Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is no doubt that Friday is an “Eid” or “festival” for
the Muslims, as it says in the hadeeth narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allah
be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said: “This is a day of ‘Eid that Allah has ordained
for the Muslims, so whoever comes to Jumu‘ah, let him do ghusl, and if he
has any perfume let him put some on, and you should use the miswaak.”
Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 1098; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh
Ibn Maajah.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said, describing
the special virtues of Friday:
Thirteen: It is a day of ‘Eid that is repeated every week.
Zaad al-Ma‘aad, 1/369
Thus the Muslims have three Eids: Eid al-Fitr and Eid
al-Adha, which come once every year, and Jumu‘ah which is repeated once
every week.
Secondly:
With regard to the Muslims congratulating one another on the
occasions of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, this is prescribed and it is
narrated from the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them). This has been
discussed previously in the answers to questions no. 49021 and 36442. As for
congratulating one another on the occasion of Friday, what seems to us to be
the case is that it is not prescribed, because the fact that Friday is an
Eid was known to the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them), and they
were more knowledgeable than us about its virtues, and they were keen to
respect it and give it its due, but there is no report to suggest that they
used to congratulate one another on Fridays. And all goodness is in
following them (may Allah be pleased with them).
Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan (may Allah preserve him) was asked:
What is the ruling on sending text messages every Friday and ending with the
phrase “Jumu‘ah mubaarak”?
He replied:
The early generation did not congratulate one another on
Fridays, so we should not introduce anything that they did not do.
End quote from Ajwabat As’ilah Majallat al-Da‘wah al-Islamiyyah.
A similar fatwa was issued by Shaykh Sulaymaan al-Maajid (may
Allah preserve him), when he said:
We do not think it is prescribed to exchange congratulations
on Fridays, such as saying to one another, “Jumu‘ah mubaarak” and so on,
because it comes under the heading of du‘aa’s and dhikrs, which must be
based on a text (of the Qur’aan or Sunnah) because this is purely the matter
of worship and if it were good, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would have
done it before us. If anyone suggests that this is permissible, then that
may imply that it is prescribed to say du‘aa’s and congratulate one another
after having done the five daily prayers and other acts of worship, and
du‘aa’ at these times was not done by the early generations.
End quote from the Shaykh’s website (may Allah preserve him)
If a Muslim prays for his brother on Friday with the
intention of softening his heart and making him happy, and seeking the time
when supplications are answered, there is nothing wrong with that.
And Allah knows best.
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