IslamA hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari says Friday holds a brief hour when a Muslim's prayer is granted; here are four supplications from the Quran that can be recited that day, with their meanings and sources.
Surah Al-Jumu'ah commands believers to leave trade and hasten to Friday prayer, and the weekly gathering is a reminder of the gathering on the Day of Judgement.
Thousands of worshippers took part in the first Jumma prayer at the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah after Saudi Arabia lifted all remaining restrictions.
Several hadiths say that reciting ten verses of Surah Kahf, one of the Friday practices, protects a believer from the trial of Dajjal.
Friday is the best day of the week, and reciting Surah Al-Kahf is one of its recommended acts, with several virtues described in the hadith.
Hadith urge believers to send abundant durood on the Prophet (PBUH) on Friday, and teach the words in which to do so.
The hadith says there is an hour on Friday when Allah grants whatever a Muslim asks, and several narrations place it after the Asr prayer.
