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Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Newnas(m): 7:03am On Feb 27, 2016
134741: What is the ruling on offering congratulations on Friday?

What is the ruling on offering congratulations on Friday, because now it is the custom in our country on Friday to send text messages and people congratulate one another on the occasion of Friday by saying “Jumu‘ah mubaarak” or “Jumu‘ah tayyibah.”.
Published Date: 2011-04-07

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)

http://www.salmajed.com/ar/node/2601

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.

Anyone who has a contrary scholarly opinion may do so by quoting do scholar who has the opinion then his arguments. May Allah put barakah in our lives.

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by omokoladele(m): 7:47am On Feb 27, 2016
May Allah have mercy on us and forgive us our sins.

To me I see nothing wrong in it.

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Newnas(m): 8:49am On Feb 27, 2016
omokoladele:
May Allah have mercy on us and forgive us our sins.

To me I see nothing wrong in it.

You must be a Sheikhah to have said that!

Anyway please mention your proof for it.

note: you should mention a scholar that has your opinion also because your personal opinion is of little or no importance.
Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by AlBaqir(m): 12:49pm On Feb 27, 2016
Newnas:
134741: What is the ruling on offering congratulations on Friday?

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).


The above ruling is Sheik Salih's personal Ijtihad which is contradictory to other Scholars Ijtihad. And none of these Ijtihad is binding or obligatory on ANY Muslim.

# Everything is Halal (permissible) in Islam except where there is a clear directive that it is Haram (forbidden) in the Quran and Sahih ahadith from the Prophet. Anything not mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah is never forgotten by Allah and His Messenger. The Ummah is free to exercise their Ijtihad in line with their understanding of the deen on this "unmentioned issues".

# The fact that there is no documented evidence that sahabah greeted themselves "Jumah Mubarak" is never an evidence that the greeting is "forbidden or discouraged". There were lots of things that some Sahabah did that we NEVER followed them in doing that. And there were lots of things they did not engaged in that we do.

Example:

* Saying after the mentioning of Sahabah, "Radi'Allahu anhu/anha/anhum" is never commanded or recommended by Allah or His Messenger despite the fact that the wording was revealed as part of Quran and the Prophet himself recited it as part of the Quran; and even the Sahabah themselves recited it. Yet we do this very often without a direct or indirect command of Allah and His Prophet. It is only approved by Ijtihad of the Ummah.

* When the verse of Salawat was revealed, there is a direct command upon the believers to send salat and salam upon the Prophet [surah Ahzab]. However, the holy Prophet was asked by the Sahabah, "How should we send salat upon you?" Prophet replied, "say, "O Allah send salat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent salat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...; and (O Allah) send barakat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent barakat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...". The shorter version of this salawat is "O Allah! Bless Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad"

This or similar salawat is the prescribed salawat by the Prophet himself. This is what even the Sahabah did. So why is it that today we have INCLUDED a phrase that was never commanded, recommended or prescribed by Allah and His Messenger into our salawat by saying: ""O Allah! Bless Muhammad and his progeny and his companions altogether.

Who commanded us to insert "and his companions altogether"? This is an Ijtihad agreed upon by the Ummah.

#Example of this kind of "Ijtihad" is abound that practically has no directive order in the Quran and Sunnah. Saying "Jum'ah Mubarak" or "Barka Jimoh" etc on Friday is mere greetings that foster love, affection, brotherhood and prayers between the Muslims. This is a kind of unqualified "good things" that Quran recommend.

Quran declares:
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better (greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account of all things{surah Nisa:86}.

In this ayah, greetings can come in any form. It doesn't matter. The command is greet equally or better than how you were greeted. In my Neighbourhood, we greet ourselves on Friday, "A Ku Jimoh oni o. Emi wa a se opolopo re laye o". Not returning the greeting equally or better is a violation of this noble ayah. Surprisingly, even we greet ourselves "E Ku Sunday o Ni o; E Ku ojo meta o; E Ku owuro o etc. Are you saying since Sahabah did not greet themselves as such, then it is to be avoided? Weird.

Salam

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by kazlaw2000: 9:07pm On Feb 27, 2016
AlBaqir:


The above ruling is Sheik Salih's personal Ijtihad which is contradictory to other Scholars Ijtihad. And none of these Ijtihad is binding or obligatory on ANY Muslim.

