Bismihi Ta`ala
MEETINGS ON THE DAY OF JUM’AH.
The best day ever is Friday. أخْبَرَنا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قالَ: أخْبَرَنا عَبْدُ اللهِ وهُوَ ابْنُ المُبارَكِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، وأخْبَرَنا هارُونُ بْنُ مُوسى، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أبُو ضَمْرَةَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهابٍ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الأعْرَجُ، أنَّهُ: سَمِعَ أبا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «خَيْرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمُ الجُمُعَةِ، فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ، وفِيهِ أُدْخِلَ الجَنَّةَ، وفِيهِ أُخْرِجَ مِنها»نسائي
Rasouloullah Swalallahou Alaihi Wasallam said:’’The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On a Friday itself, Adam a.s. was created, he was put in Paradise and on a Friday he was taken out from there(to descend down here).”(Nassai) We are recommended to intimate with spouse in the morning and then take ghusl. Recommended to perfume oneself, perfume the cloth and perfume the masjid with ‘Oud/Smoke perfumes. Recommended for MEN to go early to meet the congregation of Jum’ah in the masjid. Read lots of douroud and make lots of du’as. So that we meet again in the Friday Market in jannah.
It would be during the time of Friday that the people of Jannah/Paradise will see Allah Azza wa Jal.(Tirmizi;Ibn Majah) This would be the most precious bounty in Jannah. Hence the day of Jum`ah will excel forever.
4. عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ5. أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَسُوقًا يَأْتُونَهَا كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ فَتَهُبُّ رِيحُ الشَّمَالِ فَتَحْثُو فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ وَثِيَابِهِمْ فَيَزْدَادُونَ حُسْنًا وَجَمَالًا فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى أَهْلِيهِمْ وَقَدْ ازْدَادُوا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالًا فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ أَهْلُوهُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ ازْدَدْتُمْ بَعْدَنَا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالًا فَيَقُولُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ ازْدَدْتُمْ بَعْدَنَا حُسْنًا وَجَمَالًا
Hazrat Annas r.a said that Rasouloullah SAW said: ‘‘There will be a market in Jannah that the people of Jannah will visit every Friday. A gentle breeze of the north will blow over their faces and their clothes and this will increase their beauty and their elegance. They will return to their spouses with these more beauty and elegance. Their spouses will tell them: Indeed you are now more beautiful and more elegant. They will answer: ‘‘But you people are now more beautiful and more elegant.’’(Muslim) At this point, my respected Ustaad, Hazrat Mufti Radha Ul Haq sahab d.b. told us that when the Mubarak gaze of men who went to the market and who saw Allah Azza Wa Jal will be glanced over their women folk, then that gaze would cause more beauty and elegance in their spouses. Gaze has effects!I note that the going out on Jum`ah in Jannah would still be for men in Jannah.
The gathering/meeting on the day of Jum`ah excels in Jannah also.
Use miswaak-Muslim
Apply oil in the hair-Muslim
According to a hadith of Bukhari, the beloved prophet SAW used to take lunch after Jum`ah salaah. The siesta or nap sleep was after Jum`ah.
BEST FOR MEN TO VISIT GRAVEYARD ON FRIDAYS:
There is existence of some acceptable riwayats that Sahabahs radhiyallahou `Anhoum used to visit graveyard/Qabrastaan on Fridays. Hence it is close to sunnah for MEN to visit Qabrastaan on Fridays.We find such riwayats in Mishkaat, Baihaqi, Musannad Abdur razaaq, Mustadrak Hakim amongst others. Durre mansoor- suyut
iوأخرج ابن أبي الدنيا والبيهقي ، عن محمد بن النعمان يرفع الحديث إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : « من زار قبر أبويه أو أحدهما في كل جمعة غفر له وكتب برّاً »
Reported in Baihaqi that Rasouloullah Swalallahou Alaihi Wasallam said:“One who visit his deceased parents on the day of Jum’ah, then he will be forgiven and he will considered amongst the virtuous.”Fuqahas including Dar ul Uloom Deoband -Fatwa ID: 241-238/B=3/1436-U- have accepted the above hadith for practice.
حاشية رد المحتار على الدر المختار (حاشية ابن عابدين) وتكملته – (6 / 400)مَطْلَبٌ فِي زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ ( قَوْلُهُ وَبِزِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ ) أَيْ لَا بَأْسَ بِهَا ، بَلْ تُنْدَبُ كَمَا فِي الْبَحْرِ عَنْ الْمُجْتَبَى ، فَكَانَ يَنْبَغِي التَّصْرِيحُ بِهِ لِلْأَمْرِ بِهَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمَذْكُورِ كَمَا فِي الْإِمْدَادِ ، وَتُزَارُ فِي كُلِّ أُسْبُوعٍ كَمَا فِي مُخْتَارَاتِ النَّوَازِلِ .قَالَ فِي شَرْحِ لُبَابِ الْمَنَاسِكِ إلَّا أَنَّ الْأَفْضَلَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالسَّبْتِ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ ، فَقَدْ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ : الْمَوْتَى يَعْلَمُونَ بِزُوَّارِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَوْمًا قَبْلَهُ وَيَوْمًا بَعْدَهُ ، فَتَحَصَّلَ أَنَّ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَفْضَلُ .
According to Allamah Shami r.a., it is recommended to visit Qabrastaan for Men once weekly, best on Fridays. So recommended for Men to meet and visit their deceased relatives on Fridays.
Mufti Mackoojee