Friday is a day of special standing for Muslims, with its own acts of worship and also things to refrain from. Writing in Prothom Alo, Faizullah Riyad, a teacher at Jamia Arabia Darus Sunnah in Rajabari, Dhaka, lists several of them.
Buying and selling after the Friday call to prayer is improper: in Surah Al-Jumuah, verse 9, believers are told to hasten to the remembrance of Allah when the call is made and to leave off trade. Talking during the khutbah is forbidden; even telling a neighbour to "be quiet" counts as idle speech, according to a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari (934). The writer also advises against looking at a phone or fidgeting.
Arriving late and stepping over worshippers' shoulders to reach the front is wrong; the Prophet (peace be upon him) told one man doing so to sit down because he was causing people hardship (Abu Dawud, 1118). Squeezing between two people without their permission, or making someone get up so as to take their place, is also forbidden in hadith.
One should not come to the mosque with bad breath from onion, garlic, tobacco or zarda (Sahih al-Bukhari, 7359); bathing, using a miswak and wearing scent on Friday are encouraged. Missing Jumuah without a valid excuse is warned against as a grave sin in Sahih Muslim (865); illness or travel are different.
The writer also reminds readers that sending many blessings on the Prophet on Friday is enjoined (Abu Dawud, 1047), and that the day holds an hour when supplication is especially likely to be answered (Sahih al-Bukhari, 935), which some reports place between Asr and sunset, and advises not to miss these acts.
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Source: Prothom Alo
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