Etiquette and Sunnahs of Friday prayer
Praise be to God. We praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in God from the evils of ourselves and from the evils of our deeds. Whoever God guides, none can mislead him, and whoever He leads astray, none can guide him. I bear witness that there is no god but God alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
﴿O you who have believed, fear God as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims.(Al Imran: 102).
﴿O people, fear your Lord who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from them many men and women, and fear Allah who By him you will question the relatives. Indeed, God has been a watcher over you.(An-Nisa: 1).
﴿O you who have believed, fear God and speak words of righteousness.*He will amend your deeds for you and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys God and His Messenger has achieved a great victory.﴾ [Al-Ahzab: 70, 71];As for what follows:
The most truthful hadith is the Book of God, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the worst of matters are newly invented matters, and every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is a misguidance, and every misguidance is in Hell.
O Muslims:
God Almighty has prescribed for you five prayers in which the people of every neighborhood gather together in the mosque in which they pray, reminding each other of the importance of the five prayers, encouraging each other to continue attending the mosques, and checking on each other if they miss the five obligatory prayers.
He also prescribed for you the Friday prayer in which the people of the country gather once every week, in a gathering greater than the five daily prayers, in which the Muslim looks at faces that he does not know, but they share this religion with him, and the rituals of this religion to which he belongs, so his faith increases and his bond with his religion and with his fellow believers is strengthened.
This feeling increases during the Eid prayer when he sees the people of his city gathered for this prayer, and he sees women and children with them, performing one of God’s rituals.
The same applies if he goes farther than his city and sees Muslims here and there. He rejoices at the sound of the call to prayer, rejoices at the sight of prayer, and rejoices at hearing the Qur’an, even if it is with a foreign accent.
But it is this great religion that brings together all spectrums of people from every tongue, land, and color.
﴿This is your nation, one nation, and I am your Lord, so worship me.(Al-Anbiya’: 92).
O Muslims:
God Almighty has enjoined Friday prayer on us, and He Almighty said:O you who have believed, when the call is called to prayer on the day of Friday, then strive toward the remembrance of God and give up business. That is better for you if you are You know﴾ [Friday: 9].
This is something that is imposed on us.
There is an order to hasten to it, as Al-Bukhari and Muslim narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: ((Whoever goes in the first hour, it is as if he had sacrificed a camel, and whoever went in the second hour, it is as if he had sacrificed a cow, and whoever went in the third hour, it is as if he had sacrificed a horned ram, and whoever went in the fourth hour, it is as if he had sacrificed a chicken, and whoever went in the fifth hour, it is as if he had sacrificed an egg. When the Imam ascends the pulpit, the angels will be present, listening to the remembrance.)); [Narrated by Al-Bukhari (841) and Muslim (850)].
This is a difference in the hours of going and being early to Friday, so what is appropriate for a Muslim who is keen on doing good is to hasten in the first hours of Friday, and not to delay until after the preacher has entered, thus missing out on hearing the dhikr and sitting in the first rows. Rather, early attendance for Friday prayer is a sign of veneration of the rituals of God Almighty.That and whoever honors the rituals of God, they are part of the piety of hearts.(Al-Hajj: 32).
The Muslim makes sure that he and his family hasten to attend Friday prayers at the beginning of the time, not at the end.
Have you seen how people race to attend public events, or to attend matches in stadiums, in order to find a suitable place, or a suitable angle for viewing, for the ritual of God is greater and greater in the souls of believers.
O Muslims:
Among the glorification of Friday in the souls of believers is what was narrated by Al-Tirmidhi (456) and others on the authority of Aws bin Aws, who said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:((Whoever takes a bath on Friday, washes himself, goes early, comes early, comes close, listens and listens, will have the reward for every step he takes for a year of fasting and standing in prayer)); [Sheikh Al-Albani, may God have mercy on him, authenticated it in Sahih Al-Tirmidhi].
So see, may God have mercy on you, how he arranged the reward for washing, arriving early, approaching the preacher, listening, and listening.
This great reward came for all of these things combined, not just one of them. So how can a Muslim who hastens to do good deeds neglect such great spoils?
O Muslims:
Among the glorification of Friday prayer is what Al-Bukhari narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:((If you say to your friend on Friday: Listen while the imam is delivering the sermon, then you have deviated from it.)).
