not multiplying the number of mosques, because the purpose on this day is the gathering of Muslims for the Friday prayer, to hear the sermon, to remember Allah, and for the Friday prayer. So it is a great day. It has many great virtues. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned more than forty of them in his book *Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad*, among them that it is a day, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us,, and in it is an hour on this day called the Hour of Response. It is on this day, and it is a short hour, its time is brief. But whoever encounters it and Allah grants him success in supplicating in it, Allah accepts it from him. And Allah has hidden it on this day, so it is not known whether it is at its beginning, its middle, or its end, so that the Muslim strives in supplication throughout the day, because the whole day is noble. It is a great day. And a day with virtue. Therefore, Allah prescribed in it what He did not prescribe in others, such as the Friday prayer, the sermon, and the gathering. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged hastening to it. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever comes in the first hour Sunan an-Nasa'i 1388Sahih (Darussalam), then after that the imam arrives and the sermon takes place, and the angels record the attendees according to their hastening. When the fifth hour ends and the imam arrives, the angels listen to the sermon and refrain from recording the attendees and their virtue. Yes.
This questioner says: We ask the Honorable Shaykh to explain the virtue of Friday and the supplication on it.
Answer:
Yes, Friday is a noble day; it is the best of the days of the week, and it is the festival of the week. The Muslims gather in the town in one mosque if possible, and if they are numerous and it is difficult for them, they pray in mosques according to need. They pray the Friday prayer in mosques according to need. There is no doubt that they should strive to gather, as much as possible, in one mosque or in a few mosques, not multiplying the number of mosques, because the purpose on this day is the gathering of Muslims for the Friday prayer, to hear the sermon, to remember Allah, and for the Friday prayer. So it is a great day. It has many great virtues. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned more than forty of them in his book *Zad al-Ma'ad fi Hady Khayr al-'Ibad*, among them that it is a day, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us,
In it Adam was created, and in it he was brought out of Paradise
فيه خلق آدم، وفيه أخرج من الجنةAnd in it the Hour will occur.
وفيه تقوم الساعة.An hour in which no Muslim servant coincides with it while standing in prayer, meaning supplicating to Allah, asking Allah for something, seeking from Allah something, but He gives it to him
ساعة لا يوافقها عبد مسلم وهو قائم يصلي يعني يدعو الله يطلب من الله شيء يسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطاه إياهit is as if he sacrificed a camel. Then the one who comes in the second hour, it is as if he sacrificed a cow. Then the one who comes in the third hour, it is as if he sacrificed a ram. Then the one who comes in the fourth hour, it is as if he sacrificed a chicken. Then the one who comes in the fifth hour, it is as if he sacrificed an egg.
كأنما قرب بدنة، ومن جاء في الساعة الثانية كأنما قرب بقرة، ومن جاء في الساعة الثالثة فكأنما قرب كبشا، ومن جاء في الساعة الرابعة فكأنما قرب دجاجة، ومن جاء في الساعة الخامسة فكأنما قرب بيضة
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