Al jumuah, a day of reflection, unity, celebration and worship. The Prophet(pbuh) said, "if is Friday, and a man performs the ritual ablution, puts oil in his hair, wears the most pleasant of his perfume, pus on his best clothes, and then goes out to pray, and does not separate two people sitting together in the masjid, then listens to the Imam delivering the sermon, his sins will be forgiven between the present Friday and the previous Friday and three days more."(Ibn Khuzaimah). Allah(swt) has chosen this special day for us so lets pull out all the stops for this recurring holiday of reward and merriment maybe have friends over, make an extra special dinner, have the kids do a Quran challenge anything that is halal with the remembrance of Allah(swt).
Ladies even though it is not compulsory for us to attend Jumuah we should make every effort especially in the west because we do not have the opportunity as other women to view the Khutbah on t.v and our ummah is much smaller in the west that this really may be the only opportunity for us to come together and meet which would benefit us but reverts that may only have this opportunity to link with other muslims.
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