HAJJ: Is there any particular virtue if ‘Arafah falls on
a Friday?
Is
it true that if ‘Arafah falls on a Friday when Jumu’ah prayer is held, it is
equivalent to seven Hajjs?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
We
do not know of any hadeeth which says that if ‘Arafah falls on a Friday then
Hajj in that year is equivalent to seven Hajjs, rather what is narrated is
“seventy Hajjs” or “seventy-two Hajjs”, but neither of them is saheeh anyway.
The
former was narrated in a hadeeth, but it is false and is not saheeh. As for the
latter, we could not find any isnaad or matn (text) for it, so it has no basis.
The
text of the hadeeth that has been narrated is:
“The
best of days is the day of ‘Arafah, if it falls on a Friday, and it is better
than seventy Hajjs on a day other than Friday.”
The
imams judged this hadeeth to be false and not saheeh:
1. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on
him) said:
As
for that which is commonly spoken of among the common folk, that it is
equivalent to seventy-two Hajjs, this is false and there is no basis for it (in
any report) from the Messenger of Allaah or from any of the Sahaabah or
Taabi’een, and Allaah knows best.
Zaad
al-Ma’aad (1/65).
2. Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy
on him) said in al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah (207) – after ruling that the hadeeth
is false and has no basis- :
As
for the view of al-Zayla’i – according to what it says in Haashiyat Ibn
‘Aabideen (2/348): It was narrated by Razeen ibn Mu’aawiyah in Tajreed
al-Sihaah – it should be noted that this book of Razeen’s is a compilation of
the six books of Sunnah – al-Saheehayn, the Muwatta’ of Maalik, Sunan Abi
Dawood, al-Nasaa’i and al-Tirmidhi – similar to the book of Ibn al-Atheer
entitled Jaami’ al-Usool min Ahaadeeth al-Rasool, but in al-Tajreed there are
many ahaadeeth for which there is no basis in any of these sources. That is
also known from what the scholars have narrated from him, such as al-Mundhiri
in al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, and this
hadeeth is of that type; there is no basis for it in these books, or in any
other well known book of hadeeth. In fact, the great scholar Ibn al-Qayyim
stated in al-Zaad (1/17) that it is false.
After discussing the merit of ‘Arafah coinciding with Friday in ten ways
that he mentioned, he said: As for that which is commonly spoken of among the
common folk, that it is equivalent to seventy-two Hajjs, this is false and
there is no basis for it (in any report) from the Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from any of the Sahaabah or Taabi’een.
This
was supported by al-Manaawi in Fayd al-Qadeer (2/28), then by Ibn ‘Aabideen in
al-Haashiyah. End quote.
In
al-Silsilah al-Da’eefah (1193) it says:
Al-Sakhaawi
said in al-Fataawa al-Haeethiyyah (2/105):
This
was mentioned by Razeen in his Jaami’ and attributed to the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), but he did not mention the Sahaabi who
narrated it or anyone who transmitted it. End quote.
The
hadeeth “If the day of ‘Arafah falls on a Friday, it is equivalent to
seventy-two Hajjs” is a false hadeeth and is not saheeh. Similarly the report
narrated from Zurr ibn Hubaysh, that it is better than seventy Hajjs on a day
other than Friday” is not proven. End quote.
3. Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen
(may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: Is there anything narrated from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about the virtue of Hajj
being on a Friday?
He
replied:
There
is nothing narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) about there being any special virtue in the Day of ‘Arafah falling on a
Friday, but the scholars said that if it happens to fall on a Friday, that is a
good thing.
Firstly
– because it means that the Hajj is like the Hajj of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), as the Prophet’s standing in ‘Arafah happened
to be on a Friday.
Secondly
– because on Friday there is a hour when no Muslim slave stands to pray and
asks his Lord for something but He will grant it to him, so that is more likely
to be answered.
Thirdly
– The Day of ‘Arafah is an Eid and Friday is an Eid, so if the two Eids come
together, that is a good thing.
Al-Liqa’
al-Shahriyyah, 34/question no. 18.
4. The scholars of the Standing Committee
were asked:
Some
people say that if the Day of ‘Arafah happens to fall on a Friday, as it does
this year, it will be like doing seven Hajjs. Is there any evidence from the
Sunnah for that?
Fataawa
al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (11/210, 211).
See
also: Fath al-Baari (8/271); Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi (4/27)
Secondly:
Perhaps
the reason why this view is so widely held among people is because it is
mentioned in the books of the Hanafis and Shaafa’is.
Radd
al-Muhtaar ‘ala al-Durr al-Mukhtaar, 2/621
And
the Shaafa’is said:
It
was said that if the Day of ‘Arafah falls on a Friday, Allaah will forgive all
the people in the place of standing, with no intermediary, and on a day other
than Friday they will be forgiven with an intermediary i.e., it will be granted
to the sinners because of the doers of good.
Mughni
al-Muhtaaj (1/497).
3- It falls on the same day that the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did Hajj.
4- People all over the world gather there to
listen to the khutbah and pray Jumu’ah, and that coincides with the gathering
of the people of ‘Arafah on the day of ‘Arafah in ‘Arafah, So the Muslims’
gathering in their mosques and their standing to offer du’aa’ and beseech
Allaah coincide in a way that does not happen on any other day.
5- Friday is an Eid, and the day of ‘Arafah is
an Eid for the people in ‘Arafah, hence it is makrooh for those who are in
‘Arafah to fast on this day.
Our
Shaykh – i.e., Ibn Taymiyah – said: The day of ‘Arafah is only an Eid for those
who are in ‘Arafah because they are gathered there, unlike the people in other
regions, who only gather on the Day of Sacrifice. So it is an Eid for them.
What is meant is that if the day of ‘Arafah falls on a Friday, it is two Eids
in one.
6- It coincides with the day when Allaah
perfected His religion for His believing slaves and completed His favour upon
them, as it is proven in Saheeh al-Bukhaari that Taariq ibn Shihaab said: A Jew
came to ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab and said: O Ameer al-Mu’mineen, there is averse
which you read in your Book; if it had been revealed to us Jews and we knew the
day on which it was revealed, we would have taken it as a festival. He said:
Which verse is that? He said: “This day, I have perfected your religion for
you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
religion” [al-Maa'idah 5:3]. ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab said: I know the day which
it was revealed, and the place in which it was revealed. It was revealed to the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) in ‘Arafah, on
a Friday, when we were standing with him in ‘Arafah.
7- It
coincides with the day of the greatest gathering and the great standing of the
Day of Resurrection, for the Day of Resurrection will take place on a Friday as
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The best day on
which the sun rises is Friday. On it Adam was created, on it he was admitted to
Paradise, on it he was expelled therefrom, and on it the Hour will begin. On
that day there is an hour when no Muslim slave asks Allaah for something good
but He will grant it to him.”
8-
An act of worship or obedience done by
the Muslims on Friday or the night before Friday are more than those done on
other days, because even evildoers respect Friday and the night before it, and
they think that if a person dares to commit sin at that time, Allaah will
hasten his punishment and will not give him respite. This is something that is
well established in their minds and they know it by experience, because of the
great honour that this day has before Allaah, and because He chose it out of
all other days, and undoubtedly standing in ‘Arafah on this day is better than
on any other day.
9- It coincides with the day when Allaah gives
people more in Paradise, which is a Friday. So if ‘Arafah falls on that day, it
is extra special and enjoys a virtue that is not shared by any other day.
10- The Lord, may He be
blessed and exalted, draws close to the people in the place of standing in the
afternoon of the day of ‘Arafah, then He boasts of them before the angels.
For
these reasons and others, Friday is superior to other days.
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