Wifāq ul Ulāma (SA) ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN 'ULAMA
1. Upon entering the home, make your presence known. There can be one of several situations:
a) Your own private room.…
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1. One should avoid eating anything before Eid salaah on the day of Eid ul Adha (instead the first thing one should consume should be the meat of the sacrificed animal).…
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1. To cleanse the mouth using the miswaak. [1]
2. To have a bath (ghusal).
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يغتسل يوم الفطر ويوم الأضحى (ابن ماجة رقم 1315)
Hadhrat ibn Abbaas (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) would have a bath on the day of Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha.…
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1. It is permissible for one to make duaa in one’s heart between the two khutbas.…
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1. One should recite surah A’ala in the first rakaat of the Jumuah salaah and surah Ghaashiya in the second rakaat.…
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1. To recite Durood in abundance.
وعن أوس بن أوس رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن من أفضل أيامكم يوم الجمعة ، فأكثروا علي من الصلاة فيه ؛ فإن صلاتكم معروضة علي )أبو داود (1/214
Hadhrat Aus bin Aus (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: The most virtuous of days is the day of Jum’uah.…
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1. To proceed early to the musjid for the Jumu’ah salaah. The earlier one goes, the greater the reward.…
Sunnats and Aadaab of Jum'uah – Part 2
1. One should wear one’s best clothes on the day of Jum’uah.
عن عبد الله بن سلام رضي الله عنه أنه سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول على المنبر في يوم الجمعة ما على أحدكم لو اشترى ثوبين ليوم الجمعة سوى ثوب مهنته (ابن ماجة ص 77)
Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Salaam (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that he heard Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) mention while he was on the mimbar delivering the khutbah on the day of Jum’uah: “Why don’t you purchase a pair of clothing and keep it exclusive for wearing on the day of Jum’uah, apart from your normal daily clothing?”…
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1. To have a bath (ghusl) on Friday. Whoever has a bath on Friday his minor sins are forgiven.…
Virtues of Using the Miswaak
1. Using the miswaak increases the reward of the salaah seventy times.
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فضل الصلاة التي يستاك لها على الصلاة التي لا يستاك لها سبعين ضعفا (المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم، الرقم: 515)
Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu anha) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “The salaah performed after making miswaak is seventy times more virtuous than the salaah performed without making miswaak.”…
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