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should send blessings and salutation to the Prophet (saas) on
Friday and night in abundance.
The Friday prayer and gathering of Muslims:
The Friday prayer is obligatory upon all free, healthy adult
men who are able to walk and see. In the time of our Prophet
(saas) and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, Friday was the
congregational days of the Muslims. Yet, this excellent tradi-
tion of gathering together on Friday to pray together faded
over time. Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi related in a hadith:
“Whoever will omit three Fridays without a valid reason
because of heedlessness, Allah shall set a seal on his heart.”
Performing the major ablution on Friday:
Our Prophet (saas) advised the Muslims to perform the
major ablutionbefore arriving at the mosque for Friday
prayers.

Smelling good on Friday:
Especially on Fridays, Allah’s Messenger (saas) made sure
that the smell which he chose to wear upon his person was a
beautiful one. Smelling good on that day is more virtuous than
on the other days of the week.
The Prophet (saas) said:
“Anyone who takes a bath on Friday and cleans himself as
much as he can and puts oil (on his hair) or scents himself;
and then proceeds for the prayer and does not force his
way between two persons (assembled in the mosque for the
Friday prayer), and prays as much as is written for him and
remains quiet when the Imam delivers the sermon, all his
sins in between the present and the last Friday will be for-
given.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 13, Number 33)
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