Is the Friday bath obligatory, and what is the answer regarding the hadith (Whoever performs wudu on Friday, that is for him and it is good...)?
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The questioner : Is the Friday bath obligatory or not?
The Shaykh : Obligatory.
The questioner: Okay, I have another question.
The Shaykh: Be present, I mean.
The questioner: It is that I had agreed with some young men, and we had agreed that the bath would be done before, so that a person would catch [the prayer], but sleep overtook me and I did not wake up, so I woke up late.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: So I got up and performed wudu, and I said, "Forget it, let the prayer pass me by, so that I can pray the Fajr prayer, because its time is [still valid]," so I saw the group about to leave, and they said, "If you are delayed, we will go and catch up with you," so I said it is better that the session of knowledge, if Allah wills, is blessed, so I said I will come. So what is obligatory upon me?
The Shaykh: Since you are in this specific instance that happened to you, and you exerted effort for yourself, you are rewarded in any case, either with two rewards or one reward, so the matter is easy. But if you had not exerted this effort that is obligatory upon every Muslim, to exert effort for his own specific case where there is no one to ask, and do not understand from my answer that it is permissible to exert effort in every issue, no. (Laughter)
The questioner: A person is in a state of wudu from Friday Fajr, is wudu obligatory upon him, or does he continue to pray Jumu'ah with the wudu of Friday Fajr?
The Shaykh: No, and he prays 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha' as well with the same wudu.
The questioner: Whoever performs wudu and perfects the wudu, then the wudu is sufficient, is this correct? The hadith on Friday?
The Shaykh: Is your question related to the previous topic or the next one?
The questioner: The previous one, regarding the Friday bath.
The questioner: If our brothers raise their hands from [where they are] to ask a question.
The Shaykh: It is like this now, the group is tired of the system, so chaos is sometimes part of the system -laughter- What do you mean by this?
The questioner: I mean, some of our shaykhs say that wudu is sufficient, "that is for him and it is good," what is the authenticity of this hadith?
The Shaykh: And what is the complete hadith?
The questioner: . From the perspective of preference.
The Shaykh: Is the word "better" specific to voluntary acts, or does it include obligatory acts?
The questioner: Obligatory and voluntary, it includes both obligatory and voluntary.
The Shaykh: If you were relaxed, you would answer with the shortest answer, what was my question? Does "better" include only voluntary acts or also obligatory acts? You say it includes obligatory and voluntary, or it does not include obligatory, what do you say or what do you understand or what did your shaykhs make you understand, may Allah be pleased with them.
The questioner: It includes obligatory acts as well.
The Shaykh: Ah, it includes obligatory acts as well, okay, so does it negate the fact that the bath is obligatory, since it includes obligatory acts?
The questioner: It does not negate it, but the Companions, some of the Companions, did this.
The Shaykh: No, the hadith now, stay with the hadith for now, your research is in the hadith, after that we return to the Companions, who are our role model and our example, so the hadith, the meaning of the speech does not indicate what you heard, why? What is the verse of Friday?[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9] What?
The questioner :
The Shaykh:[At-Tawbah 9:41] That is better for you, this is a name of superlative, meaning better, does that mean it is not obligatory to respond to the caller on Friday to go to the mosque? The answer is no. Similarly in the hadith, when he said , it does not mean that the bath is not obligatory, but the truth is that it means absolute preference, meaning this bath may be obligatory and may not be obligatory, I want to say that this hadith does not establish obligation, but if there is evidence indicating obligation, it does not contradict it and includes it, clear? Okay.
The questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: No, now answer the mu'adhdhin.
The mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan.
The questioner: Our Shaykh ... the mosque.
The Shaykh: I want to perform wudu ... .
The questioner: ... the adhan ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: The adhan ... .
The Shaykh : Authentic
The questioner : Go ahead, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: Habit overcame me -laughter-
The questioner: I will bring you water, rest.
The Shaykh: And I forgot that we would pray Jumu'ah, so I called the adhan of the innovators, and therefore you must repent.
The questioner: The doctor, what did he say to me, he said to me to warn them.
The Shaykh: So you just need to see where the khatib stopped.
The questioner: Just see if the khatib went up on the minbar, meaning the desert here, meaning the chair.
