Explain the significance of Juma prayer.

      

Explain the significance of Juma prayer.

  

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Kavungya
i. It is an occasion earmarked by God for the Muslims to express their collective devotion to
him.
ii. Muslim come together to renew their religious bonds and social solidarity.
iii. It shows the devotion of Muslims to their God as they leave all what they were doing to the
call of God.
iv. It is a meeting in which the spiritual, social and political accounts of the week are
recounted.
v. Helps an individual acquire rewards of Juma prayer as described in the Sharia.
vi. Trains individuals to be obedient to the leaders, as they follow the commands of the Imam.
Nobody is allowed to talk when the Khutba is going on.
vii. Juma prayer helps people from being over-powered by Satan as the congregation acts as a
veil against Satan.
viii. The day of Jumuah includes an hour during which all supplications of a Muslim are
answered.
ix. “Any man who performs Ghusl on Friday, perfumes himself if he has perfume, wears
the best of his clothes, then goes to the mosque and offers as many prayers as he
wishes while not harming anybody, then listens quietly while the Imam speaks until
he offers the prayer, will have all his sins between that Friday and the next
forgiven.” (Al-Bukhaari)
x. It was narrated from Aws ibn Aws al-Thaqafi that the Messenger of Allah ( ??? ???? ???? ????) said:
Whoever does Ghusl on Friday and causes (his wife) to do Ghusl, and sets out early,
and comes close to the imam and listens and keeps quiet, for every step he takes he
will have the reward of fasting and praying qiyaam for one year.” (Al-Tirmidhi)
Kavungya answered the question on March 29, 2019 at 11:40


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