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Friday

يوم الجمعة

The best day on which the sun rises: Adam was created on it and entered the Garden on it.

Sahih
When
Every Friday

What it holds

Abu Hurayrah reports in Muslim that the Prophet ﷺ called Friday the best day on which the sun rises: on it Adam was created, on it he was brought into the Garden, and on it he was sent out of it.

islamweb's fatwa adds the hadith, graded sound by al-Hakim, adh-Dhahabi, al-Albani and al-Arna'ut, that the blowing of the Trumpet is on a Friday and that blessings on the Prophet ﷺ should be increased on it. Among its other distinctions it names the Friday prayer and the hour of answer.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih Muslim 854a

Grades
GraderVerdict
MuslimSahih (included by Muslim in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَعْرَجُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ خَيْرُ يَوْمٍ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ فِيهِ خُلِقَ آدَمُ وَفِيهِ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَفِيهِ أُخْرِجَ مِنْهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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

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