Friday prayer

It's a special day, it's Friday.
Why does it special?

  • Tomorrow is holiday for school?
  • Because it's the end of the week?
  • For those who born on Friday will be given a name "Sheikh" or "Syed"?
I'm sure there are more than that which makes Friday a special day. But What does male Muslim do in Friday? What do we do?

Yes, It's Friday Prayer.

We go early to the Masjid to hear khutbah in order to strengthen our aqidah, iman and also our understanding in Islam itself. Just hearing the khutbah itslef, Allah the Almighty give us pahala. Isn't the God is the most generous and most merciful? But there is another thing behind that...

Then one day... after the prayer ended, and when most of the people have went out of the Masjid, my Dad show me something that I didn't really aware of before. We are on the top floor inside the Masjid and my dad says to look down below us.

"Fadhil tau tak kenapa Abah selalu solat sunat lepas sembahyang jumaat? cube tgk kat bwh sana".

And so I look down like my fatrher said, and there are still quite a number of people that still sit sit down praying, recite Quran and du'a. Well, I know what they are doing but I don't really get why. I just thought they wanted pahala. Then my dad said,

"Sebabnya dlm hari Jumaat, iaitu yg bermula daripda Maghrib semalam hingga Maghrib malam ni, ade SATU ketika dimana Allah akan terima segala doa kita. Dan orang2 yg kat bawah tu, yg tengah sembahyang, berdoa dan baca Al-Quran... mereka tau akan perkara ni".

That is why... Friday is so special. So make it the best out of you~