310. Should We Congratulate Each Other On Fridays Or Say "Jumu'ah Mubarak"?

By Asma bint Shameem 

There’s no proof of saying “Jumu’ah Mubaarak” or any other form of ‘congratulations’ specifically for the day of Jumu’ah among the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam or his Sahaabah. 

The Sahaabah did not congratulate each other on Friday or said "Jumu'ah Mubarak" to each other, although they knew the virtues of Friday very well, and they also knew that Friday is a day of Eid for the Muslims. 

The Sahaabah spent their lives with the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam and were very eager to follow Islaam, the way the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam taught them. 

They implemented this Deen in EVERY aspect of their lives and that *includes* the day of Jumu'ah. 

Yet there is NO REPORT to suggest that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam or the Sahaabah ever used to congratulate one another on Fridays. 

If it was good to congratulate each other on Fridays, they would have done it for sure. 

*But they didn’t*. 

So if they didn’t do it, we shouldn't be doing it either. 

Why would we insist on doing something that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam didn’t do?

Remember, all goodness and success lies in following the ways of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam 

and his Sahaabah, the people closest to his Sunnah. 

Let's see what some of the Ulama say about the issue:

Shaykh Saalih ibn Fawzaan said:

"The early generation did not congratulate one another on Fridays, so we should not introduce anything that they did not do. "

And Shaykh Sulaymaan al-Maajid said:

"We do not think it is prescribed to exchange congratulations on Fridays, such as saying to one another, "Jumu'ah mubaarak" and so on, because it comes under the Should we congratulate each other on Fridays or say "Jumu'ah Mubarak"?of du'aa's and dhikrs, which must be based on a text (of the Qur'aan or Sunnah) because this is purely the matter of worship and if it were good, the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam and his Companions Radhi Allaahu anhum would have done it before us." 

And Allaah knows best.