# Everything is Halal (permissible) in Islam except where there is a clear directive that it is Haram (forbidden) in the Quran and Sahih ahadith from the Prophet. Anything not mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah is never forgotten by Allah and His Messenger. The Ummah is free to exercise their Ijtihad in line with their understanding of the deen on this "unmentioned issues".

# The fact that there is no documented evidence that sahabah greeted themselves "Jumah Mubarak" is never an evidence that the greeting is "forbidden or discouraged". There were lots of things that some Sahabah did that we NEVER followed them in doing that. And there were lots of things they did not engaged in that we do.

Example:

* Saying after the mentioning of Sahabah, "Radi'Allahu anhu/anha/anhum" is never commanded or recommended by Allah or His Messenger despite the fact that the wording was revealed as part of Quran and the Prophet himself recited it as part of the Quran; and even the Sahabah themselves recited it. Yet we do this very often without a direct or indirect command of Allah and His Prophet. It is only approved by Ijtihad of the Ummah.

* When the verse of Salawat was revealed, there is a direct command upon the believers to send salat and salam upon the Prophet [surah Ahzab]. However, the holy Prophet was asked by the Sahabah, "How should we send salat upon you?" Prophet replied, "say, "O Allah send salat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent salat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...; and (O Allah) send barakat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent barakat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...". The shorter version of this salawat is "O Allah! Bless Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad"

This or similar salawat is the prescribed salawat by the Prophet himself. This is what even the Sahabah did. So why is it that today we have INCLUDED a phrase that was never commanded, recommended or prescribed by Allah and His Messenger into our salawat by saying: ""O Allah! Bless Muhammad and his progeny and his companions altogether.

Who commanded us to insert "and his companions altogether"? This is an Ijtihad agreed upon by the Ummah.

#Example of this kind of "Ijtihad" is abound that practically has no directive order in the Quran and Sunnah. Saying "Jum'ah Mubarak" or "Barka Jimoh" etc on Friday is mere greetings that foster love, affection, brotherhood and prayers between the Muslims. This is a kind of unqualified "good things" that Quran recommend.

Quran declares:
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better (greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account of all things{surah Nisa:86}.

In this ayah, greetings can come in any form. It doesn't matter. The command is greet equally or better than how you were greeted. In my Neighbourhood, we greet ourselves on Friday, "A Ku Jimoh oni o. Emi wa a se opolopo re laye o". Not returning the greeting equally or better is a violation of this noble ayah. Surprisingly, even we greet ourselves "E Ku Sunday o Ni o; E Ku ojo meta o; E Ku owuro o etc. Are you saying since Sahabah did not greet themselves as such, then it is to be avoided? Weird.

Salam
I concur.
Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Newnas(m): 5:42am On Feb 28, 2016
AlBaqir:


The above ruling is Sheik Salih's personal Ijtihad which is contradictory to other Scholars Ijtihad. And none of these Ijtihad is binding or obligatory on ANY Muslim.

# Everything is Halal (permissible) in Islam except where there is a clear directive that it is Haram (forbidden) in the Quran and Sahih ahadith from the Prophet. Anything not mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah is never forgotten by Allah and His Messenger. The Ummah is free to exercise their Ijtihad in line with their understanding of the deen on this "unmentioned issues".

# The fact that there is no documented evidence that sahabah greeted themselves "Jumah Mubarak" is never an evidence that the greeting is "forbidden or discouraged". There were lots of things that some Sahabah did that we NEVER followed them in doing that. And there were lots of things they did not engaged in that we do.

Example:

* Saying after the mentioning of Sahabah, "Radi'Allahu anhu/anha/anhum" is never commanded or recommended by Allah or His Messenger despite the fact that the wording was revealed as part of Quran and the Prophet himself recited it as part of the Quran; and even the Sahabah themselves recited it. Yet we do this very often without a direct or indirect command of Allah and His Prophet. It is only approved by Ijtihad of the Ummah.

* When the verse of Salawat was revealed, there is a direct command upon the believers to send salat and salam upon the Prophet [surah Ahzab]. However, the holy Prophet was asked by the Sahabah, "How should we send salat upon you?" Prophet replied, "say, "O Allah send salat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent salat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...; and (O Allah) send barakat upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad in exactly the same manner that You have sent barakat upon Ibrahim and the progeny of Ibrahim...". The shorter version of this salawat is "O Allah! Bless Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad"

This or similar salawat is the prescribed salawat by the Prophet himself. This is what even the Sahabah did. So why is it that today we have INCLUDED a phrase that was never commanded, recommended or prescribed by Allah and His Messenger into our salawat by saying: ""O Allah! Bless Muhammad and his progeny and his companions altogether.

