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70-502: Youm Jumu'ah ("day of congregation"), or simply Jumu'ah means Friday in Arabic . In many Muslim countries , the weekend is inclusive of Fridays, and in others, Fridays are half-days for schools and some workplaces. It is one of the most exalted Islamic rituals and one of its confirmed obligatory acts. The service consists of several parts including ritual washing, chants, recitation of scripture and prayer, and sermons. When entering

140-615: A feast day occurs on a Friday, the Orthodox also abstain from using oil in their cooking and from alcoholic beverages (there is some debate over whether abstention from oil involves all cooking oil or only olive oil ). On particularly important feast days, fish may also be permitted. For the Orthodox, Fridays throughout the year commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ and the Theotokos ( Mother of God ), especially as she stood by

210-989: A 2012 survey by Pew Research Center , about 1% of the Muslims in Azerbaijan , 5% in Albania , 9% in Uzbekistan , 10% in Kazakhstan , 19% in Russia and 22% in Kosovo said that they attend mosque once a week or more. This was largely due to the religious restriction of Islam under communist rule , and attendance levels have been rising rapidly since the fall of the Soviet Union. Mosque attendance rates in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have seen precipitous increases over

280-482: A Friday. In the 19th century, Admiral William Henry Smyth described Friday in his nautical lexicon The Sailor's Word-Book as: The Dies Infaustus , on which old seamen were desirous of not getting under weigh, as ill-omened. ( Dies Infaustus means "unlucky day". ) This superstition is the root of the well-known urban legend of HMS  Friday . In modern times since the Middle Ages, Friday

350-646: A sermon were wrong and had lapsed (along with several other religious practices) until the return of their 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi . However, among others, Shiite modernist Muhammad ibn Muhammad Mahdi al-Khalisi (1890–1963) demanded that Shiites should more carefully observe Friday prayers in a step to bridge the gap with Sunnis . Later, the practice of communal Friday prayers was developed, and became standard there-afterwards, by Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran and later by Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr in Iraq. They justified

420-415: A week (including 56.0% of the population under 30 and 64.3% of men). The number of regular attendees is somewhat lower in the next largest Muslim-majority country, Pakistan , which has over 210 million Muslims making up over 95% of the population . The 2018 World Values Survey conducted there found that 46.1% of Pakistanis attended religious services at least once a week (including 47.0% of Pakistanis under

490-744: A year later in Kuwait. In the seven-day week introduced in the Roman Empire in the first century CE, the days were named after the classical planets of Hellenistic astrology (the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn). The English name Friday comes from the Old English frīġedæġ , meaning the "day of Frig ", a result of an old convention associating the Nordic goddess Frigg with

560-1065: Is fríggjadagur . The modern Scandinavian form is fredag in Swedish , Norwegian , and Danish , meaning Freyja 's day. The distinction between Freyja and Frigg in some Germanic mythologies is contested. The word for Friday in most Romance languages is derived from Latin dies Veneris or "day of Venus" (a translation of Greek Aphrodī́tēs hēméra , Ἀφροδίτης Ἡμέρα ), such as vendredi in French , venres in Galician , divendres in Catalan , vennari in Corsican , venerdì in Italian , vineri in Romanian , and viernes in Spanish and influencing

630-630: Is יום שישי Yom Shishi meaning "the sixth day". In most Indian languages , Friday is Shukravāra , named for Shukra , the planet Venus . In Bengali শুক্রবার or Shukrobar is the 6th day in the Bengali week of Bengali Calendar and is the beginning of the weekend in Bangladesh. In Tamil, the word for Friday is velli , also a name for Venus; and in Malayalam it is velliyalca . In Japanese , 金曜日 ( きんようび , kinyōbi )

700-456: Is Wajib Takhyiri (at the time of Occultation ), which means that there is an option to offer Jum'ah prayers, if its necessary, conditions are fulfilled, or to offer Zuhr prayers. Hence, if Salat al-Jum'ah is offered then it is not necessary to offer Zuhr prayer. It is also recommended by Shiite Scholars to attend Jum'ah as it will become Wajib after the appearance of Imam al-Mahdi and Jesus Christ (Isa). Shiite (Imamite) attach high significance to

770-653: Is a Jewish custom to fast on the Friday of the week of Chukat . Shafi%27i Others In terms of Ihsan : The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism ( Arabic : ٱلْمَذْهَب ٱلشَّافِعِيّ , romanized :  al-madhhab al-shāfiʿī ) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam . It was founded by the Muslim scholar , jurist , and traditionist al-Shafi'i ( c.  767–820 CE ), "the father of Muslim jurisprudence", in

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840-475: Is a loan from the Slavic Pannonian dialect. The n in péntek suggests an early adoption from Slavic, when many Slavic dialects still had nasal vowels . In modern Slavic languages only Polish retained nasal vowels. Friday is considered unlucky in some cultures. This is particularly so in maritime circles; perhaps the most enduring sailing superstition is that it is unlucky to begin a voyage on

910-511: Is also the day of the week when the Day of Judgment will occur and the world will end. There is also a belief that Allah is more likely to forgive and bless on Fridays. It is also believed to be the day that Islam was revealed to be perfected. There is consensus among Muslims regarding the Friday prayer ( salat al-jum'ah ) being wajib – required – in accordance with the Quranic verse, as well as

980-609: Is currently lost. Al-Shāfiʿī fundamentally criticised the concept of judicial conformism (the Istiḥsan ). Al-Shāfiʿī ( c.  767 –820 AD) visited most of the great centres of Islamic jurisprudence in the Middle East during the course of his travels and amassed a comprehensive knowledge of the different ways of legal theory. He was a student of Mālik ibn Anas , the founder of the Mālikī school of law, and of Muḥammad Shaybānī ,

1050-632: Is formed from the words 金星 ( きんせい , kinsei ) meaning Venus (lit. gold + planet) and 曜日 ( ようび , yōbi ) meaning day (of the week). In the Korean language , it is 금요일 in Korean Hangul writing ( Romanization : geumyoil ), and is the pronounced form of the written word 金曜日 in Chinese characters, as in Japanese. In Chinese , Friday is 星期五 xīngqíwǔ meaning "fifth day of

1120-641: Is in effect here as a more religious youthful contingent replaced a less religious contingent that grew up under the Soviet Union. In the Middle East and North Africa, mosque attendance at least once a week ranges from 35% in Lebanon to 65% in Jordan . Sub-Saharan African Muslim communities tend to have a high rates of mosque attendance, and ranges from 65% in Senegal to nearly 100% in Ghana . In South Asia , home to

1190-482: Is named for its liturgical significance as the day of preparation before Sabbath , which was inherited by Greek Christian Orthodox culture from Jewish practices. Friday was formerly a Christian fast day ; this is the origin of the Irish Dé hAoine , Scottish Gaelic Di-Haoine , Manx Jeheiney and Icelandic föstudagur , all meaning "fast day". In both biblical and modern Hebrew , Friday

1260-466: Is not obligatory for old men, children, women, slaves, travellers, the sick, blind and disabled, as well as those who are outside the limit of two farsakhs . It is mentioned in the Quran : O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of God, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know. And when the prayer is finished, disperse through

1330-451: Is said to fulfill certain conditions: Friday Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday . In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the ISO 8601 -defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week . In most Western countries, Friday is the fifth and final day of

1400-529: Is the Friday before Easter . It commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus . Adherents of many Christian denominations including the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Methodist, and Anglican traditions observe the Friday Fast , which traditionally includes abstinence from meat , lacticinia , and alcohol on Fridays of the year. Traditionally, Roman Catholics were obliged to refrain from eating

1470-422: Is the unlucky day, specifically the 13th. Popularly, Fridays are seen as days of good luck and happiness, since it is the last day of a work week as well as many school weeks that end every Friday. In astrology , Friday is connected with the planet Venus and is symbolized by that planet's symbol ♀ . Friday is also associated with the astrological signs Libra and Taurus . In Christianity, Good Friday

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1540-571: The Filipino biyernes or byernes , and the Chamorro betnes . This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh language as Gwener . An exception is Portuguese , also a Romance language , which uses the word sexta-feira , meaning "sixth day of liturgical celebration", derived from the Latin feria sexta used in religious texts where consecrating days to pagan gods

1610-531: The Hebrides it is supposed that it is a lucky day for sowing the seed. Good Friday in particular is a favourite day for potato planting—even strict Roman Catholics make a point of planting a bucketful on that day. Probably the idea is that as the Resurrection followed the Crucifixion , and Burial so too in the case of the seed, and after death will come life? In Hispanic and Greek cultures, Tuesday

1680-827: The Istiḥsān (juristic discretion). The Shafiʽi school was widely followed in the Middle East until the rise of the Ottomans and the Safavids . Traders and merchants helped to spread Shafiʽi Islam across the Indian Ocean , as far as India and Southeast Asia . The Shafiʽi school is now predominantly found in parts of the Hejaz and the Levant , Lower Egypt , Somalia , Yemen and Indonesia , and among

1750-771: The Kurdish people , in the North Caucasus and generally all across the Indian Ocean ( Horn of Africa and the Swahili Coast in Africa and coastal South Asia and Southeast Asia ). One who ascribes to the Shafi'i school is called a Shafi'i , Shafi'ite or Shafi'ist ( Arabic : ٱلشَّافِعِيّ , romanized :  al-shāfiʿī , pl. ٱلشَّافِعِيَّة , al-shāfiʿiyya or ٱلشَّوَافِع , al-shawāfiʿ ). Including: The fundamental principle of

1820-558: The Sunnah ) and human speculation regarding the Law. Where passages of Qurʾān and/or the Ḥadīths are ambiguous, the school seeks guidance of Qiyās (analogical reasoning). The Ijmā' (consensus of scholars or of the community) was "accepted but not stressed". The school rejected the dependence on local traditions as the source of legal precedent and rebuffed the Ahl al-Ra'y (personal opinion) and

1890-515: The pagan origins of the name. In Slavic countries, it is called "Fifth Day" ( Polish : piątek , Russian : пятница , pyatnitsa ). The day is named after Shukra son of Bhrigu and Kavyamata (Usana). In Hinduism , special observances are practiced for forms of the Devi , such as Durga , Lakshmi , Saraswati , Kali , Parvati , Annapurna , Gayatri , or Santoshi Mata on Friday. Fridays are important for married ladies and they worship

1960-508: The 13th and Friday the 17th are considered to be especially unlucky, due to the conjunction of Friday with the unlucky numbers thirteen and seventeen . Such a Friday may be called a "Black Friday". However, this superstition is not universal, notably in Hispanic, Greek and Scottish Gaelic culture: Though Friday (and especially those falling on the 13th and 17th) has always been held an unlucky day in many Christian countries, still in

2030-627: The Arab world, the word for Friday is commonly a derivation of this: ( Malay Jumaat (Malaysia) or Jumat (Indonesian) , Turkish cuma , Persian / Urdu جمعه , jumʿa ) and Swahili (Ijumaa). In modern Greek , four of the words for the week-days are derived from ordinals. However, the Greek word for Friday is Paraskevi ( Παρασκευή ) and is derived from a word meaning "to prepare" ( παρασκευάζω ). Like Saturday ( Savvato , Σάββατο ) and Sunday ( Kyriaki , Κυριακή ), Friday

2100-547: The Directions Given to Band Societies (25 December 1744) mandate for all Methodists fasting and abstinence from meat on all Fridays of the year. The Eastern Orthodox Church continues to observe Fridays (as well as Wednesdays) as fast days throughout the year (with the exception of several fast-free periods during the year). Fasting on Fridays entails abstinence from meat or meat products (i.e., quadrupeds), poultry , and dairy products (as well as fish). Unless

