Hadith Lesson: Prohibitions of Friday Prayer

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 the Imam is delivering the Khutbah, and you ask your companion to keep quiet and listen, then no doubt you have done an evil act.” Talking is forbidden during the Friday Khutbah. Because a tworak’at prayer with a Khutbah is like a four-rak’at Fard prayer. There’s no talking between them. Most people speak without knowing while the imam is making Khutbah. You shouldn’t talk after the Khutbah adhan is recited. If someone is talking next to you and you tell them to be quiet, you’ll be talking too. You’ll also ruin your Jum’ah. Therefore, we must be careful. Shukr to Allāh ﷻ, we also pray Friday prayer in two minutes. They should be patient and talk after Friday prayer, in shā’a Llāh.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “On Friday, after the imam arrives, anyone who steps over people’s necks and separates two people or sits between them is like someone dragging their intestines through the fire.” When you go to Friday prayers, you should be on time and sit. If you’re the last to arrive making people get up from the back row, making a pass through people, and then sitting in front is like

someone dragging their intestines through the fire. That’s how bad it is. Islām is a religion of adab. It is a religion of goodness and beauty. Therefore, if you’re coming, come early and sit. If you can’t, sit in the back. Just as they’re getting up for prayer, and they want to close the rows all together, you can pass then.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The imam coming out stops prayer and his speaking stops conversation.” Prayer is no longer performed after the imam arrives; the prayer ends. Speaking must also stop.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever walks on Friday, passing over people’s necks and shoulders, will have built a bridge to Hell.” When he walks through people, it becomes like a bridge to Hell.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Whoever smoothes the pebbles in the place of Sajdah, then he has engaged in Laghw (doing what’s not suitable.)” If there is a stone or something in front of you while you’re is praying, you should remove it before the prayer. You should not move while praying.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Our Prophet prohibited Al-Habwah (sitting with a cloth tied round the back and legs) on Friday while the Imam is delivering the Khutbah.” So they must sit properly on Friday. Therefore, the Friday Khutbah should not be overly long, so that people can sit comfortably, in various places, and avoid engaging in other makrūh things.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “When the mu’adhin calls the adhan on Friday, it is ḥarām (forbidden) to do any work.” Of course, this is for men, not for women. What is meant by adhan here is the adhan for the Khutbah. Because in old times, there used to be one adhan. Later on, there became two adhans so that people come, and prepare themselves. After that, when the Khutbah adhan is called, it is ḥarām to work. Shopping is ḥarām. There’s a time when it’s ḥarām and that is 15-20 minutes at most. And that’s something you shouldn’t do.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The length of a man’s prayer and the shortness of his sermon are a sign of his understanding [of religion].” One must make the prayer long, but his Khutbah must be short enough as much as people can tolerate. If he does so then, he is someone who understands religion and fiqh well, says

our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. “So make the prayer long and the Khutbah short, for indeed there is magic in eloquence.” There’s something special in Khutbah, it affects people, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

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 sermon which does not contain a tashahhud or du’ā’ of tahiyyat is like a hand cut off.” So when we go up to make the Khutbah, we start with, “Ashhadu an la ilaha illa Allah, wa ash-hadu anna Sayyidina Muhammadan Abduhu Wa Rasuluhu.” Without it, it is like a person without hands, says Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

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, “There is no servant who delivers a Khutbah but Allah ﷻ asks him what he means to deliver by this Khutbah.” Allāh ‘Azza waJalla will surely ask the person who delivers the Khutbah, what he means by it, what his purpose is, what is he pointing out about. May Allāh ﷻ forgive us all.

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 pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, 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 pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, for the souls of all Shaheeds. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 22 July 2025/ 27 Muharram 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul