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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on the hadith (The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade shaving before the Friday prayer)?

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The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, the hadith now, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade shaving before the prayer, or before the Friday prayer"; is this authentic?

The Shaykh : What is this authentic one?

The questioner: “The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade forming circles before the Friday prayer.”

The Shaykh : Ah, about gathering in circles.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, this hadith is, in hadith terminology, hasan (good) because it is narrated by 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father from his grandfather, and that is a proof. First, and second, even if such a hadith did not exist at all, it is an innovation that was not in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and was not in the time of the righteous Salaf. Rather, it is contrary to the etiquette of those who come to the mosque on Friday. You know the hadiths that encourage the Muslim in this, such as his saying (peace be upon him):
Whoever washes and takes a bath, and goes early and starts early, and draws near to the imam and then listens; Allah will forgive him what is between him and the Friday that follows it. مَن غسَّلَ واغتسَل ، وبكَّر وابتكر ، ودنا من الإمام ثم استمع ؛ إلا غفر الله له ما بينه وبين الجمعة التي تليها
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The student : In it, and he walked.

The Shaykh : Or as he said (peace and blessings be upon him), yes.
The student : In it, and he walked.

The Shaykh : Hmm.
The student : In it:
And he walked to the mosque. ومشى إلى المسجد
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The Shaykh : In many hadiths. As for the point, the etiquette of the one entering the mosque; I forgot to mention the wording that suits us:
then prayer what Allah has prescribes for him ثم صلَّى ما كتب الله له
Sunan Abi Dawud 343Hasan (Al-Albani)
to the end of the hadith. So establishing circles on Friday is contrary to this etiquette that the righteous Salaf were upon, whether by their starting point or by their action based on such hadiths. We know about 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar that when they entered the mosque on Friday, they prayed and lengthened the prayer, until it is narrated from Ibn Mas'ud that he used to pray eight rak'ahs. Yes, this is an application of his saying (peace be upon him):
then prayer what Allah has prescribes for him ثم صلَّى ما كتب الله له
Sunan Abi Dawud 343Hasan (Al-Albani)
. This means that the one entering the mosque on Friday does not have a regular sunnah (recommended practice) of two or four rak'ahs, but rather he prays what Allah has written for him. So if the circle is established and the teacher is teaching, how can these people entering the mosque at least pray the greeting of the mosque? How is it befitting for him to pray voluntary prayer like what we mentioned about Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn 'Umar? The hadith, therefore, is hasan (good) in its chain and correct in its meaning, because gathering in circles spoils the methodology that the Messenger (peace be upon him) established for those coming to the mosque on Friday.
Source www.al-albany.com

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