2170-648: The Friday prayer was given by Allah before hijrah, but the people were unable to congregate and perform it. The Prophet wrote a note to Mus'ab ibn Umayr , who represented the Prophet in Madinah to pray two raka'at in congregation on Friday (that is, Jumu'ah). Then, after the migration of the Prophet to Medina, the Jumu'ah was held by him. For Shiites, historically, their clergy discouraged Shiites from attending Friday prayers. According to them, communal Friday prayers with

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2240-692: The Muslim youth in Germany attend religious services regularly. In 2009, 24% of Muslims in the Netherlands said they attended mosque once a week according to a survey. According to a survey published in 2010, 20% of the French Muslims claimed to go regularly to the mosque for the Friday service. Data from 2017 shows that American Muslim women and American Muslim men attend the mosque at similar rates (45% for men and 35% for women). A valid Jum'ah

2310-753: The Roman goddess Venus after whom the planet was named; the same holds for Frīatag in Old High German , Freitag in Modern German , and vrijdag in Dutch . The expected cognate name in Old Norse would be friggjar-dagr . The name of Friday in Old Norse is frjá-dagr instead, indicating a loan of the week-day names from Low German ; however, the modern Faroese name

2380-761: The Shafiʽ;i thought depends on the idea that "to every act performed by a believer who is subject to the Law there corresponds a statute belonging to the Revealed Law or the Shari'a ". This statute is either presented as such in the Qurʾān or the Sunnah or it is possible, by means of analogical reasoning ( Qiyas ), to infer it from the Qurʾān or the Sunnah. As-Shafiʽi was the first jurist to insist that Ḥadīth were

2450-597: The World Values Survey reported that 33.8% of Turks attended (including 29.0% of those under 30 and 56.4% of men). This shows that even though both countries have relatively low religious attendance, religiosity is stronger in Turkey than in Iran, especially among the youth. In several countries, such as in Central Asia and Balkans , self-reported Muslims practice the religion at low levels. According to

2520-428: The age of 30 and 52.7% of men). However, this was a large increase from the same survey conducted in 2012, where it was reported that only 28.9% of Pakistanis attended religious services at least once a week (including 21.5% of Pakistanis under the age of 30 and 31.4% of men). This is a testament to increasing religiosity in Pakistan, especially among the youth, who have gone from attending jumuah at rates far below that of

2590-445: The country, according to the World Values Survey conducted in the country in 2018, 62.0% of Indonesians attend religious services at least once a week (including 54.0% of the population under the age of 30 and 66.1% of men). Most of these presumably would fall under the category of attending jumuah prayers. These numbers are stable from the same survey conducted in 2006, where 64.5% of Indonesians attended religious services at least once

2660-404: The days after. In some Islamic countries , the week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday, just like the Jewish week and the week in some Christian countries. The week begins on Saturday and ends on Friday in most other Islamic countries, such as Somalia , and Iran . Friday is also the day of rest in the Baháʼí Faith . In some Malaysian states, Friday is the first week-end day, with Saturday

2730-701: The decisive source of law (over traditional doctrines of earlier thoughts). In order of priority, the sources of jurisprudence according to the Shafiʽi thought, are: The school rejected dependence on local community practice as the source of legal precedent. The concept of Istishab was first introduced by the later Shafiʽi scholars. Al-Shafiʽi also postulated that "penal sanctions lapse in cases where repentance precedes punishment". Views on FGM The school does not differentiate male and female circumcision and considers female circumcision ( Female Genital Mutilation ) alongside male circumcision to be wajib (obligatory). This makes it unique among

2800-425: The early 9th century. The other three schools of Sunnī jurisprudence are Ḥanafī , Mālikī and Ḥanbalī . Like the other schools of fiqh, Shafiʽi recognize the First Four Caliphs as the Islamic prophet Muhammad 's rightful successors and relies on the Qurʾān and the "sound" books of Ḥadīths as primary sources of law. The Shafi'i school affirms the authority of both divine law-giving (the Qurʾān and

