Jummah at Mahmood Masjid
Every Friday
Jummah timings
Jummah prayer is held every Friday at Mahmood Masjid. Everyone is welcome.
Please arrive early to get a place in the front rows and to listen to the whole khutbah.
Khateeb
Hafiz Sajid Ur-Rahmaan
The khateeb delivers the Jummah khutbah before the congregational prayer.
Location
Mahmood Masjid
Mahmood Abad, P.O. Fatehpur, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
Sunnahs of Jummah
- Take a bath (ghusl) before going to Jummah
- Wear clean, good clothes, preferably your best
- Use miswak and clean your teeth
- Apply perfume or attar (for men)
- Trim nails and tidy yourself before Jummah
- Go to the mosque early, preferably on foot
- Sit close to the imam and fill the front rows
- Listen to the khutbah in complete silence
- Offer the sunnah prayers before and after the fard prayer, according to your school of thought
- Recite Surah Al-Kahf
- Send abundant blessings (durood) upon the Prophet ﷺ
What to read on Jummah
Surah Al-Kahf
Reciting Surah Al-Kahf on Friday is a recommended practice, with great light and reward promised. It may be read from Thursday sunset until Friday sunset.
Durood
The Prophet ﷺ encouraged sending blessings upon him in abundance on Fridays.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Other recommended recitation
- Istighfar: seek forgiveness from Allah often
- Dhikr: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar and La ilaha illallah
- Qur'an recitation as much as you can
- Personal dua, especially in the last hour before Maghrib
What to do on Jummah
- Prepare the night before and plan to reach the mosque early
- Stop buying and selling once the adhan for Jummah is called, and go to the remembrance of Allah
- Do not talk, play with your phone or fidget during the khutbah. Switch your phone to silent
- Do not step over people or push through the rows
- Give sadaqah (charity) on Friday
- Visit relatives, check on neighbours and bring the family together
- Make dua. There is an hour on Friday in which prayers are accepted, which many scholars say is the last hour before sunset
- Avoid fasting on Friday alone, unless it joins another day of fasting or falls on a regular fast
Jummah is obligatory for adult Muslim men. Women, travellers and the sick are excused but are welcome to pray Zuhr at home or attend if they wish.
Contact us
Questions about Jummah or the mosque?
Email: contact.mahmoodmasjid@gmail.com
Address: Mahmood Abad, P.O. Fatehpur, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan