The Ruling on Greeting People for Friday
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Question:
Every Friday, one of my colleagues sends me a message on his mobile phone saying, "Blessed Friday. I hope you will send these supplications via mobile message or on the forums." What is your opinion on this, O Shaykh?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation)[Al-A'raf 7:71]. This was not known or reported in the Sunnah that Muslims congratulate one another on Friday. Only something of this sort was reported regarding the festivals, 'Id al-Adha and 'Id al-Fitr. It was not reported that they congratulate one another on Friday. Spreading this on mobile phones and advising people to spread it is among the innovations and the promotion of innovations. Yes.
Every Friday, one of my colleagues sends me a message on his mobile phone saying, "Blessed Friday. I hope you will send these supplications via mobile message or on the forums." What is your opinion on this, O Shaykh?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation)
for which Allah has not sent down any authority
مَّا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6662- حكم التهنئة بالجمعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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