The hadith: “Whoever performs wudu on Friday, that is sufficient and excellent; and whoever performs ghusl, the ghusl is better.” Does this not indicate that ghusl is not obligatory on Friday?
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The questioner : Whoever performs wudu and perfects the wudu, the wudu is sufficient, correct? Whoever performs wudu and perfects the wudu, the wudu is sufficient, that is sufficient and excellent. The hadith regarding Friday...
The Shaykh : Is your question related to the previous research or the subsequent one?
The questioner : The previous one, regarding the ghusl for Friday.
Abu Layla: As for the brothers, they should raise their hands...
The Shaykh : The congregation got tired of the order, so sometimes chaos becomes the order. What do you mean by this?
The questioner : I mean that some of our shaykhs say that wudu is sufficient, that is sufficient and excellent. There is a hadith. What is the authenticity of the hadith?
The Shaykh : What is the full hadith?
The questioner : The ghusl is better, in the chapter of preference.
The Shaykh : Good. Does the word “better” apply only to voluntary acts, or does it include obligatory acts?
The questioner : Both obligatory and voluntary.
Another questioner: It includes the obligatory as well.
The Shaykh : If you relaxed and answered with the shortest answer, what was my question? Does “better” apply only to voluntary acts, or also to obligatory acts? Do you say it includes the obligatory and voluntary, or does it not include the obligatory? What do you say? Or what do you understand? Or what did your shaykhs explain to you... about it? Heh? Ah.
The questioner : It includes the obligatory as well.
The Shaykh : It includes the obligatory as well. Good. So, does this negate that the ghusl is obligatory? Since it includes the obligatory.
The questioner : It does not negate it, but the Companions did it, some of the Companions.
The Shaykh : No... regarding the hadith now.
Another questioner: The hadith “that is sufficient and excellent,” O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Stick to the hadith for now. Your research is in the hadith. Later we will return to the Companions, who are our role models and our example. The meaning of the words in the hadith does not indicate what you heard. Why? What is the verse of Friday?[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] This is a name of preference. It means “better.” Does that mean it is not obligatory to respond to the caller on Friday by going to the mosque? The answer is no. Similarly, when the hadith says , it does not mean that the ghusl is not obligatory. But the truth is that it means absolute preference. That is, this ghusl may be obligatory or it may not be obligatory. I want to say that this hadith does not establish obligation, but if there is evidence for obligation, it does not contradict it; rather, it includes it. Is that clear?
The questioner : It is clear.
The Shaykh : Fine.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : No, now let us answer the mu'adhdhin...
The Shaykh : Is your question related to the previous research or the subsequent one?
The questioner : The previous one, regarding the ghusl for Friday.
Abu Layla: As for the brothers, they should raise their hands...
The Shaykh : The congregation got tired of the order, so sometimes chaos becomes the order. What do you mean by this?
The questioner : I mean that some of our shaykhs say that wudu is sufficient, that is sufficient and excellent. There is a hadith. What is the authenticity of the hadith?
The Shaykh : What is the full hadith?
The questioner : The ghusl is better, in the chapter of preference.
The Shaykh : Good. Does the word “better” apply only to voluntary acts, or does it include obligatory acts?
The questioner : Both obligatory and voluntary.
Another questioner: It includes the obligatory as well.
The Shaykh : If you relaxed and answered with the shortest answer, what was my question? Does “better” apply only to voluntary acts, or also to obligatory acts? Do you say it includes the obligatory and voluntary, or does it not include the obligatory? What do you say? Or what do you understand? Or what did your shaykhs explain to you... about it? Heh? Ah.
The questioner : It includes the obligatory as well.
The Shaykh : It includes the obligatory as well. Good. So, does this negate that the ghusl is obligatory? Since it includes the obligatory.
The questioner : It does not negate it, but the Companions did it, some of the Companions.
The Shaykh : No... regarding the hadith now.
Another questioner: The hadith “that is sufficient and excellent,” O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Stick to the hadith for now. Your research is in the hadith. Later we will return to the Companions, who are our role models and our example. The meaning of the words in the hadith does not indicate what you heard. Why? What is the verse of Friday?
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.
يا أيها الذين ءامنوا إذا نودي للصلاة من يوم الجمعة فاسعوا إلى ذكر الله وذروا البيع ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمونThat is better for you.
ذلكم خير لكمThe ghusl is better.
فالغسل أفضلThe questioner : It is clear.
The Shaykh : Fine.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : No, now let us answer the mu'adhdhin...