يَوم الجمعة

يَوم الجمعة

Yawm al-jumu'a is the last day of the week; before Islam it was called the day of al-'Aruba, and some say Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy first named it al-jumu'a, while others say it was named in Islam for the gathering in the mosque. In fiqh it carries rules of its own: the Friday prayer is an individual duty on adult Muslim males; the washing for it is sunna on the majority view, with disputes over its time and whether it is for the day or the prayer; fasting it alone is disliked on the majority view; it holds an hour of answered prayer; adornment is recommended; and sale is forbidden at the call to the prayer. ^{1 2 3}