Hadith Lesson: Deeds to Attain More Rewards 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 on Friday while the imam is making Khutbah (preaching), he should pray two rak'as and make them short.”

2Qala 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 performs Friday prayer, he mustn’t perform another prayer after it till he has engaged in conversation or gone out.”

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “When any of you prays the Friday prayer, he should pray four rak’as after it.” So these are sunnah. Of course, what we said is according to the madhhabs. We will follow accordingly. Madhhabs have more

explanation on which and how we will perform it. These are like the sunnahs and ādāb (principles) of Friday prayer.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Indeed, Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels send prayers upon those wearing turbans on Friday.” So, on Friday, Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels send prayers upon those who wear turbans. Them wearing a turban means that they have attained the prayers of Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There is nothing wrong with any one of you, if he can afford it, buying two garments for Friday, other than his daily work clothes.” Friday is a virtuous day. So, wear new clothes on that day. It is sunnah to wear new, clean clothes. Therefore, the work clothes – in old times, finding clothes wasn’t as easy as it is in this time. So if you can afford it, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, have two clean garments for Friday apart from the work garment.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “If anyone recites the surah that mentioned Āli ‘Imrān on a Friday, Allāh ﷻ and His ﷻ angels will invoke blessings on him till the sun sets.” The virtues of Friday are many.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever reads Sūrat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, a light will shine for him between the two Fridays.” Between two Jum’ahs, light will shine upon whomever recites Sūrat al-Kahf.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever reads Sūrat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, a light will shine for him which extends from him to the Ancient House (i.e., the Kaʿbah).” So he will be given light which extends between him and the Ka’bah. So wherever you read it, you will have light from your place till the Ka’bah. That light will reach you; and that is for whoever reads Sūrat al-Kahf.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever recites after the Friday prayer Sūrat Al-Fatihah, Al-Ikhlās, Al-Falaq and Al-Nās seven times, Allāh ﷻ will protect him from evils until the next Friday.” And that will be his protection.

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, “Whoever recites, after the imam gives salāms on Friday, before he gets up from his place, Sūrat Al-Fatihah, Al-Ikhlās, AlFalaq and Al-Nās seven times, his past and future sins will be all forgiven.” This is one of the virtuous deeds of 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, “Be present for Friday prayer and stay close to the imām; for if anyone always keeps far away from the imām the result will be that he will be put in a back place in paradise, supposing he enters it.” The virtue of Friday prayer is great. Leaving it without an excuse is a great loss for a person; may Allāh ﷻ protect us.

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, “When it is Friday, the angels stand at every door of the mosque and record the people in the order of their arrival; the first, the second, etc.” So on every door, there are angels. “Who came? This one came first, Ahmad. The second one who came is Muhammad. The third one who came is Hassan.” They write it down as such. They write them all in order. “And when the Imam sits (on the pulpit for delivering the sermon) they fold up their sheets (manuscripts of the Qur'an) and go inside to listen to the Khutbah.” They go inside from the doors and don’t write anything anymore. Those who come after that enter without their names being written. “And he who comes first”, the one who is written down as the first, “attains the reward as the one who offers a she-camel as a sacrifice, the next like one who offers a cow, the next a ram, the next a hen, the next an egg.” The firsts to arrive will be attain the most. Those who come after attain lesser rewards. The first to enter is the winner. The greatest reward is his.

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, “On the Day of Resurrection people will gather near Allah (as a form of closeness) according to how early they came to Friday (prayer), the first, second, third and fourth.” So the earlier one goes to Friday, the closer he is to the mercy and the presence of Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla on the Day of Judgement.

14-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, “The angels sit at the doors of the mosques on Friday, writing down the first, second, and third, until when the

imam comes out, the scrolls are raised.” They write it down until the imam arrives and goes on the pulpit to begin the Khutbah: first, second, third, fifth, tenth, hundredth. Until the imam ascends the pulpit, they close it, and they go inside and listen to the Khutbah.

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 15 July 2025/ 20 Muharram 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul