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 anyperfume let him put some on, and you
should use the miswaak." Narrated byIbn 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 repeatedonce every week.
Secondly:
With regard to the Muslims congratulating one another on the occasions
of Eid al-Fitr andEid 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 ofFriday, 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 andending 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 notdo.
End quote from Ajwabat As'ilah Majallat al-Da'wah al-Islamiyyah.
A similar fatwa was issuedby 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 anddhikrs, which must be
based on a text (of the Qur'aan or Sunnah) because this is purely the
matter of worship and if itwere good, the Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) and hisCompanions (may Allah bepleased with
them) wouldhave 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.
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