Chapter: It is disliked to single out Friday for fasting, unless it coincides with a day that one customarily fasts

Hadith 1143 Part A

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Muhammad b. 'Abbas b. Ja'far reported

I asked Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with both of them) as he was circumambulating the House (Ka'ba) whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had forbidden the fasting on Friday, whereupon he said: Yes, by the Lord of this House.

Hadith 1143 Part B

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Muhammad b. 'Abbas b. Ja'far reported that he asked Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them), whether he had heard like this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Hadith 1144 Part A

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Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying

None among you should observe fast on Friday, but only that he observes fast before it and after it.

Hadith 1144 Part B

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Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

Do not single out the night (preceding) Friday among the nights for prayer and do not single out Friday among days for fasting but only when anyone among you is accustomed to fast (on dates) which coincide with this day (Friday).