Jumua’h Mubarak

· 12 Jumada I 1437 AH1 min readFatwa 35167English
Beliefs and Practices (Aqeedah)

Question

It has become a common trend to say Jumah Mubarak and send Jumah Mubarak messages. What is the shariah stance on it? Please enlighten.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The day of Jumua’h is the greatest day of the week. To be alive and spend a Friday in the worship of Allah Taala is indeed blessed (Mubarak).1

Whilst congratulating with Jumua’h Mubarak is not proven or practised by Rasulullah صلي الله عليه وسلم and the Sahabah, there is no prohibition on condition,

One does not regard it as compulsory,

Or customary.2

If a person fulfils the etiquettes and sunnats of a Friday as advised by Rasulullah

صلي الله عليه وسلم such a person is blessed. There is no point in confining the congratulation of Jumua’h Mubarak to verbal utterance without deriving the barakat and blessings of Jumua’h for himself and encouraging others to do so.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Huzaifah Deedat

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

سنن الترمذي ت بشار (5/ 293) 1

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: اليَوْمُ الْمَوْعُودُ يَوْمُ القِيَامَةِ، وَاليَوْمُ الْمَشْهُودُ يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ، وَالشَّاهِدُ يَوْمُ الجُمُعَةِ، وَمَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَلاَ غَرَبَتْ عَلَى يَوْمٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ، فِيهِ سَاعَةٌ لاَ يُوَافِقُهَا عَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ بِخَيْرٍ إِلاَّ اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، وَلاَ يَسْتَعِيذُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ

صحيح البخاري (3/ 184)2

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ القَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِنَا هَذَا مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ، فَهُوَ رَدٌّ» رَوَاهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ المَخْرَمِيُّ، وَعَبْدُ الوَاحِدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَوْنٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

Answered by
Huzaifah Deedat
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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