2870-409: The first rak'at and Surah al-Munafiqun in the second rak'at, after Surah al-Hamd . Although Friday is not a sabbath in Islam it is recognized as a superior and holy day. According to the Islamic scholar Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya there are 32 reasons that Friday is special. Some of the reasons include a belief that Friday was the day when Adam was created, entered into, and expelled from Jannah . It

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2940-429: The following is a general outline of the steps of the prayer cycle. According to Shi'ite doctrine, two qunut (raising one's hands for supplication during salat) is especially recommended during salatul Jum'ah. The first Qunut is offered in the 1st rak'at before ruku' and the second is offered in the 2nd rak'at after rising from ruku'. According to Shiite doctrine, it is advisable (Sunnat) to recite Surah al-Jum'ah in

3010-492: The foot of the cross. There are hymns in the Octoekhos which reflect this liturgically. These include Theotokia (hymns to the Mother of God) which are chanted on Wednesdays and Fridays called Stavrotheotokia ("Cross- Theotokia "). The dismissal at the end of services on Fridays begins with the words: "May Christ our true God, through the power of the precious and life-giving cross...." Quakers traditionally referred to Friday as "Sixth Day," eschewing

3080-419: The four primary Sunni schools of Jurisprudence as the only one to fully require FGM. The groundwork legal text for the Shafiʽi law is al-Shafiʽi's al-Risala ("the Message"), composed in Egypt . It outlines the principles of Shafiʽi legal thought as well as the derived jurisprudence. A first version of the Risālah , al-Risalah al-Qadima , produced by al-Shafiʽi during his stay in Baghdad ,

3150-418: The full reward of fasting all the days of a year and observing night-vigil on each of its nights for every step that he took towards the mosque." [Ibn Khuzaymah, Ahmad]. There are many hadiths reported on the significance of Jum'ah. The Muhammad has been reported saying: The Jum'ah prayer is half the Zuhr (dhuhr) prayer, for convenience, preceded by a khutbah (a sermon as a technical replacement of

3220-479: The goddesses on that day. In Islam , Friday (from sun-down Thursday to sun-down Friday) is the day of communion, of praying together, the holy day of Muslims . Friday observance includes attendance at a Masjid (mosque) for congregation prayer or Salat Al Jumu'ah . It is considered a day of peace and mercy (see Jumu'ah ). According to some Islamic traditions, the day is stated to be the original holy day ordained by God, but that now Jews and Christians recognize

3290-486: The importance of Friday as follows. " Abu Huraira reported the Messenger of Allah as saying: The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday; on it, Adam was created. on it he was made to enter Paradise , on it he was expelled from it. And the last hour will take place on no day other than Friday. The Qur'an also has a surah (chapter) called Al-Jumu'ah (The Friday). Jewish Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and lasts until nightfall on Saturday. There

3360-434: The khaṭīb takes his place on the minbar , a second adhan is made. The khaṭīb is supposed to deliver two sermons, stopping and sitting briefly between them. In practice, the first sermon is longer and contains most of the content. The second sermon is very brief and concludes with a dua , after which the muezzin calls the iqāmah . This signals the start of the main two rak'at prayer of Jum'ah. In Shia Islam, Salat al-Jum'ah

3430-414: The land and seek God's grace, and remember God greatly so that you may be successful. Narrated Abu Huraira : Muhammad said, "On every Friday the angels take their stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their arrival for the Friday prayer) and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to

3500-477: The largest Muslim communities in the world, mosque attendance at least once a week ranges from 53% in Bangladesh to 61% in Afghanistan . Surveys conducted in 1994 and in 1996 observed a decrease in religiosity among Muslims in Belgium based on lowering mosque participation, less frequent prayer, dropping importance attached to a religious education, etc. This decrease in religiosity was more visible in younger Muslims. A study published in 2006, found that 35% of

3570-455: The last decade. According to the World Values Survey, weekly attendance in Kazakhstan went from 9.0% in 2011 (including 8.7% among those under 30 and 9.6% among men) to 15.3% in 2018 (including 14.6% of those under 30 and 17.1% among men), while weekly attendance in Tajikistan climbed from 29.3% in 2011 (including 35.1% of those under 30 and 58.1% of men) to 33.2% in 2020 (including 35.1% of those under 30 and 58.1% of men). Generational replacement

