Hadith Lesson: Friday the Master of Days

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

Last time we stopped at this ḥadīth about combining prayers. Let’s read it once again; it’s important.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever combines two Fard prayers without excuse, has opened and passed through one of the doors of the major sins.” So, it’s okay if there’s an excuse. It could be raining or there might be danger. It’s okay if he prays them both separately, because he won’t be able to pray one. If he is excused like that, it’s okay.

Normally, as we said, in the Hanafi Madhhab, it is not on the day of Eid, but on ‘Arafat. In Arafat, he combines Dhuhr and Asr, Maghrib and ‘Isha. In other Madhhabs, when he is traveling on a journey, he can combine two. For example, in Shafi’i they can combine Dhuhr and Asr if on a journey. He can also combine Maghrib and ‘Isha. He can combine them either before or after. They become of the same account and same reward; if there is no deficiency.

But there is a point here, the journey’s duration according to Shafi’i is three days. It is not fifteen days like Hanafi. If he travels for three days, it is okay. However, if he goes out on a journey and stays for more than three days, he mustn’t combine prayers for more than three days. Then, he has to pray normally; he has to pray four rak’ats and pray like a normal resident who is not on a journey.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The most virtuous day in the sight of Allah ﷻ is Friday.” There is the most virtuous among everything in the sight of Allāh ﷻ. The most virtuous is our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He ﷻ also gives him ﷺ the most virtuous things. And Friday was given to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wasallam, as his ﷺ day and as the most virtuous day in the sight of Allāh ﷻ.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Indeed, Hell is kindled every day except Friday.” On Friday, even Hell is calmer. On Friday, as a mercy, the fire inside it is less.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Every Friday, there are 600 thousand people whom Allāh ﷻ frees from Hell, even though Hell is obligatory for them.” For the honor of Friday, 600 people who were destined for Hell are forgiven by Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. They come out of the fire without entering it.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The most virtuous among your days is Friday.” Friday is undoubtedly one of the most virtuous days. “‘Adam was created

on that day, his soul was taken on that day.” Our father, Sayyidina Adam was created on Friday and he passed away on Friday. “The breath of air and the shout is that day.” When Isrāfīl blows the trumpet and everyone dies, that day will be Friday. And on Friday, it will be blown a second time and people will be resurrected, that day they will go to the Day of Judgement. All will happen on a Friday. “Send a lot of salawāt upon me on that day. The salawāt you recite will be presented to me.” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘aleyhi ve-sallām said, the more salawāt you make on Friday, the more blessings you receive. How lucky are those who are Muslims, for every time you make salawāt upon our Prophet ﷺ, our Prophet ﷺ hears and sees you. You receive his barakah. “Surely Allāh ﷻ has forbidden the earth to eat the bodies of the Prophets.” No matter how many Prophets there are, nothing happens to their blessed bodies; they do not rot, they do not become soil. They stay as they are. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is also Hayy (alive). He is presented the salawāt every time you recite them. There is no hour when salawāt is not said. Therefore, even if there isn’t this, our Prophet ﷺ is Hayy and alive in the sight of Allāh ﷻ.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The reason it is called Friday is because the creation of ‘Adam was gathered, combined and completed on that day.” Therefore, Friday means Jem’i, meaning to gather.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Unless you commit major sins,” most people know the major sins: murder, theft, adultery, usury. “As long as these are not done, the minor sins committed from one Friday to the next will be atoned.” Minor sins will be atoned. Another thing must be done for major sins.

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Friday is the pilgrimage of the Miskīn.” Miskīn means the needy and poor. Friday is considered the pilgrimage of the poor who cannot go to ḥajj.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Friday is the ḥajj of the poor.”

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The best day on which the sun rises is Friday.” The best of the seven days is Friday. “Adam was created on that day.” Allah Azza wa Jalla created Adam on that day. “He was admitted to Paradise on that day.” Allah Azza wa Jalla created Adam alayhi s-salām and put him in Paradise. “He was expelled from Paradise on that day.” He was expelled on Friday. He was sent down to the world on that day. “The Day of Judgment will definitely occur on Friday.” The Day of Qiyāmah is on Friday.

11-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The best day on which the sun rises is Friday. Adam alayhi s-salām was created on that day, and he was expelled from paradise on that day.” Both were on Friday. “His repentance was accepted on that day.” Also, his repentance. Adam alayhi s-salām cried for repentance for 300

years. His repentance was accepted on that day, on Friday. “Qiyāmah will happen on that day.” Qiyāmah will also be on Friday. “When that day comes in the morning, until the sun rises, all the creatures except mankind will wait in fear that the qiyāmah will come.” All insects, animals, everything, the inanimate, stones, waters, all of them will whine with fear on that day, on Friday. They will wait in fear that qiyāmah will come. “There is an hour on that day that if a believer coincides this hour with du’ā’ and asks something from Allāh ﷻ in it, Allāh ﷻ will definitely give him what he asks.” There is an hour on Friday, that hour is the hour of acceptance. It is an hour when du’ā’s are accepted and answered. If a person reaches it, Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will surely give that servant what he wants.

12-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The Master of the days in the sight of Allāh ﷻ is Friday.” It’s also a gift for our Holy Prophet ﷺ, it’s a favor for his ﷺ ummah. This is a great favor, something that Allāh ﷻ loves has been given to us, to Ummati Muhammad ﷺ, for the honor of our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. “Friday is greater than the days of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr.” Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are also very great days, but Friday in every week is more virtuous and greater than them, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says. “It has the following five characteristics,” there are five features of Friday. “The first is that Adam was created on that day,” he was created on Friday. “He was sent down to the earth on that day.” The beginning of the sending down of mankind to the earth was on Friday with Adam alayhi s-salām. “He died on that day, on Friday. There is an hour on that day that when the servant makes du’ā’ and asks for something except for things that are forbidden, such as cutting ties of kinship, Allāh ﷻ will definitely give that person what he wants.” When making du’ā’, do not ask for something bad, such as “Let me win in gambling, let me buy this, let me buy that, let me do something” or one curses his relatives and wishes them evil. If one asks for anything apart from that, Allāh ﷻ will definitely give that person, if he encounters that

hour. “Qiyāmah will also happen on that day. There is no close angel, the sky, the earth, the wind, the mountain or the stone that will not fear this day.” People think that the inanimate do not understand anything. Whether a stone, a tree, a bird, an insect, an animal, all of them are afraid that the qiyāmah will happen on Friday.

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication:

Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati nNaqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. For the sake of Allāh ﷻ. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them, for the souls of all our past ones, for the souls of all Shaheeds. For the sake of Allāh ﷻ. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 27 May 2025/ 29 Dhu l-Qa’dah 1446 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul