The Sunnah of Friday: a weekly checklist
Friday is the best day of the week. The Prophet ﷺ called it the master of days. These are the Sunnahs to make every Friday count.
The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he was admitted to Paradise and on it he was expelled from it.
Sahih Muslim
The Friday checklist
- Ghusl: "Ghusl on Friday is a duty upon every adult" (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
- Miswak and perfume (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
- Wear your best clothes (Abu Dawud).
- Go early to Jumuah. The one who comes in the first hour is like one who offered a camel (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
- Listen to the khutbah silently.
- Read Surah al-Kahf.
- Send many salawat on the Prophet ﷺ.
- Make dua in the last hour before Maghrib, the hour of acceptance (Abu Dawud).
- Do not single out Friday alone for fasting (al-Bukhari, Muslim).
- Share a reminder: send Jumma Mubarak wishes with a hadith or verse.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوۡمِ ٱلۡجُمُعَةِ فَٱسۡعَوۡاْ إِلَىٰ ذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُواْ ٱلۡبَيۡعَۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٩﴾ فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱبۡتَغُواْ مِن فَضۡلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ ﴿١٠﴾
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo itha noodiya lilssalati min yawmi aljumuʿati faisʿaw ila thikri Allahi watharoo albayʿa thalikum khayrun lakum in kuntum taʿlamoona Faitha qudiyati alssalatu faintashiroo fee alardi waibtaghoo min fadli Allahi waothkuroo Allaha katheeran laʿallakum tuflihoona
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 And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you may succeed
Quran 62:9-10 · Surah Al-Jumu'ah
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