Answer
✅Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ- فَقَالَ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ وَ أُنْثَى عَبْدٍ أَوْ حُرٍّ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 41
Abdullah ibn Mughirah says: I asked Imam al-Ridha (peace of God be upon him) about the Friday ghusl. He said: It is obligatory for every man and woman, slave or free!
2 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ لَا تَدَعِ الْغُسْلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَإِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ وَ شَمَّ الطِّيبِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ قَالَ الْغُسْلُ وَاجِبٌ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ.
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 417
Imam al-Baqir (peace of God be upon him) said: Do not abandon the ghusl on Friday, for it is a sunnah (practice of the Prophet), and use perfume... to the extent that he said: The ghusl on Friday is obligatory!
3 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الرِّضَا عَنْ غُسْلِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ وَ أُنْثَى عَبْدٍ أَوْ حَرٍّ.
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 142
Muhammad ibn Abdullah says: I asked Imam al-Ridha (peace of God be upon him) about the Friday ghusl. He said: It is obligatory for every man and woman, servant or free!
4 عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلَ كَيْفَ صَارَ غُسْلُ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِباً فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَتَمَّ صَلَاةَ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِصَلَاةِ النَّافِلَةِ وَ أَتَمَّ صِيَامَ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِصِيَامِ النَّافِلَةِ وَ أَتَمَّ وُضُوءَ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِغُسْلِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ مَا كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ سَهْوٍ أَوْ تَقْصِيرٍ أَوْ نِسْيَانٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 41
Husayn ibn Khalid says: I asked Imam al-Kazim (peace of God be upon him): How has the Friday ghusl been made obligatory?
He said: Indeed, God has completed the obligatory prayer with the optional prayer, and He has completed the obligatory fasting with the optional fasting, and He has completed the obligatory ablution with the Friday ghusl, for what was in it (i.e., in the obligatory ablution) from forgetfulness or deficiency or shortcoming or forgetfulness!
5 عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الْغُسْلِ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ وَ الْأَضْحَى وَ الْفِطْرِ قَالَ سُنَّةٌ وَ لَيْسَ بِفَرِيضَةٍ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 112
Ali ibn Yaqtin says: I asked Imam al-Kazim (peace of God be upon him) about the Friday ghusl and the ghusl of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. He said: It is a sunnah and not an obligation!
6 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْداللَّه قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ غُسْلِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ سُنَّةٌ فِي السَّفَرِ وَ الْحَضَرِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَخَافَ الْمُسَافِرُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الْقُرَّ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 112
Zurarah says: I asked Imam al-Sadiq (peace of God be upon him) about the Friday ghusl. He said: It is a sunnah in travel and at home, unless the traveler fears for his life from the cold!
7 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا قَالَ: اغْتَسِلْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ مَرِيضاً أَوْ تَخَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, p. 237
Muhammad ibn Muslim says: One of the two Imams, al-Baqir or al-Sadiq (peace of God be upon both of them) said: On Friday, perform ghusl unless you are sick or you fear for yourself!
8 عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّه عَنْ غُسْلِ الْعِيدَيْنِ أَ وَاجِبٌ هُوَ فَقَالَ هُوَ سُنَّةٌ قُلْتُ فَالْجُمُعَةُ قَالَ هُوَ سُنَّةٌ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 112
Ali says: I asked Imam al-Sadiq (peace of God be upon him) about the ghusl of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, is it obligatory? He said: It is a sunnah. I said: What about Friday? He said: It is a sunnah!
9 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ فِي حَدِيثِ الْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ وَ الْغُسْلُ فِيهَا وَاجِبٌ.
📚 Al-Faqih, vol. 1, p. 411
Imam al-Baqir (peace of God be upon him) said in a hadith about Friday: And the ghusl in it is obligatory!
10 عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ قَالَ: كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُوَبِّخَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ لَأَنْتَ أَعْجَزُ مِنَ التَّارِكِ الْغُسْلِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ- فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَزَالُ فِي طُهْرٍ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الْأُخْرَى.
📚 Al-Kafi, vol. 3, p. 42
Asbagh says: The Commander of the Faithful (peace of God be upon him) when he wanted to reproach a man, he would say: By God, you are more helpless than the one who abandons the Friday ghusl, for (the one who performs ghusl on Friday) is always in a state of purity until the next Friday!
1 1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَدَعُ غُسْلَ الْجُمُعَة نَاسِياً أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ نَاسِياً فَقَدْ تَمَّتْ صَلَاتُهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مُتَعَمِّداً فَالْغُسْلُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ وَ إِنْ هُوَ فَعَلَ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يَعُودُ.
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 113
Sahl says: I asked Imam Abu al-Hasan (peace of God be upon him) about a person who abandons the Friday ghusl out of forgetfulness or otherwise;
He said: If it is out of forgetfulness, his prayer is complete, and if it is intentional, performing the ghusl is more beloved to me, and if he does so (i.e., intentionally abandons the ghusl), he must seek forgiveness and not return to this act!
2 1 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيٌ يَقُولُ مَا أُحِبُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَدَعَ الْغُسْلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا مِنْ عُذْرٍ أَوْ لِعِلَّةٍ مَانِعَةٍ
📚 Al-Ja'fariyyat, p. 45
Ali (peace of God be upon him) used to say: I do not like for anyone to abandon the Friday ghusl except for an excuse or a preventing cause!
3 1 عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ الْغُسْلُ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ وَاجِبٌ
📚 Al-Khisal, p. 422, hadith 21
Imam al-Baqir (peace of God be upon him) said: The ghusl on Friday is obligatory!
4 1 عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: اغْتَسِلْ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى وَ الْفِطْرِ وَ الْجُمُعَةِ
📚 Al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 105
Imam al-Sadiq (peace of God be upon him) said: Perform ghusl on the day of Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr and on Friday!
✅ The importance of the Friday ghusl is clear in many narrations, some of which were mentioned. Although, based on the context of some narrations, some things have been said about it not being obligatory, but considering the use of the word 'obligatory' for the Friday ghusl in many narrations and the command to seek forgiveness and not return to abandoning the Friday ghusl if it is abandoned intentionally in hadith 1 1 and its importance for completing the deficiencies of the obligatory ablution in hadith 4 and the explicit prohibition of abandoning it in narrations such as narration 2 and the explicit command for the Friday ghusl in narrations
such as hadith 7 and 4 1
and that in hadith 2 1 , our master the Commander of the Faithful (peace of God be upon him) did not like for us to abandon the Friday ghusl, and the emphasis of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) on caution in religion, it is worthy and necessary to be careful and diligent in performing ghusl on Friday so that in addition to acting upon the commands of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), we also benefit from its various blessings. God willing.
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