WISHING JUMMAH MUBARAK IS BHD’HA?
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is no doubt that Friday is an “Eid”
or “festival” for the Muslims, as it says in
the hadeeth narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas
(may Allah be pleased with him) who
said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
“This is a day of ‘Eid that Allah has
ordained for the Muslims, so whoever
comes to Jumu‘ah, let him do ghusl, and
if he has any perfume let him put some
on, and you should use the miswaak.”
Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 1098; classed as
hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Ibn
Maajah.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on
him) said, describing the special virtues
of Friday:
Thirteen: It is a day of ‘Eid that is
repeated every week.
Zaad al-Ma‘aad, 1/369
Thus the Muslims have three Eids: Eid al-
Fitr and Eid al-Adha, which come once
every year, and Jumu‘ah which is
repeated once every week.
Secondly:
With regard to the Muslims
congratulating one another on the
occasions of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha,
this is prescribed and it is narrated from
the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased
with them). This has been discussed
previously in the answers to questions
no. 49021 and 36442. As for
congratulating one another on the
occasion of Friday, what seems to us to
be the case is that it is not prescribed,
because the fact that Friday is an Eid
was known to the Sahaabah (may Allah
be pleased with them), and they were
more knowledgeable than us about its
virtues, and they were keen to respect it
and give it its due, but there is no report
to suggest that they used to
congratulate one another on Fridays.
And all goodness is in following them
(may Allah be pleased with them).
Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan (may Allah
preserve him) was asked: What is the
ruling on sending text messages every
Friday and ending with the phrase
“Jumu‘ah mubaarak”?
He replied:
The early generation did not
congratulate one another on Fridays, so
we should not introduce anything that
they did not do.
End quote from Ajwabat As’ilah Majallat
al-Da‘wah al-Islamiyyah.
A similar fatwa was issued by Shaykh
Sulaymaan al-Maajid (may Allah
preserve him), when he said:
We do not think it is prescribed to
exchange congratulations on Fridays,
such as saying to one another, “Jumu‘ah
mubaarak” and so on, because it comes
under the heading of du‘aa’s and dhikrs,
which must be based on a text (of the
Qur’aan or Sunnah) because this is
purely the matter of worship and if it
were good, the Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) and his
Companions (may Allah be pleased with
them) would have done it before us. If
anyone suggests that this is permissible,
then that may imply that it is prescribed
to say du‘aa’s and congratulate one
another after having done the five daily
prayers and other acts of worship, and
du‘aa’ at these times was not done by
the early generations.
End quote from the Shaykh’s website
(may Allah preserve him)
If a Muslim prays for his brother on
Friday with the intention of softening
his heart and making him happy, and
seeking the time when supplications are
answered, there is nothing wrong with
that.
And Allah knows best.

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