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Sunan Abi Dawud 1068 — First Friday Prayer After Medina
The Friday Prayer In Villages
First Friday Prayer After Medina Hadith and Jumuah History
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1068
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1068
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ، - لَفْظُهُ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَهْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَمْرَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ جُمُعَةٍ جُمِّعَتْ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ بَعْدَ جُمُعَةٍ جُمِّعَتْ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْمَدِينَةِ لَجُمُعَةٌ جُمِّعَتْ بِجُوَاثَاءَ قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ قُرَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ . قَالَ عُثْمَانُ قَرْيَةٌ مِنْ قُرَى عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
The Friday prayer first offered in Islam after the Friday prayer offered in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is Friday prayer offered at Juwatha, a village from the villages of al-Bahrain. The narrator ‘Uthman said: it is a village from the village of the tribe of ‘Abd al-Qais.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1068In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 679English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1063
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1068
This Hadith records a point from the early history of Friday prayer. Ibn Abbas said that the first Friday prayer offered in Islam after the Friday prayer in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was the Friday prayer offered at Juwatha, a village from the villages of al-Bahrain. The narrator Uthman added that it was a village from the villages of the tribe of Abd al-Qais. The Hadith about the first Friday prayer after Medina is not giving a long story or legal detail. It simply preserves a named place and event. Its main value is in showing that Jumuah was held beyond the Prophet’s mosque and remembered by the companions.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith identifies Juwatha as an early place where Friday prayer was offered.
- It connects the spread of Jumuah to a named village in al-Bahrain.
- The report preserves a specific historical memory about Friday prayer.
- The wording should be kept to the place and detail mentioned in the text.
