The Obligation of the Jumu’ah Prayer, Its Virtue, Who is Exempt from it, and the Prayer and Sermon Therein
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 58
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 58
The Obligation of the Jumu’ah Prayer, Its Virtue, Who is Exempt from it, and the Prayer and Sermon Therein
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَلْعَظِيمِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْحَسَنِيُّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَبِي مَحْمُودٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَا اِبْنَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي اَلْحَدِيثِ اَلَّذِي يَرْوِيهِ اَلنَّاسُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى يَنْزِلُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ اَلدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «لَعَنَ اَللَّهُ اَلْمُحَرِّفِينَ اَلْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ وَ اَللَّهُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وتَعَالَى يُنْزِلُ مَلَكاً إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ اَلدُّنْيَا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي اَلثُّلُثِ اَلْأَخِيرِ وَ لَيْلَةَ اَلْجُمُعَةِ فِي أَوَّلِ اَللَّيْلِ فَيَأْمُرُهُ فَيُنَادِي هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ فَأُعْطِيَهُ هَلْ مِنْ تَائِبٍ فَأَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ فَأَغْفِرَ لَهُ يَا طَالِبَ اَلْخَيْرِ أَقْبِلْ وَ يَا طَالِبَ اَلشَّرِّ أَقْصِرْ فَلاَ يَزَالُ يُنَادِي بِهَذَا حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ اَلْفَجْرُ فَإِذَا طَلَعَ اَلْفَجْرُ عَادَ إِلَى مَحَلِّهِ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِ اَلسَّمَاءِ» حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.
Abd al-Azim ibn Abdillah al-Hasani narrated from Ibrahim ibn Abi Mahmoud, who said: “I said to Imam al-Ridha عليه السلام, "O’ son of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, what do you say about the narration that people relate from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, descends to the sky of the world every Jumu’ah night?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "May Allah سبحانه وتعالى curse those who distort words from their proper places. By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم did not say that. What he did say was: 'Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, sends an angel to the sky of the world every night during the last third of the night, and on the night of Jumu’ah at the beginning of the night. He commands the angel to call out: Is there anyone who asks that I may grant him? Is there anyone who repents so that I may accept his repentance? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so that I may forgive him? O’ seeker of good, come forward, and O’ seeker of evil, desist.' The angel continues to call out until the break of dawn, and when dawn breaks, he returns to his place in the celestial realm." My father narrated this to me from my grandfather, from his forefathers, from the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم.
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