It was forbidden to speak while the preacher was speaking, even if it was for the sake of advice, and where do you find such a thing in glorifying the rituals of religion in people’s souls? This and others indicate a great significance of the importance of listening to what the speaker is saying, and that the Muslim should not be distracted by a conversation or ignore him. Rather, he should accept the speaker’s words in a way that will benefit him, and this listening is what teaches the Muslim to carefully listen to the speaker when he speaks, and not to interrupt or turn away from the one speaking to him until he has finished speaking. If he did, people would consider it bad manners to turn away from the speaker, or to be preoccupied with not listening to him. And remember, may God have mercy on you, what feeling the speaker experiences if he sees someone who is talking to him. He is talking to someone who was too busy looking at his phone, or turned to someone else and left him and his conversation.
This is our religion, which teaches us to listen carefully until the speaker finishes his speech.
May God bless the Great Qur’an for me and you and benefit me and you with the verses and wise remembrance it contains. I say this and ask God for forgiveness for me and for you and for the Muslims of every sin, sin and error, so seek His forgiveness. He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.
The second sermon
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon the guiding and faithful Prophet, and upon his good and pure family and companions, and whoever follows his path, follows in his footsteps, and follows his Sunnah until the Day of Judgment.Now, O Muslims:
Al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih on the authority of Salman Al-Farsi, who said: The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: ((A man should not wash himself on Friday, purify himself as much as he can, apply some of his ointment, or touch some of his household perfume, then go out, not separating between two people, then pray what is prescribed for him, then listen when the imam speaks, unless he will be forgiven for what comes between him and the next Friday.)).
The Muslim should go out to Friday, cleansed, purified, and perfumed, and wearing his best clothes, so that the worshipers will not find anything from him except a pleasant smell, and they will see nothing but a good appearance from him.
People are still fine as long as they go out on Friday in their clean clothes and bright uniforms.
Seeing beautiful clothes and bright outfits gives Friday elegance and splendor, as if people are on a holiday.
O Muslims: Among the Sunnahs of Friday prayer is the recitation of Surat Al-Kahf, as narrated by Al-Hakim and Al-Bayhaqi, and authenticated by Ibn Hajar, and authenticated by Al-Albani, who said that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: (((Whoever recites Surat Al-Kahf on a Friday, the light between the two Fridays will shine for him)).
The believer should not neglect to recite this Surah, and one of the virtues of continuing to recite it every Friday is that he will end up reciting it having memorized it, so that he will have something of the Qur’an in his heart with the least effort.
O Muslims: One of the etiquettes on Friday is not to cross the necks of the worshipers and move between the rows. It was narrated by Abu Dawud (1118) and Ibn Majah (1115) and authenticated by Al-Albani on the authority of Abdullah bin Basr, may God be pleased with him, who said:((A man came to step over people’s necks on Friday while the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, was giving a sermon. The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to him: Sit down, for you have been harmed.))It is a hated act, and some scholars, such as Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Abdul-Barr and al-Nawawi, have considered it a forbidden matter.
O Muslims: It is Sunnah on Friday to pray four times in the mosque, or to pray two rak’ahs after it in his house, as stated in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, may God be pleased with them both, that the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him,((He would not pray after Friday until he finished, so he would pray two rak’ahs)).
As stated in Sahih Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said:((If one of you prays Friday, let him pray four times after it)).
This is the Sunnah of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in prayer after Friday prayer, and the Muslim has the choice between this and that.
O Muslims: Friday prayer is one of the scenes of Muslims, so magnify it in your souls and the souls of your children in deed and word. May God make us and you among the people of goodness and prosperity, and among the people of happiness and righteousness.
O God, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as you prayed for Abraham and the family of Abraham. You are Praiseworthy and Glorious. O God, bless Muhammad as you blessed Abraham and the family of Abraham. You are Praiseworthy and Glorious. O God, cherish Islam and the Muslims, humiliate polytheism and polytheists, and grant victory to Your struggling servants. O God, we ask you for guidance and piety, chastity and wealth. O God, we ask you for your love and the love of work that will bring us closer to your love. O God, make faith beloved to us and beautify it in Our hearts, and make us hate disbelief, immorality, and disobedience, and make us among the rightly guided. O God, protect us with your protection, guide us to your obedience, have mercy on us with your mercy, and provide us with your ample provision, and bestow upon us your great bounty. O God, give our souls its piety, and purify it, you are better than those who purify it, you are its guardian and master.
Oh God, bless our Imam, our guardian, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and his Crown Prince, Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Oh God, protect our country and the countries of Muslims from the plots of plotters, the immorality of the immoral, and the aggression of the aggressors.
Glory be to your Lord, Lord of glory above what they describe, and peace be upon the messengers, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.