6/65. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 1636 — Blessings on Friday
What was narrated concerning the death and burial of the Prophet (SAW)
Hadith About Sending Blessings on Friday
Sunan Ibn Majah : 1636
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 1636
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِنَّ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ أَيَّامِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ وَفِيهِ النَّفْخَةُ وَفِيهِ الصَّعْقَةُ فَأَكْثِرُوا عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعْرُوضَةٌ عَلَىَّ . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تُعْرَضُ صَلاَتُنَا عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَرَمْتَ - يَعْنِي بَلِيتَ - قَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ أَجْسَادَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ " .
It was narrated from Aws bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The best of your days is Friday. On it Adam was created; on it shall be the Nafakhah,* on it all creation will swoon. So send a great deal of blessing upon me on this day, for your blessing will be presented to me.’ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! How will our blessing be presented to you when you have disintegrated?” He said: “Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets.”
[1] The Sur (Trumpet) will be sounded.[2] Meaning to say: Allāhumma salli 'alā Muhammad , and the like.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 1636In-book reference : Book 6, Hadith 204English translation : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 1636
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 1636
This Hadith about sending blessings on Friday teaches a clear practice. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Friday is among the best of days. He mentioned that Adam was created on it, and that the Nafakhah and the swooning will occur on it. Then he told people to send a great deal of blessing upon him on that day, because their blessings are presented to him. When a man asked how that would happen after his body had decayed, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم answered that Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets. The main teaching is simple: increase salawat on Friday and believe what the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stated about the Prophets’ bodies.
What we learn from this hadith
- Friday has a special rank in this Hadith.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked believers to send many blessings upon him on Friday.
- The blessings are presented to him, according to the text.
- The earth does not consume the bodies of the Prophets, as stated in the Hadith.
