سورة الجمعة

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is obligatory upon every believer, if he is among our Shia, to recite on Friday night Surah al-Jumu'a and سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی [Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High], and to recite Surah al-Jumu'a in the Zuhr prayer.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked, "If someone intends to recite Surah al-Jumu'a on Friday, but another surah comes onto his tongue, what is his duty?" He (peace be upon him) said, "He turns away from completing that surah and recites Surah al-Jumu'a."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever prays the Friday prayer with a surah other than Surah al-Jumu'a and Surah al-Munafiqun must repeat his prayer, whether he is at home or on a journey. There is no harm on a journey in reciting قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَد [Say: He, Allah, is One].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Zurara narrated from Imam Muhammad Baqir (peace be upon him) that he said: Recite Surah al-Jumu'a and Surah al-Munafiqun, for reciting these two on Friday in the Fajr, Zuhr and Asr prayers is a sunnah, and it is not proper for you to recite other than these two in the Zuhr prayer on Friday, whether you are the imam or not.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Husayn ibn Abi Hamza said: I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), "What surah should I recite in the Fajr prayer on Friday?" Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, "Recite Surah al-Jumu'a in the first rak'a and قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ [Say: He, Allah, is One] in the second rak'a, and then prolong your qunut so that the two rak'as become equal."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Allah honoured the believers through Surah al-Jumu'a, and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) made it a glad tiding for the believers, and Surah al-Munafiqun a rebuke for the hypocrites, and it should not be abandoned; whoever abandons it deliberately, there is no prayer for him.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): "In the recitation of the prayer, is there a surah that has a fixed time?" He said: "No, except for [the day of] Jumu'a, in which [Surah] al-Jumu'a and al-Munafiqun are recited."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): In the night prayer of Friday, recite Surah al-Jumu'a in the first rak'a and Surah سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی [Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High] in the second rak'a; and in the Friday morning prayer, Surah al-Jumu'a and Surah قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ [Say: He is Allah, the One]; and in the Friday noon prayer, recite Surah al-Jumu'a and Surah al-Munafiqin.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Halabi said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the recitation of [the prayer] on Friday: "If [I do not pray the Friday prayer and] pray the four-rak'a noon prayer individually, should I recite the recitation aloud?" He said: "Yes," and he said: "On Friday, recite Surah al-Jumu'a and al-Munafiqun."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Whoever recites it by night or by day, in his morning and his evening, will be safe from the whisperings of Satan, and whatever he does on that day until the following day will be forgiven for him.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): It is obligatory upon every believer, if he is of our Shia, to recite on Friday night Surah al-Jumu'a and سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّکَ الْأَعْلَی [Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High], and in the noon prayer to recite Surah al-Jumu'a and al-Munafiqun. If he does this, his action will be like the action of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), and the recompense and reward of his deed with Allah is Paradise.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites Surah al-Jumu'a, ten good deeds are granted to him for the number of those who came to the Friday [prayer] and for the number of those who did not come to the Friday prayer in the cities of the Muslims.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever recites this surah, Allah will record for him ten good deeds equal to the number of all those who gather on Friday in all the lands. And whoever recites it every night or day will be safe from whatever he fears and every harm will be turned away from him.