Ghusl, perfume and siwak is obligatory on Jumu’ah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Ibn Hazm (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said:

Issue: Bathing on the day of Friday is an obligatory duty for every adult, both men and women, as are perfume and the siwāk.

The proof for this:

What was narrated to us by ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Abdullāh al-Hamdānī [full isnād omitted]… Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī narrated: I bear witness upon the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) that he said: “Bathing on Friday is obligatory upon every adult, as is brushing the teeth (using the siwāk) and applying perfume.”

‘Amr ibn Sulaym [one of the narrators] said: As for bathing, I bear witness that it is obligatory, but as for brushing the teeth (using siwāk) and perfume, Allāh knows best whether they are obligatory or not, but this is how it is in the hadīth [i.e. that it is obligatory]. (Sahīh al-Bukhārī 880, Sahīh Muslim 846)

We have also narrated the obligation of bathing with chains of narration from ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb, his son (Ibn ‘Umar), Ibn ‘Abbās, and Abū Hurayrah, all of which are extremely authentic, making it a mutawātir report that necessitates knowledge. Among those who said that bathing on Friday is an obligatory duty were ‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb in the presence of the Companions, with none of them disagreeing with him, as well as Abū Hurayrah, Ibn ‘Abbās, Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī, Sa’d ibn Abī Waqqāṣ, ‘Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd, ‘Amr ibn Sulaym, ‘Atā’, Ka’b, and al-Musayyib ibn Rāfi’…

Sa’d ibn Abī Waqqās (رضي الله عنه) said: “I have never seen a Muslim neglect bathing on Friday.”

And from Ibn ‘Umar – when asked about bathing on Friday, he (رضي الله عنه) said: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) commanded us to do it.”

… Tāwūs who said: I heard Abū Hurayrah making perfume obligatory on Friday.

Abū Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf who said: I heard Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī (رضي الله عنه) saying: “Three things are obligatory upon every Muslim on Friday: bathing, using the siwāk, and applying perfume if he finds any.”

[Ibn Hazm then discusses the opinions of those who hold ghusl to be recommended for jumu’ah and not obligatory, ending with the following words:]

We seek refuge in Allāh from such behavior in religion, and from saying, when the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) states about something: “It is obligatory upon every Muslim and upon every adult,” and “It is the right of Allāh, The Most-High, upon every Muslim adult,” [Al-Nasā’ī 1378 and others, declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī] that we then say: “It is not obligatory and it is not the right of Allāh The Most-High.” This is something from which skins shudder, and praise be to Allāh, Lord of the worlds, for His great blessing.

(Abridged, al-Muhallā 1/337-347)

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