Hadith Lesson: Ghusl on Friday

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.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “When one of you comes to Friday prayer, he should perform ghusl.” Performing ghusl on Friday is a Sunnah. Therefore, one should definitely make ghusl on Friday. If he is close to the Friday prayer [mosque], it can be [to make ghusl before prayer]. If not, then he should make ghusl, take a shower in the morning, for the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. He will have attained a great reward.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Make Ghusl on Friday, even if the cup of water [used for this ghusl] is worth a dinar.” Showering, making ghusl has a great virtue on Friday. It is that valuable that our Prophet ﷺ said, even if you will give one gold coin for a glass of water, you should buy it and make ghusl with it. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim used to go to ḥajj every year. There wasn’t a lot of water there. Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim used to perform ablution with a glass of water. “I would perform ghusl with a jug (pitcher),” he would say. Ghusl isn’t in throwing too much water. On Friday, in the morning before leaving home, if you immediately take a shower and go out, you will have attained a great reward with this intention. And you will have fulfilled the order of our Holy Prophet ﷺ.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “You should make ghusl on Friday. For whoever makes ghusl on Friday,” which means showers, “in this case, it will be an atonement for his sins between two Fridays and three more days.” There is a ḥadīth sharīf that if one sins from a Friday to a Friday, it is an atonement from Friday to Friday. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says this about who performs ghusl. Sins are forgiven from Friday to Friday and on top of that three more days.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Performing ghusl on Friday strips off sins from the roots of the hair.” So it’s that important. It’s not in vain. Performing ghusl on Friday is not like normal ghusl or taking a shower. That day, sins will be stripped off and swept away. They all go away together with the water.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Three things are a duty upon every Muslim.” So whoever does these things, they will be good, for that Muslim. They will be beneficial. “These are performing ghusl on Friday,” taking a shower. “The second is using a miswak. The third is applying a nice perfume.” Of course, the first two are okay. But everyone should be careful with the third. Sometimes what they think is a

nice scent is not nice at all. Don’t apply anything with fake scents, apply a real (natural) scent.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Performing ghusl on Friday is a duty upon every Muslim.” It is the duty of every Muslim. One should not leave it. “One should apply from the perfume of his family on Friday.” If there is a nice scent in the house, let him wear genuine (natural) scents. “If he can’t find one, he can wash himself with water and cleanse himself, it is a nice scent for him.” Even water is a nice scent. They shouldn’t apply from the fake (fraudulent) perfumes our dervishes are selling here. They should apply genuine (natural) perfumes. If there isn’t, apply water with the intention of scent.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “It is a duty towards Allāh ﷻ that every Muslim washes his head and body once in seven days.” So it is necessary to shower at least once a week; washing his head and body. Muslims have this habit of making ghusl, showering, bathing. Cleanliness is a habit of Muslims. In the past, Christians used to baptize. When a baby is born, they wash it. After that, they would not ever apply water upon themselves. They would walk around smelling like a strange creature. There was no showering. Why wouldn’t they wash? Because there wouldn’t be baptism anymore, they said. Whereas a Muslim must at least once a week. It is the sign of a Muslim.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “It is a duty upon every Muslim to use the miswak on Friday,” not only on Friday, they added it here. Sometimes there is a strangeness in the translation. Miswak is a duty every day. “Performing Ghusl on Friday is a duty upon Muslims.” But the miswak should be used everyday. “It is a duty upon every Muslim to apply perfume of their family if they have one.”

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Every person who is mature (reached puberty) should go to Friday prayer.” So what we mean by mature is when girls reach the level of women. And children reach the state of men. After they reach that age, they must go to Friday prayers. Before that, they are children. It’s not necessary for children. It’s okay if they didn’t go. But it would be good to bring them in order to make it as a habit. “The person who goes every Friday should perform ghusl on Friday.” It is necessary to have that habit every Friday, in shā’a Llāh.

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, “Every Muslim man must perform ghusl at least once in seven days, and that is on Friday.” People in old times used to do it on Friday, or Thursday night - because it is also considered Friday. That is what people in old times did.

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, “Performing ghusl on Friday is wājib for every mature person.” Of course, this applies to men. Friday prayer is not wājib for women.

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 wājib of performing ghusl on Friday is like the wājib of performing ghusl after being in a state of Janābah (intercourse impurity).” Of course, there are some disagreements; every Madhhab is different. But here, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam explains the importance of performing ghusl on Friday. So you should not miss performing ghusl on Friday.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying here, “It is sunnah to perform ghusl 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. 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. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 24 June 2025/ 28 Dhu l-Hijjah 1446 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul