Know the Value of Friday

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, Auzu Billahi Minashaytanir Rajeem. Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem, Wassalatu Wassalamu ala Rasulina Muhammadin Sayyidul Awwalin wal Akhirin, Madad Ya Rasulallah, Madad Ya As’habi RasuLillah, Madad Ya Mashayikhina, Sheykh Abdullah Daghestani, Sheykh Nazim al-Haqqani. Dastur. Tariqatunas sohba, wal khayru fil jamiyya.

Today is the Holy day of Jumah (Friday). Jumah is a holy day for all muslims: both the living and the deceased; it is a holy day for all. Today, gifts are sent to the deceased ones. Good deeds are done with prayers, recitations of the Quran, Sadaqah, Tasbihat and Zikr; it all reaches them today. They know the value of this day better than we do. We say: “Ok, it is Jumah today so tomorrow is the weekend.” Those who don’t go to Jumah [prayer] don’t even think about the prayer and the day, yet the virtue of this day is great. May Allah ﷻ make us amongst those who know the value of this day. Especially reciting Surat Al-Kahf today, it is a protection for us from Yājūj and Mājūj (Gog and Magog) and the Dajjal (False Messiah/ Antichrist). There are certain verses in the beginning and at the end of the Surah, so even if you can’t read the whole Surah you can just read these verses and it’ll be of benefit.

There are certain Sunnahs that are done on the day of Jumah (Friday), and it is much better to do them on this day than on other days. People should be ambitious for the hereafter and try to do as much as possible, whatever they can do. If they do it knowing the value of this day, it will be more acceptable. May Allah ﷻ bless it and accept it from us insha’Allah.

Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Mehmet ar-Rabbani 5 February 2021/22 Jumada al-Akhir 1442 Sabah Namaz, Akbaba Dargah