From the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ & the Companions if 'Eed & Jumu'ah fall on the same day

From the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ  & his Companions if 'Eed & Jumu'ah fall on the same day

Extracted from the article  سنة النبي ﷺوصحابته إذا اجتمع العيد والجمعة رخصوا في الجمعة   by the noble Shaykh Abu 'Uthmaan Muhammad Al-'Anjaree  حفظه الله

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-  Iyaas bin Abee Ramlah Ash-Shaamee said: “I heard a man ask Zayd bin Arqaam - رضى الله تعالى عنه - ‘Were you with the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ when two ‘Eeds fell on the same day (‘Eed & Jumu’ah)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’  (The man) said: ‘So what did he do?’  (Zayd) said: ‘He prayed the ‘Eed prayer, then he granted a concession regarding praying the Jumu’ah prayer, then he said:  “Whoever wishes to pray (the Jumu’ah prayer), then let him pray (it).” 1 

-  Ibn 'Umar  رضى الله تعالى عنهما  said:  "Two ‘Eeds came together at the time of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ,  so he led the people in (the 'Eed) prayer, then he said: “Whoever wishes to come to the Jumu'ah (prayer), then let him come, & whoever wishes to stay behind, then let him stay behind.’”  2

 -  ‘Alee bin Abee Taalib  رضى الله تعالى عنه  said when two ‘Eeds (‘Eed & Jumu’ah) coincided on the same day: “Whoever wants to pray them both, then let him pray (them), & whoever wants to sit, then let him sit.”  Sufyaan (Ath-Thawree) said:  “Meaning, he sits in his house (& does not go out to pray Jumu’ah).”  3

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1  -  Abu Daawood, Ibn Maajah, Ad-Daarimee, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Al-Madeenee, Al-Haakim, Adh-Dhahabee, & Ibn Abee Shaybah in Al-Musannaf. Declared saheeh by Shaykh Al-Albaanee

2  - Ibn Maajah (1312).  Shaykh Al-Albaanee declared it to be authentic due to supporting narrations

3  -  ‘Abdur-Razzaaq in Al-Musannaf  (5731)

Rendered into English by:  Abu Sufyaan 'Uthmaan Beecher

There is nothing is more beneficial to the heart than reciting the Qur’aan with contemplation & reflection - Ibnul-Qayyim

Ibnul-Qayyim [d.751H] -  رحمه الله تعالى - said:

 

“And in short, there is nothing is more beneficial to the heart than reciting the Qur’aan with contemplation & reflection.…..

 

 

If the people only knew what is (contained) in reciting the Qur’aan with contemplation, they would have preoccupied (themselves) with it over everything else.   So if he were to read it thoughtfully (with contemplation) until he came across an aayah that he is in need of in curing his heart, he would repeat it, even if it was a hundred times, even for an entire night!

 

So reciting one aayah with contemplation & understanding is better than reciting (the whole Qur’aan) to completion without contemplation & understanding, & that is more beneficial to the heart, & more conducive to obtaining Eemaan & tasting the sweetness of the Qur’aan.

 

And this was the custom of the Salaf (our pious predecessors).  One of them would repeat the aayah until the morning.  And it is established (authentically) from the Prophet -  صلى الله عليه وسلم - that he stood (in the night in Salaah) reciting a single aayah, repeating it until the morning [1].”   

[Miftaah Daar As-Sa’aadah (1/535)]

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[1]   Related by Aboo Dharr in the hadeeth collected by Ibn Maajah (1350),  An-Nasaa’ee (1010), Al-Haakim in Al-Mustaddrak (879), & others.  Declared hasan by Shaykh Al-Albaanee.

Translated by:  Aboo Sufyaan ‘Uthmaan Beecher