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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
There is no harm in wishing others Jumuah Mubarak as it is a reminder to increase good deeds, and to make du’a. There are some who say we should not say Jumu’ah Mubarak as it is a bid`ah, an innovation.
Answering your question, we would like to quote the following:
There is no harm in wishing others Jumu’ah Mubarak as it is a reminder to increase good deeds, and to make du’a. There are some who say we should not say Jumu’ah Mubarak as it is a bid`ah, an innovation.
We have to note that there are two types of innovation (bid`ah) – those which are good and those which take the religiom away from its core principles and those which are fine because they are in line with the Shari`ah.
Imam al-Bayhaqi (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote in Manaqib al-Imam al-Shafi`i, that Imam Al-Shafi’ said:
“The newly-invented matters from the affairs are of two kinds: One of them is whatever is innovated contradicting [a matter from] the Book, or [a matter from] the Sunnah, or a narration, or a [matter of] consensus, then this is an innovation of misguidance (al-bid`atu al-dalalatu). The second is whatever is innovated of the good which does not contradict any of these, then this is an innovation which is not blameworthy.(ghayru madhmumah).”
An example of a good bid’ah is the Tarawih prayer. `Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was pleased by the introduction of praying 20 rak`ahs for Tarawih prayer, in congregation, behind one imam. He said: “What a good bid’ah it is!”
Wishing Jumu’ah Mubarak is not a bad innovation. Just as we wish Eid Mubarak to each other, there is no harm in wishing Jumu’ah Mubarak.
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Almighty Allah knows best.
Source: https://www.utrujj.org/