Is it true that it is necessary to wear new clothes on Friday?
Dear Brother / Sister,
The Prophet (pbuh) said to Hz. Ali,
“O Ali! Put on nice scents and clothes on Friday.” (Daylami, 5/415, no, 8342; Ithafus-Saada, 2/414; Kanzul-Ummal, 17256, 17383)
We have not been able to find information about the soundness of the hadith above.
Some scholars interpret the word “clothes” in the hadith as “new clothes”. The word “new” is not included in the narration. However, it is understood that certain, special clothes are meant by it because the word “clothes” is used with the word al (the). That is, a word showing that it is definite is used before it.
As a matter of fact, some hadiths include advice about wearing nice and clean clothes on Friday and having special clothes for Friday:
When the Prophet (pbuh) was delivering a sermon of Friday, he saw some people wearing tiger skins. Thereupon, he said,
"There is nothing wrong with any one of you, if he can afford it, buying two garments for Friday, other than his daily work clothes." (Ibn Majah, Iqamah, 83)
Abu Dharr narrates: The Prophet (pbuh) said,
"Whoever takes a bath on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, cleans himself, wears his best clothes, puts on nice scent Allah has given him, goes to mosque for Friday prayer, does not speak and does not separate two persons sitting together in the mosque, Allah will forgive his sins between that Friday and the previous Friday." (Bukhari, Jumua, 3, 6)
We are advised in the narration above and similar ones to wear clean and nice clothes and, if possible, the best clothes on Friday. Besides, it will be better if one wears his new clothes on Friday for the first time in terms of having the nice deeds all together. It does not mean it is necessary to wear new clothes every Friday to go to mosque.
However, if a garment has just been washed and worn for the first time after being washed for Friday prayer, it can be regarded as new. From this point of view, it will be nice to go to Friday prayer wearing newly washed clothes every week.
Accordingly,
"It is mustahab to go to Friday prayer early by making ghusl, wearing nice scent, brushing the teeth with miswak and wearing nice clothes.” (see Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır, Hak Dini, the interpretation of verse 9 of the chapter of al-Jumua, 62/9)
It should not be forgotten that it is not right not to go to Friday prayer due to excuses like "my clothes are not new, it is not appropriate to go to mosque with working clothes, my clothes are dirty”. What is mentioned above is for those who have time and can afford to do so. It is haram to skip Friday prayer without a legitimate excuse.
It is haram for the people who have to perform Friday prayer to work at the time of Friday prayer and the money they earn at that time is not halal.
Questions on Islam
- Friday Prayer
- What is the importance of Friday and what are the deeds of worship to be performed on that day?
- Will you give information about the sunnah and manners of wearing perfume?
- What is the reason why Friday is regarded as a blessed day?
- What is the decree on cleaning the body and making ghusl on friday? Is it wajib to make ghusl on friday according to the following hadith: "It is wajib to make ghusl on friday for everybody who has reached the age of puberty.
- Is it makruh to start to perform the sunnah prayer on Friday while the second adhan is being called?
- Is it permissible to trim nails at night?
- Is it permissible to trim nails at night?
- Is it necessary to listen when the sermon (on Friday) is read and not to say amin? They say it is necessary not to utter salawat even if the name of the Prophet is mentioned. Is it true?
- Is it sunnah to enter a place with the right foot and exit with the left foot, to start doing things from the right? Will you show the resources regarding the issue?