The questioner: This adhan is for the khatib to stop ... .
The Shaykh : Obligatory.
The questioner: Okay, I have another question.
The Shaykh: Be present, I mean.
The questioner: It is that I had agreed with some young men, and we had agreed that the bath would be done before, so that a person would catch [the prayer], but sleep overtook me and I did not wake up, so I woke up late.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner: So I got up and performed wudu, and I said, "Forget it, let the prayer pass me by, so that I can pray the Fajr prayer, because its time is [still valid]," so I saw the group about to leave, and they said, "If you are delayed, we will go and catch up with you," so I said it is better that the session of knowledge, if Allah wills, is blessed, so I said I will come. So what is obligatory upon me?
The Shaykh: Since you are in this specific instance that happened to you, and you exerted effort for yourself, you are rewarded in any case, either with two rewards or one reward, so the matter is easy. But if you had not exerted this effort that is obligatory upon every Muslim, to exert effort for his own specific case where there is no one to ask, and do not understand from my answer that it is permissible to exert effort in every issue, no. (Laughter)
The questioner: A person is in a state of wudu from Friday Fajr, is wudu obligatory upon him, or does he continue to pray Jumu'ah with the wudu of Friday Fajr?
The Shaykh: No, and he prays 'Asr, Maghrib, and 'Isha' as well with the same wudu.
The questioner: Whoever performs wudu and perfects the wudu, then the wudu is sufficient, is this correct?
Whoever performs wudu and perfects the wudu, then the wudu is sufficient, that is for him and it is good.
من توضأ وأحسن الوضوء فالوضوء يكفي فبها ونعمتThe Shaykh: Is your question related to the previous topic or the next one?
The questioner: The previous one, regarding the Friday bath.
The questioner: If our brothers raise their hands from [where they are] to ask a question.
The Shaykh: It is like this now, the group is tired of the system, so chaos is sometimes part of the system -laughter- What do you mean by this?
The questioner: I mean, some of our shaykhs say that wudu is sufficient, "that is for him and it is good," what is the authenticity of this hadith?
The Shaykh: And what is the complete hadith?
The questioner:
And the bath is better.
والغسل أفضلThe Shaykh: Is the word "better" specific to voluntary acts, or does it include obligatory acts?
The questioner: Obligatory and voluntary, it includes both obligatory and voluntary.
The Shaykh: If you were relaxed, you would answer with the shortest answer, what was my question? Does "better" include only voluntary acts or also obligatory acts? You say it includes obligatory and voluntary, or it does not include obligatory, what do you say or what do you understand or what did your shaykhs make you understand, may Allah be pleased with them.
The questioner: It includes obligatory acts as well.
The Shaykh: Ah, it includes obligatory acts as well, okay, so does it negate the fact that the bath is obligatory, since it includes obligatory acts?
The questioner: It does not negate it, but the Companions, some of the Companions, did this.
The Shaykh: No, the hadith now, stay with the hadith for now, your research is in the hadith, after that we return to the Companions, who are our role model and our example, so the hadith, the meaning of the speech 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
يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا نودي للصلاة يوم الجمعة فاسعوا إلى ذكر الله وذروا البيعThe questioner :
That is better for you.
ذلكم خير لكمThe Shaykh:
That is better for you, if you only knew.
ذلكم خير لكم إن كنتم تعلمونThe ghusl is better.
فالغسل أفضلThe questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: No, now answer the mu'adhdhin.
The mu'adhdhin is calling the adhan.
The questioner: Our Shaykh ... the mosque.
The Shaykh: I want to perform wudu ... .
The questioner: ... the adhan ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner: The adhan ... .
The Shaykh : Authentic
The questioner : Go ahead, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner: Yes ... .
The Shaykh: Habit overcame me -laughter-
The questioner: I will bring you water, rest.
The Shaykh: And I forgot that we would pray Jumu'ah, so I called the adhan of the innovators, and therefore you must repent.
The questioner: The doctor, what did he say to me, he said to me to warn them.
The Shaykh: So you just need to see where the khatib stopped.
The questioner: Just see if the khatib went up on the minbar, meaning the desert here, meaning the chair.
The questioner: This adhan is for the khatib to stop ... .
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