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3640-450: The majority of Shiite and Sunni doctrine, the sermon must contain praise and glorification of Allah , invoke blessings on Muhammad and his progeny, and have a short quotation from the Quran in Arabic called a surah . It must also give the participants a sense of taqwa , admonition and exhortation. Juum'ah prayer consists of two rak'ats or prayer segments. Shia and Sunni sects of Islam prescribe slight differences in this pattern but

3710-406: The many traditions narrated both by Shi'i and Sunni sources. According to the majority of Sunni schools and some Shiite jurists, Friday prayer is a religious obligation, but their differences were based on whether its obligation is conditional to the presence of the ruler or his deputy in it or if it is wajib unconditionally. The Hanafis and the Twelver Imamis believe that the presence of

3780-625: The meat of warm-blooded animals on Fridays, although fish was allowed. The Filet-O-Fish was invented in 1962 by Lou Groen , a McDonald's franchise owner in Cincinnati, Ohio , in response to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from the Roman Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays. In the present day, episcopal conferences are now authorized to allow some other form of penance to replace abstinence from meat. The 1983 Code of Canon Law states: The Book of Common Prayer prescribes weekly Friday fasting and abstinence from meat for all Anglicans . In Methodism ,

3850-509: The mosque all worshippers participate in a practice called wudu — a ritual washing. Participants wash their face first, then their arms, then wipe their head, then wash or wipe their feet, in this order according to certain rules prescribed by Islamic law . A Muezzin will recite a specific chant called an Adhan to call the congregation to the mosque, then to line up to begin the service. The imam will then get up and recite The Sermon for Necessities . The first call summons Muslims to enter

3920-399: The mosque and then a second call, known as the iqama , summons those already in the mosque to line up for prayer. The Imam will then get up and give a sermon called a Khutbah and recite prayer and scripture from the Quran in Arabic . The sermon is given in the local language and Arabic or completely in Arabic depending on the context. The imam performs the following: According to

3990-505: The number of Egyptians attended at least once a week had risen to 57.0% (including 52.9% of those under 30 and 89.4% of men). However, different patterns are found in the non-Arab Middle Eastern countries of Iran and Turkey . In these two countries, jumuah attendance is among the lowest in the world. The 2005 World Values Survey in Iran found 33.8% of the population attending (including 27.3% of Iranians under 30 and 38.9% of Iranian men). By 2020, all these numbers had fallen, as only 26.1% of

4060-452: The population attended at least once a week (including 19.1% of Iranians under 30 and 29.3% of men). In Turkey, the 2012 World Values Survey found 33.2% of the population attending (including 28.6% of Turks under 30 and 54.0% of men). Similarly, According to a 2012 survey by Pew Research Center , 19% of Turkish Muslims say that they attend Friday prayer once a week and 23% say they never visit their local mosque. However, six years later in 2018,

4130-545: The practice under the newly promoted Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists doctrine. When al-Sadr installed Friday prayer imams in Shia-majority areas—a practice not traditional in Iraqi Shiism and considered "revolutionary, if not heretical"—it put him at odds with the Shia religious establishment in Najaf . Under both Khomeini and al-Sadr, political sermons would be heard. The world's largest Muslim population can be found in Indonesia , where over 240 million Muslims live making up nearly 90% of Indonesia's total population . In

4200-422: The presence of a just ruler or his representative or Faqih and in the absence of a just ruler or his representative and a just faqih, there exists an option between performing either the Friday or the zuhr prayer, although preference lies with the performance of Friday prayer. According to the history of Islam and the report from Abdullah bn 'Abbas narrated from the Prophet saying that: the permission to perform

