Friday Blessings: 8 Sunnah Acts to Follow on Yawm al Jumu’ah

Sunnan of Yawm al Jumu’ah: Boost Your Friday with These Blessed Acts

Sunnan of Yawm al Jumu’āh 

• ‣ Send plenty salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ
• ‣ Ghusl [ritual washing of the whole body]
• ‣ Wear your best clothes
• ‣ Applying perfume [for men]
• ‣ Cleaning the teeth with siwāk/miswāk [cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree (known as arāk, أراك, in Arabic)]
• ‣ Going early to the masjid
• ‣ Reading Sūrah al-Kahf
• ‣ Lots of Supplication
• ‣ Make supplication during the Hour of Response (between Asr and Maghrib)

Note: There are other highly recommended acts which are not mentioned in the post i.e.

• Praying Fajr in congregation and reciting Sūrah as-Sajdah and Sūrah al-Insān in the Fajr prayer, 

• Walking to the masjid instead of riding 

• Not separating or stepping up two people sitting together in the masjid,

• Listening to the Imām silently and attentively while delivering his sermon and not indulging in idle talk, 

• Praying two units at home after the Friday prayer [or four (two+two) units of prayer in the masjid]

• Sending plenty of salutations upon the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on the day of Friday and the night before [after (Thursday)] maghrib prayer.

#friday_reminder