Friday Prayer and Unity: Difference between revisions

• Forgiveness of sins <ref>1. Al-'Allama al-Majlisi, Bihar al-anwar, vol. 86, p. 197</ref>

• Reduction of the difficulties in the Judgment Day <ref>Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh al-faqih, vol. 1, p. 427 </ref>

• Great rewards for every step to the place of the Friday prayer <ref>Nuri, Musadrak al-wasa'il, vol. 2, p. 504 </ref>

• The hellfire is prohibited from the one's bodyv<ref>Al-Shaykh al-Saduq, Man la yahduruh al-faqih, vol. 1, p. 427 </ref>

• Imam 'Ali (a) was used to temporarily release some of prisoners to participate in the Friday prayer. <ref>Nuri, Musadrak al-wasa'il, vol. 6, p. 27 </ref>

Jurists, referring to Qur'an 62, forbade any act that results in the missing of the Friday prayer. In jurisprudential sources there have always been a chapter of the book of prayer (kitab al-Salat), dedicated to the Friday prayer. <ref>Malik b. Anas, al-Muwatta', vol. 1, p. 101-112; al-Shafi'i, Al-Umm, vol. 1, p. 188-209; al-Kulayni, al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 418-428; al-Shaykh al-Saduq, al-Muqni' , p. 144-148; al-'Asqalani, Fath al-bari, vol. 2, p. 450-544 </ref> Also, writing separate jurisprudential books about the Friday prayer was common from the first centuries of Islam. <ref>E.g. al-Shafi'i, Muhammad b. Idris, al-Jumu'a; al-Ash'ari, Ahmad b. Musa, al-Jumu'a wa l-'idayn; al-Nasa'i, 'Abd al-Rahman, al-Jumu'a; al-Ju'fi, Muhammad b. Ahmad, Salat al-jumu'a. </ref> After the prevalence of the Friday prayer in Iran in Safawid era, the writing of treatises about the Friday prayer took speed. <ref>Ja'farian, Namaz-i jum'a, p. 37</ref> Most of the great jurists have treatises about the subject, criticizing or defending others' opinions. <ref>Ja'farian, Namaz-i jum'a, p. 37-38; Ja'farian, Safawiyya dar 'arsa-yi din, vol. 3, p. 251 </ref> This treatises could be divided into four kinds:  

• The ones that the exact opinion of the writer is not clear. <ref>Ja'farian, Namaz-i jum'a, p. 58, 92</ref>

Shi'a and Sunni jurists have referred to the verse 9 of Qur'an 62 <ref>O you who have faith! When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of Allah, and leave all business. That is better for you, should you know. (Qur'an 62:9) </ref>, numerous hadiths, <ref>Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 3, p. 424-425; al-Nasa'i, Sunan al-Nasa'i, vol. 3, p. 85-89'; al-Hurr al-'Amili, Wasa'il al-Shi'a, vol. 7, p. 295-302; Nuri, Mustadrak al-wasa'il, vol. 6, p. 10 </ref> and ijma' (consensus) to prove that the Friday prayer is obligatory. <ref>Al-Shawkani, Nayl al-awtar, vol. 3, p. 254-255; al-Shaykh al-Tusi, al-Khilaf, vol. 1, p. 593; al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, al-Mu'tabar fi sharh al-mukhtasar, vol. 2, p. 274 </ref> Some have rejected the indication of the verse, that the Friday prayer is obligatory, and considered the meaning of the verse as the order for the believers to participate in a Friday prayer which is held in the proper state, and blames who despite a properly held Friday prayer, don't participate in it and engage in other activities like business. <ref>Muntaziri, al-Badr al-zahir, p, 6; Gharawi Tabrizi, al-Tanqih fi sharh al-'urwat al-wuthqa, vol. 2, p. 274 </ref>