Is Saying Jummah Mubarak Bidah?! Ruling on offering congratulations on Friday?
Posted by: KING-slave of ALLAH ! on: September 5, 2011
Is Saying Jummah Mubarak Bidah?! Ruling on offering congratulations on Friday?
Source IslamQA
What is the ruling on offering congratulations on Friday, because now it is the custom in our country on Friday to send text messages and people congratulate one another on the occasion of Friday by saying “Jumu‘ah mubaarak” or “Jumu‘ah tayyibah.”.
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)
http://www.salmajed.com/ar/node/2601
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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18 Responses to "Is Saying Jummah Mubarak Bidah?! Ruling on offering congratulations on Friday?"
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February 24, 2012 at 2:47 pm
One reason which I always felt that saying Jummah mubarak was never practiced is because, unlike the other Eids, this day is not meant to be celebrated but is a like a bonus day to earn more sawaab. By reading surah Kahf or staying in the masjid or in prayers from Asr till Magrib etc.
And if Prophet (SAW) or sahaba didnt do it, then why should we? are we better than them? If it was good then atleast Prophet (SAW) would have said it atleast once.
Allah knows the best.
February 24, 2012 at 10:03 am
Salam u alaykum , bidaah is a big deal , it may sound like ” oh but I’m only greeting ” , but its like when the prophet muhammed died and the sahaba walked into the mosque and found men saying allahu akbar a certain amount of times and reciting quran a certain amount of times and one man was saying ok I’ll say allahu akbar this many times and you do it this many times . The sahaba were like what are you all doing the food in prophet muhammed house isn’t even rotten and your already making up new things and the man said oh but were just doing something good . And then the sahaba said was what prophet taught not good enough is there reason more to perfect it ? So inshala brothers and sisters we keep our deen exactly how it is and if the sahaba didn’t do it we don’t do it if the prophet didn’t say it its because there was no need for it or else it becomes a must and then is saying juma3 mubarak becomes a must and a habit well then its nt just.a random good thing anymre its a part of islam nd that’s where bidah comes in and allah knows best , salam u alaykum
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November 17, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Asalam alikum brother, i always find u finding something to talk about BIDAH, i mean whats wrong on saying JUMAH MUBARAK, its a glorious day, and its eid and if someone sends a text saying JUMAH MUBARAK, then its good, tell u what this column on jumah mubarak is bidah? i think it was not needed, i mean y should anyone debate or typed a para over this , i think about SAYING JUMAH MUBARAK ON JUMAH OR NOT, y not u leave this to ALLAH, and ya one more thing when u greet someone it comes from heart not from MIND, and ALLAH stays in every humans heart, and when i say JUMAH MUBARAK i find it peaceful saying to my muslim brother, and ya i say JUMAH MUBARAK to them, y becoz by saying JUMAH MUBARAK . i am greeting them saying its jumah its the glorious day which is dearest to ALLAH and important , so please dont post boring topic honestly i feel funny when u bring on something which is not even needed
September 30, 2011 at 8:25 am
ASLM. Sukran Jazeedan Bro/Sis “Salam” nice contribution. May Allah make us understand d truth n follow it as well. Finally, more grease 2 elbow 2 d Author of d article. I belive dis attractive piece will trigger more research on d subject matter. Bissalam
September 6, 2011 at 3:42 pm
jazak Allah khair , you are raison but all actions are by intentions.
September 6, 2011 at 10:08 am
Can you, please, give the direct link of islamqa from where you got it?
September 6, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Here is it
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/134741/
End quote from the Shaykh’s website (may Allah preserve him)
http://www.salmajed.com/ar/node/2601
September 6, 2011 at 12:07 am
I believe that if someone’s intention is that it is a sunnah etc, then yes, we can say it is not prescribed and there is no proof of it being a sunnah.
However, if is just as a greeting, like saying “have a great week ahead”, then there should not be a problem. Jumaah mubarakah is just a simplified Arabic version of “Have a blessed Friday”.
As we know, Inna mal a3maal bi niyyat. All actions are by intentions.
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May 18, 2012 at 2:32 pm
jazakallah, mine is jst aquery wat if one says jumaa karim?