Taking a bath on Friday is obligatory for every pubescent male Muslim, and cleaning the te…

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Hadith text: Taking a bath on Friday is obligatory for every pubesce…

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الغُسْلُ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُحْتَلِمٍ، وَأَنْ يَسْتَنَّ، وَأَنْ يَمَسَّ طِيبًا إِنْ وَجَدَ».

‘Amr ibn Sulaym al-Ansāri reported: I bear witness that Abu Sa‘īd said: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Taking a bath on Friday is obligatory for every pubescent male Muslim, and cleaning the teeth with the tooth-stick and applying perfume if available."

Explanation of the hadith: Taking a bath on Friday is obligatory for every pubesce…

Lessons: Taking a bath on Friday is obligatory for every pubesce…

• It is confirmed that taking a bath on Friday is recommended for every adult Muslim man.
• A Muslim is required by Shariah to be clean and to remove unpleasant odors.
• The merit of Friday and getting ready for it.
• It is confirmed that using Siwāk before the Friday prayer is recommended.
• It is recommended to apply any kind of perfume before going to the Friday prayer.
• If a woman leaves her house to attend the prayer or for any other purpose, it is not permissible for her to apply perfume because this is prohibited according to the Sunnah.
• The "Muhtalim" is someone with the pubescent and puberty signs; three of which are common between men and women. The first sign is reaching the age of fifteen; the second sign is the appearance of coarse hair around the genitals; the third sign is the discharge of semen through nocturnal emission or lustfully even without nocturnal emission; and finally, the fourth sign is exclusive to women, which is menstruation, for a woman becomes an adult when she starts menstruating.

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