by Asma bint Shameem
❓ QUESTION❓ Is there any significance of the LAST FRIDAY of Ramadhaan, also called Jumu’atul Widaa’ or ‘Farewell Friday’? 🌿 ANSWER🌿 There are many MISCONCEPTIONS regarding the last Friday of Ramadhaan. NONE of these beliefs are TRUE. Let’s look at them one by one. ❌ MISCONCEPTION # 1❌ Thinking that the last Friday of Ramadhaan has some SPECIAL VIRTUE and SIGNIFICANCE. And deeds done this day have SPECIAL REWARDS. Some people think that this is a VERY SPECIAL Friday that’s even better than the rest of Fridays of the year. And they spend this entire day praying special prayers and making special duaas. And that’s why they even have a special name for it called “Jumu’atul Widaa’” They wait for it, and prepare for it the entire year. ‼️ FACT‼️ There’s NO BASIS in the Sharee’ah for thinking that the last Friday of Ramadhaan is any EXTRA ‘SPECIAL’ or BETTER than any other Jumu’ah. Yes of course Fridays are very special in our Deen. But that goes for EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY of the year. And NOT just the last Friday of Ramadhaan. And the first, second and third Fridays are NO LESS than the last Friday of Ramadhaan. The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam or the Sahaabah did NOT attach ANY SPECIAL VIRTUE to the last Friday of Ramadhaan or having any extraordinary value. And they did NOT gather together on the last Friday of Ramadhaan for ANY SPECIAL WORSHIP or PRAYER. Anybody who singles this Friday out for some special acts of worship or considers this Friday more virtuous than others, is doing something that was NOT done by the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam and this guilty of BID’AH. 🍃Dr Bilal Philips says: “There is no such thing as Jumu'atul Widaa' (Farewell Jumu'ah). It is a FABLE made up with FALSE PROMISES. The LAST Jumu'ah of Ramadhaan has NO MORE SIGNIFICANCE than the FIRST.” ❌ MISCONCEPTION # 2❌ Thinking there’s a special prayer to be read on the last Friday of Jumu’ah that will ‘take care’ of all previous obligatory prayers they missed in their lives. They even call it “Qadaa al-‘Umri” or “Qazaa al-‘Umri”. (Salaah that makes up the missed Salaah of one’s entire lifetime) ‼️ FACT‼️ There is NO SUCH PRAYER that’s proven from the Sharee’ah. And the so-called hadeeth is FABRICATED. The “so-called hadeeth” states: “Whoever prays the five obligatory prayers in the last Friday of the month of Ramadan, this will make up for any deficiencies for his prayer throughout the whole year.” And it tells you to read certain Surahs and certain aayaat in each rak’ah. This 👆🏼👆🏼is NOT an authentic hadeeth. These are NOT the words of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam. It is FAKE, MADE UP and a LIE upon the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam. Astaghfirullaah! Ash-Shawkaani said about this so-called ‘hadeeth’: “This is a FABRICATED Hadeeth without any difference of opinion about that.” And then he said: “Allaah’s curse be on the liars” (“Al-Fawaa’id Al-Majmoo’ah fee al-ahadeeth al-Mawdoo’at” page 54) If a person missed prayers when he was younger, then the time for that prayer is GONE. That time will never come back. PROOF: 📌 Allaah said that the time for each prayer is FIXED. “Verily, As‑Salaah (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours” (Surah al-Nisaa :103) 📌 The Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said: "Whoever forgets a prayer, let him offer it as soon as he remembers, for there is no expiation for it other than that.” (al-Bukhaari, Muslim) So basically there's no "qaza umri" as they call it where years later, you count all the prayers you missed and then make them all up one at a time. ❓QUESTION ❓ So what can we do in this situation ? 1. Make sincere taubah to Allaah and ask forgiveness for missing Salah. 2. Make firm resolve never ever to miss any prayer again. 3. Try and do as many good deeds as possible such as nawaafil prayers, charity, helping people, voluntary fasts, and any other good deeds in the hope that Allaah will accept them and make the scale of good deeds heavy that will outweigh the bad deeds and sin of previously missing the prayers. That's because Allaah says: "Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds" (Surah Hood :114) And the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam told us that good deeds are multiplied ten times or more while the bad deeds is written only as one. So we hope with Allaah that He will forgive the one who repents from missing the prayer and his good deeds would outweigh his bad ones. ❌ MISCONCEPTION # 3❌ There will be no ‘hisaab’ or ‘accountability’ if we buy/wear new clothes in Ramadhaan especially on the last Friday. Some people buy new clothes and wear them especially on Fridays in Ramadhaan thinking there will be no accountability for buying/wearing those clothes just because they wore them in Ramadhaan and especially on the last Friday. Some even buy their entire wardrobe for the whole year in Ramadhaan based on this misconception. ‼️ FACT‼️ Again, there’s NO PROOF for believing something like this in our Deen. We’re answerable for EVERY blessing that we have from Allaah. And that includes our CLOTHES. We’re answerable for the wealth (and clothes) we possess; how we earned it and how we spent it. And it does NOT matter if we used the wealth in Ramadhaan or not. 📌 The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: “A person’s feet will not move on, on the Day of Resurrection, until he is questioned about his life and how he spent it, about his knowledge and what he did with it, about his wealth, from where he acquired it and on what he spent it, and about his body and for what he wore it out.” (at-Tirmidhi -saheeh by al-Albaani) 📌 Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Qataadah said: Allaah will ask each person about what He bestowed upon him of His blessings and whether he fulfilled His rights over him. The blessings that will be asked about are of two types: - Those that he acquired by permissible means and disposed of in lawful ways: he will be asked about whether he gave thanks for them; - And those that he acquired by prohibited means and disposed of in unlawful ways: he will be asked about how he acquired them and how he disposed of them.” [Ighaathat al-Lahfaan (1/84)] So there’s NOTHING in the Sharee’ah that says that the clothes bought or worn in Ramadhaan will not be asked about. And that goes for ALL the blessings of Allaah. May Allaah forgive us, enable us to gain AUTHENTIC knowledge of His Deen and keep us clear of all misconceptions. Ameen. And Allaah knows best.
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