As-Salat Wa Salam Upon The Prophet Of Islaam

al-Hafidh Emaad ad-Deen Isma’eel Ibn Katheer¹ [D.774A.H.] [رحمه الله] said in his Tafseer regarding the saying of Allaah [تعالى]:

‎﴿إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِيِّۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسۡلِيمًا﴾‏

«Allaah sends His Salât [Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy, etc.] on the Prophet and also His Angels too [ask Allaah to bless and forgive him]. O you who believe! Send your Salât on [ask Allaah to bless] him, and [you should] send Salam upon him.» [Soorah Ahzab: 56]

Ibn Katheer [رحمه الله] said in his Tafseer:

❝The meaning of this Ayaah is: that Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] informed His worshippers of the status of His slave and His Prophet with Him in the high gathering [Angels], in that Allaah [سبحانه و تعالى] praises the Prophet in the high gathering of the Angels that are close to Him.

Also, that the Angels pray for the Prophet [ﷺ], then Allaah [تعالى] ordered the people of the lower world to send as-Salat Wa Salam upon the Prophet, so that the praise of those of the high world and lower world are combined.❞

[Tafseer al-Qur’aan al-Atheem By al-Hafidh Ibn Katheer, (3/663)]

Giving Charity on Fridays

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

Giving charity on Friday has a special merit compared to other days,

just as giving charity during the month of Ramadan has a higher merit compared to the rest of the year.

I witnessed Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله when he would go out for Jumuaah,

he would take whatever he found at home—be it bread or anything else—and give it as charity in secret on his way.

I heard him say:

“If Allāh commanded us to give charity before consulting with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ (58:12), then giving charity before consulting with Allāh is even more virtuous and deserving of merit”
[Zaad al-Maad, 1/399]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:

"If the one giving charity knew that his charity landed in the Hand of Allāh before the hand of the poor person (48:10), the pleasure of the giver would be greater than the pleasure of the receiver."

[al-Madarij as-Salikeen, 1/26]

FRIDAY يوم الجمعة

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Everyone who invokes a blessing on me will receive ten blessings from Allah."

[Sahih Muslim 384]

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"The five (daily) prayers and from one Friday prayer to the (next) Friday prayer, and from Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for the (sins) committed in between (their intervals) provided one shuns the major sins."

[Sahih Muslim 233]

• Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
"He who performed ablution well then came to Friday prayer, listened (to the sermon), kept silent, all (his sins) between that time and the next Friday would be forgiven with three days extra."

[Sahih Muslim 857]

• The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"On Friday, there is an hour when, if a Muslim happens to pray at that time and ask Alläh for something good, He will give it to him."

[Sahih Muslim 852]

If you want Allah to bless you ten times, remove ten of your sins, and elevate you ten degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ once.

If you want Allah to bless you a hundred times, remove a hundred of your sins, and elevate you a hundred degrees, send blessings upon the Prophet ‎ﷺ ten times.

And so on, whenever you send blessings upon him ‎ﷺ, multiply it by ten without any limit.

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said:
“Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah will bless him ten times, remove ten of his sins, and elevate him ten degrees.”

And this is not specific to Fridays, but on Fridays, it is more virtuous.

Prophet ﷺ said: “If one of you yawns on Friday (during the Khutbah), let him change from the place he’s sitting to another.”

‎● [صحيح بن خزيمة : مختصر المختصر من المسند الصحيح ١٨١٩]

The Prophet ‎ﷺ said

"'When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals.

The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice).

The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively.

When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 929

Shaykh Ibn Baz رحمه الله said:

“It is not legislated to return the salam during the khutbah.

Rather you must remain silent.”

Majmu’ al-Fatawa (v. 12, p. 339)]

Friday strengthens your heart throughout the week, so do not waste its strength by neglecting it, otherwise your heart will become sick and die.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever missed three Fridays out of negligence, Allaah will place a seal over his heart."

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1369

Friday Is the Day for Du‘a

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“Jumu‘ah is comprised of 12 portions of time. There is one in which a Muslim who asks Allah for something will have it granted to him. Seek it in the last period after ʿAṣr.” (Abū Dāwūd)

The attack against our brothers and sisters in #Gaza continues.

• Raise your hands and beg Allah to help the Muslims.

• Pray against the oppressors and those who assist them.

• Ask Allah like the one who knows that Allah is All-Powerful.

Do not underestimate the power of du‘ā'.