Who commanded us to insert "and his companions altogether"? This is an Ijtihad agreed upon by the Ummah.

#Example of this kind of "Ijtihad" is abound that practically has no directive order in the Quran and Sunnah. Saying "Jum'ah Mubarak" or "Barka Jimoh" etc on Friday is mere greetings that foster love, affection, brotherhood and prayers between the Muslims. This is a kind of unqualified "good things" that Quran recommend.

Quran declares:
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with a better (greeting) than it or return it; surely Allah takes account of all things{surah Nisa:86}.

In this ayah, greetings can come in any form. It doesn't matter. The command is greet equally or better than how you were greeted. In my Neighbourhood, we greet ourselves on Friday, "A Ku Jimoh oni o. Emi wa a se opolopo re laye o". Not returning the greeting equally or better is a violation of this noble ayah. Surprisingly, even we greet ourselves "E Ku Sunday o Ni o; E Ku ojo meta o; E Ku owuro o etc. Are you saying since Sahabah did not greet themselves as such, then it is to be avoided? Weird.

Salam

Firstly, If the Sheikh did ijtihad then he has right to do so because he has the necessary scholarly tools to give a verdict which you definitely lack.

secondly, I mentioned that whoever has a contrary scholarly opinion may present it with proof, you didn't mention any scholar that shares your opinion with you.

Thirdly, these greeting of jumuah is not a mundane act rather it is an act of worship just as we needed evidence to support the greeting of eid, we also need evidence from the salaf of the ummah (companions and those who follow them in goodness) to establish the greeting of jumuah.
This is because, every worship is Haram until we find evidence for it.

Your principle that everything in Islam is permissible until evidence is found against it, this is a very misleading and misguided principle.

The implication is that a person can pray subhi as 10 rakats because no evidence prohibits it or perform hajj in his room because no evidence prohibits it and according to you everything is permissible until evidence is established against it.

fourthly, This your statement that [and his companions } was not part of the true Solah is a baseless point because;

One;

Imam Bukharee -alyhi rahmatuLLaah- compiled in his soheeh the hadith of Abu Humayd asSaa'idiyy that they (the companions said) how do we make Solah upon you? He -alyhissolaat wassalaam -said say; oh Allah send Solah upon Muhammad and his wives and progeny just as you have sent Solah upon Ibrahim and his wives and progeny, Allah send barakah upon Muhammad and his wives and progeny just as you have sent barakah upon Ibrahim and his progeny, You are indeed Hameed Majeed. (Bukharee 3369, Muslim 407).

Two;

The scholars of sunnah mentioned that it is not right to change any of the wordings of the adhkar not even to exchange Rasul for nabiyy or vice versa. So it is this same As for the verse you Quotedscholars that have this principle that will go ahead and add to Solah?!
Maybe you don't know that solat ibrahimiyyah has many authentic wordings from the messenger alyhissolaat wassalaam, The sunnah regarding this is to interchange between them and not stick to a particular one. please see sifatu Solah of imam Albany for further details.

three; I don't know anyone who makes that addition amongst the people of sunnah.

four
This does not negate the virtues of the companions.

The verse you quoted, you have completely erred in the explanation, a horrible one. To be sincere, I wouldn't expect a person who has the audacity to reply sheikh Fawzaan and other scholars to be so ignorant.

The meaning of greeting in the verse is the greeting of teslim! why?

Imam bukharee compiled in his soheeh, from Abu Hurayrah that when Allah created Adam and his height was sixty cubits He said to him "go, and greet those group of angels, and listen to their reply (it will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring)" then he went and said "Assalam alykum " then they replied "wa alyka salam wa rahmatuLLaah " so they added wa rahmatuLLaah.....(bukharee)

So the hadith shows that the only greeting recognized with Allah is the teslim. If not, tell me how you greet with a better reply if someone tells you good morning?

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by AlBaqir(m): 1:50pm On Feb 28, 2016
Newnas:


The meaning of greeting in the verse is the greeting of teslim! why?

