Hadith: 'Whoever of you comes to attend the Friday prayer, let him take a shower
«مَنْ جَاءَ مِنْكُمُ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ».
[صحيح] - [متفق عليه] - [صحيح البخاري: 894]
المزيــد ...
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say:
'Whoever of you comes to attend the Friday prayer, let him take a shower."
[Authentic hadith] - [Narrated by Bukhari & Muslim] - [Sahih Bukhari - 894]
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) affirms that it is recommended for whoever wants to attend the Friday prayer to take a shower like that which he takes from Janābah (major ritual impurity).
معاني الكلمات
Benefits from the Hadith
- Affirming the Friday Ghusl (ritual bath) and the fact that it is Sunnah for the believer on Friday, preferably just before going to the prayer.
- Keenness on being clean and having a pleasant smell is among the Muslim's morals and manners, and this is more emphatic when meeting and sitting with people, especially during the Friday and congregational prayers.
- The Hadīth addresses those upon whom the Friday prayer is obligatory because they are the ones who attend it.
- It is recommended for the one who attends the Friday prayer to be clean. So, he should take a bath to remove the foul odors from his body, and he should wear perfume. However, if he makes ablution only, it will be sufficient for him.
More ...
- Hadith: If you said to your companion: "Be quiet and listen" on Friday while the Imām is delivering the sermon, then you would be guilty of idle talk
- Hadith: I prepared water for Allah's Messenger to purify himself from the major ritual impurity. He poured water with his right hand onto his left hand twice or three times and then washed his private parts and rubbed his hand on the ground or the wall
- Hadith: On taking a ritual bath, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to wash his hands, then perform ablution like that for prayer, then wash himself
- Hadith: Whoever takes a bath on Friday, like the bath taken from sexual impurity, and then goes (to the mosque) on the first hour is like the one who offers a camel as a sacrifice; and whoever goes on the second hour is like the one who offers a cow as a sacrifice
- Hadith: Whoever unjustly usurps even one handspan of land, his neck will be encircled with it down the seven earths
- Hadith: If any of you has sexual intercourse with his wife and then wished to have intercourse again, then let him perform ablution between the two times
- Hadith: Whoever performs ablution on Friday, that is good, and whoever takes a bath has done what is better