THE DUTY OF OBSERVING FRIDAY

Hadrat Tariq bin Shihab (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAAH’s messenger as saying,” The Friday Salaah in congregation is a necessary duty for every Muslim, with four exceptions; a slave, a woman, a boy, or an invalid.” [Abu Dawud]

Hadrat lbn Umar and Abu Hurairah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated they heard ALLAAH’s messenger say on the beams of pulpit, “People must cease to neglect the Friday Salaah, or ALLAAH will seal up their hearts and they will be among the negligent.” [Muslim]

Hadrat Salman al-Farsi (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAAH’s messenger as saying, “If anyone bathes on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can with ablution, anoints himself with oil, or puts on a touch of perfume which he has in his house, then goes out, and without squeezing between two men, prays what is prescribed for him, then remains silent when the Imam speaks, his sins between that time and the next Friday will be forgiven.”[Bukhari]

Hadrat Abu Sa’id aI-Khudri (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated the Prophet as saying, “If anyone recites Surah al-Kahf (QURAAN-XVlll) on Friday, light will shine brightly for him till the next Friday. [Mishkat]

Hadrat Abu Hurairah (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAAH’s messenger (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam) as saying, there is a time on Friday at which no Muslim will ask Allah for what is good without His giving it to him.” Hadrat Abu Burda bin Abu Musa (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated: I heard my father say that he heard ALLAAH’s messenger say regarding the time on Friday, “It is between the time when the Imam sits down and the end of the Salaah.” [Muslim]

Hadrat Anas (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAAH’s messenger as saying, “Seek the time in which hope is placed on Friday from after the afternoon Salaah till sunset.” [Tirmizi]

Hadrat Abu Darda (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated ALLAAH’s messenger as saying, “Invoke many blessings on me on Friday for it is witnessed. The angels are present on it, and no one will invoke a blessing on me without his blessing being submitted to me till he stops.” [lbn Majah]