Imam bukharee compiled in his soheeh, from Abu Hurayrah that when Allah created Adam and his height was sixty cubits He said to him "go, and greet those group of angels, and listen to their reply (it will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring)" then he went and said "Assalam alykum " then they replied "wa alyka salam wa rahmatuLLaah " so they added wa rahmatuLLaah.....(bukharee)



The greeting of Islam {as-Salam alaykum...} was legislated when Islam came. Prophet Muhammad was reported to have said: “The Jews didn’t envy you a thing as much as they envied you your greeting (salaam).”* If salaam did not concern this umma only, the Jews would not envy it. And the Jews and the Christians were part of Adam's offspring. How did Abu Hurayra say: “When Allah (S.w.T.) had created Adam, he said to him: Go to greet those angels and listen to what they will greet you with because it is your and your progenies’ greeting.”

* Ref: Refer to al-Qastalani in his book Irshad as-Sari, vol.10, pg.492
Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Newnas(m): 4:00pm On Feb 29, 2016
AlBaqir:


The greeting of Islam {as-Salam alaykum...} was legislated when Islam came. Prophet Muhammad was reported to have said: “The Jews didn’t envy you a thing as much as they envied you your greeting (salaam).”* If salaam did not concern this umma only, the Jews would not envy it. And the Jews and the Christians were part of Adam's offspring. How did Abu Hurayra say: “When Allah (S.w.T.) had created Adam, he said to him: Go to greet those angels and listen to what they will greet you with because it is your and your progenies’ greeting.”

* Ref: Refer to al-Qastalani in his book Irshad as-Sari, vol.10, pg.492

Ibrahim alyhissalam even greeted the angels with salam as mentioned by Allah in the noble Quran. So please stop spreading baseless opinions.

"when they (angels) entered upon him (Ibrahim) then they said salam and he said salam (oh) strange people" Dhariyaat 25

So ibrahim alyhissalam said the salam and verse serves as shaahid (witness) for Abu Hurayra's hadith. And Abu Hurayrah is free from the evil you attribute to him.

As for the Jews, then they were a criminal people who always deviated from the right path. Allah might have deprived their generation of the blessings of this greeting to serve as a punishment for them. Allah does as He wills according to His infinite wisdom and knowledge.

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Newnas(m): 4:03pm On Feb 29, 2016
And please don't digress again from the primary topic with your strange and deviant opinions!

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by AlBaqir(m): 5:29pm On Feb 29, 2016
Newnas:


Ibrahim alyhissalam even greeted the angels with salam as mentioned by Allah in the noble Quran. So please stop spreading baseless opinions.

"when they (angels) entered upon him (Ibrahim) then they said salam and he said salam (oh) strange people" Dhariyaat 25

So ibrahim alyhissalam said the salam and verse serves as shaahid (witness) for Abu Hurayra's hadith. And Abu Hurayrah is free from the evil you attribute to him.

As for the Jews, then they were a criminal people who always deviated from the right path. Allah might have deprived their generation of the blessings of this greeting to serve as a punishment for them. Allah does as He wills according to His infinite wisdom and knowledge.


* Angel greeted Nabi Ibrahim (as) with Salam and he replied with Salam.

You don't need a pair of spectacle to see what Abu Hurairah claimed "greetings of Adam and his Progenies". Are the Jews and the Christians and the polytheists not part of his progeny? Oh! Were the progenies only refer to the believers? grin

# Again, the greetings of "Salam alaykum" among the believers was institutionalized by Islam; and Islam alone has its monopoly. Period!
Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by AlBaqir(m): 5:41pm On Feb 29, 2016
Newnas:
And please don't digress again from the primary topic with your strange and deviant opinions!

grin Me digressing?

"And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace." {surah al-Fur'qan}

Salam alaykum.

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by abuhubaidah: 12:59am On Mar 04, 2016
AlBaqir:


"And the servants of the Beneficent Allah are they who walk on the earth in humbleness, and when the ignorant address them, they say: Peace." {surah al-Fur'qan}

Salam alaykum.
the messenger of Allah said in his Hadith "that follow my Sunnah and that of kulafa'hu roshideen",then there's no clear proof that the companions do greet themselves "jumhatun muba'raka"..so what else do you want?this is very very clear and you need not to confuse yourself.

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Re: Ruling On Congratulating One Another On Fridays - Sheikh Solih Fawzaan by Empiree: 3:20am On Mar 04, 2016
abuhubaidah:
the messenger of Allah said in his Hadith "that follow my Sunnah and that of kulafa'hu roshideen",then there's no clear proof that the companions do greet themselves "jumhatun muba'raka"..so what else do you want?this is very very clear and you need not to confuse yourself.
smh.

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