4270-407: The ruler or his deputy is necessary; the Friday prayer is not obligatory if neither of them is present. The Imamis require the ruler to be just (' adil ); otherwise his presence is equal to his absence. To the Hanafis, his presence is sufficient even if he is not just. The Shafi'is , Malikis and Hanbalis attach no significance to the presence of the ruler. Moreover, it has been stated that Jum'ah

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4340-712: The second, to allow Muslims to perform their religious obligations on Friday. Sunday is the first working day of the week for governmental organizations . Muslims are recommended not to fast on a Friday by itself ( makruh , recommended against, but not haram , religiously forbidden), unless it is accompanied with fasting the day before (Thursday) or day after (Saturday), or it corresponds with days usually considered good for fasting (i.e. Day of Arafah or Ashura ), or it falls within one's usual religious fasting habits (i.e. fasting every other day), then it's completely permissible. Muslims believe Friday as "Syed-ul-Ayyam" meaning King of days. A narration in Sahih Muslim describes

4410-408: The sermon." Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj an-Naysaburi relates that Muhammad used to read Surah 87 ( Al-Ala ) and Surah 88, ( Al-Ghashiya ), in Eid Prayers and also in Friday prayers. If one of the festivals fell on a Friday, Muhammad would have made sure to read these two Surahs in the prayers. Muhammad is quoted as saying "The best day the sun rises over is Friday; on it Allah created Adam . On it, he

4480-434: The survey found that the number had dropped to 44.4% (including 41.3% of those under 30 and 48.8% of men). Meanwhile, in the Arab country of Egypt , jumuah attendance has risen massively in recent years. The 2012 World Values Survey found that 45.2% of Egyptians attended at least once a week (including 44.9% of Egyptians under the age of 30 and 60.1% of Egyptian men), but six years later the 2018 World Values Survey found that

4550-456: The total population to attending at rates higher than the total population. A different pattern is seen in the Muslim-majority country of Bangladesh (which has over 150 million Muslims making up over 90% of the population ). There the 2002 World Values Survey found that 56.1% of Bangladeshis attended religious services at least once a week (including 50.6% of Bangladeshis below the age of 30 and 61.7% of men), whereas sixteen years later in 2018,

4620-408: The two reduced rakaʿāt of the ordinary Zuhr (dhuhr) prayer), and followed by a congregational prayer, led by the imām . In most cases the khaṭīb also serves as the imam. Attendance is strictly incumbent upon all adult males who are legal residents of the locality. The muezzin (muʾadhdhin) makes the call to prayer, called the adhan , usually 15–20 minutes prior to the start of Jum'ah. When

4690-538: The week". In the Nahuatl language, Friday is quetzalcōātōnal ( [ket͡saɬkoːaːˈtoːnaɬ] ) meaning "day of Quetzalcoatl ". Most Slavic languages call Friday the "fifth (day)": Belarusian пятніца – pyatnitsa , Bulgarian петък – petŭk , Czech pátek , Polish piątek , Russian пятница – pyatnitsa , Serbo-Croatian петак – petak , Slovak piatok , Slovene petek , and Ukrainian п'ятниця – p'yatnitsya . The Hungarian word péntek

4760-412: The working week. In some other countries, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the second. In Iran , Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week. Bahrain , the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Kuwait also followed this convention until they changed to a Friday–Saturday weekend on September 1, 2006, in Bahrain and the UAE, and

4830-421: Was made to enter paradise , on it he was expelled from it, and the Last Hour will take place on no other day than Friday." [Ahmad and at-Tirmithi]. Aws ibn Aws, narrated that Muhammad said: "Whoever performs Ghusl on Friday and causes (his wife) to do ghusl, then goes early to the mosque and attends from the beginning of the Khutbah and draws near to the Imam and listens to him attentively, Allah will give him

4900-444: Was not allowed. Another exception among the Romance languages is also Sardinian , in which the word chenàpura is derived from Latin cena pura . This name had been given by the Jewish community exiled to the island in order to designate the food specifically prepared for Shabbat eve. In Arabic , Friday is الجمعة al-jumʿah , from a root meaning "congregation/gathering." In languages of Islamic countries outside

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