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The enthusiasm for offering Jumu’aĥ Ṣalāĥ in the
Ḥujjat-ul-Islam Sayyidunā Imām Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Muhammad Ghazālī عَـلَـیۡـهِ رَحْـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـوَالِی has said, ‘During the first century, people used to proceed towards the Jāmi’ Masjid at the time of Saḥarī and after Ṣalāt-ul-Fajr holding lamps in their hands for offering Ṣalāt-ul-Jumu’aĥ. There used to be so huge crowd in the streets that it would seem as if it was the day of Eid, but gradually, this spirit died out. Thus, it is said that the very first Bid’aĥ (innovation) that evolved in Islam is the abandonment of early proceeding towards the Jāmi’ Masjid.
Regretfully, the Muslims do not feel ashamed that Jews proceed towards their places of worship in the early morning on Saturday and Sunday; further, seekers of worldly luxuries also head towards the marketplace in the early morning for trading and earning wealth; so, why don’t the seekers of the Hereafter compete with such people!’ (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 1, pp. 246) A Masjid where Ṣalāt-ul-Jumu’aĥ is offered, is called a Jāmi’ (main) Masjid.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ Bin ‘Abbās رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا has narrated that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘اَلۡجُمُعَةُ حَجُّ الۡمَسَاكِيۡنَ i.e. ‘Ṣalāt-ul-Jumu’aĥ is the Hajj of Masākīn (destitute).’ In another
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