Friday and its virtue

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man from the Ansar came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Tell us about the day of Friday: what good is there in it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are five distinctions in it: on this day Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) was created; on this day he was sent down; on this day Allah Almighty caused Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) to die; on this day there is an hour in which, whatever a servant asks of Allah Almighty, Allah Almighty grants it to him, as long as he has not asked for something sinful or for the severing of family ties; and on this very day the Hour will be established. Every angel brought near, the heaven, the earth, the mountains and the stones remain fearful of the day of Friday (lest the Hour be established today)."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, though in it he reported these words: "The master of days is the day of Friday."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil, about whom there has been criticism, though he has also been declared trustworthy; the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy). (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: The hadith narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal has passed earlier (that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said): "The Jews envy us regarding Friday." It has passed earlier in the chapter on the qiblah and saying Amin.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: The day of Friday was presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Jibril came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) holding in his palm a clear mirror, in the middle of which there was a black spot. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Jibril, what is this?" He said: "This is the day of Friday, which your Lord has presented to you so that it may be a festival ('Id) for you and for your Ummah after you. There is good in it for you all: you are the first (to be given this day), and the days of the Jews and the Christians come after it. On this day there is an hour in which, whatever good a servant asks of his Lord, if it is in his portion, Allah Almighty will grant it to him; or whatever evil he seeks refuge from, Allah Almighty will ward off from him something greater than it. We (the angels) call it in the Hereafter 'the Day of Increase' (Yawm al-Mazid)." After this the narrator mentioned the complete hadith. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: If Allah wills,
this narration will come later in the chapter on the description of Paradise.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy); Imam Abu Ya'la recorded part of it.

In a narration from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) he reported these words: He narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The days were presented to me, and among them the day of Friday was presented to me. It was like a white mirror, in the middle of which there was a black spot. I asked: 'What is this (black spot)?' I was told: 'The Hour.'" The narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih, except for the teacher of Imam al-Tabarani, and he is thiqah (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, on the day of Friday Allah Almighty does not leave out a single one of the Muslims without forgiving him (that is, He forgives every Muslim on the day of Friday)."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; apart from the teacher of Imam al-Tabarani, all the narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "On the day of Friday good deeds are multiplied."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Khalid bin Adam, and he is a kadhdhab (liar).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: "For what reason has the day of Friday (Jumu'ah) been given this name?" He said: "The reason is that the clay of your forefather, Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), was prepared on this day; on this very day the Resurrection will come and people will be raised to life again; on this very day the seizing will take place; and among the last three hours of this day there is an hour such that whoever supplicates to Allah Almighty in that hour, his supplication will be answered."
Ahmad recorded it.

He has recorded, in one narration from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), these words. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sun does not rise or set upon any day that has more excellence than the day of Friday (the narrator is unsure; perhaps the words are:) that has more greatness." After that, the narrator mentioned the narration as before. The narrators of both these narrations are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The master of days in the sight of Allah Almighty is the day of Friday. On this day your forefather, Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him), was created; on this day he entered Paradise; on this very day he went out (of Paradise); and on this very day the Hour will be established."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin Yazid bin al-Jawzi, who is da'if (weak).

A similar narration has been reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam within a long hadith.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The days will be raised in their particular forms, and the day of Friday will be raised in a radiant and shining form. Its people will go along with it just as a bride is escorted to her chamber. The day will give light, and the people will be walking in its light. Their complexion will be like white snow and their fragrance like musk. They will wade through mountains of camphor, and the jinn and mankind will be looking at them, not blinking out of amazement, until they enter Paradise. No (other) person will be included with them except those who give the call to prayer (adhan) seeking the reward (of Allah)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir from al-Haytham bin Humayd, from Hafs bin Ghaylan. One group has declared both of them thiqah (trustworthy) and others have declared both of them da'if (weak), and both of them may be used as evidence.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shall I not tell you about the most excellent of the angels? It is Jibril. The most excellent of the prophets is Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him); the most excellent of days is the day of Friday; the most excellent of months is the month of Ramadan; the most excellent of nights is the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr); and the most excellent of women is Maryam bint Imran."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a narrator, Nafi' bin Hurmuz, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: When the month of Rajab began, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: 'Allahumma barik lana fi Rajab wa Sha'ban wa ballighna Ramadan' (O Allah, bless us in Rajab and Sha'ban and let us reach Ramadan). And when the night of Friday came, he would say: "This is a bright night and a radiant day."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Za'idah bin Abi al-Ruqad. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: He is munkar al-hadith (his narrations are rejected), and a group declared him majhul (unknown).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty let those who came before us go astray regarding the day of Friday. The day of the Jews is Saturday and the day of the Christians is Sunday. We are the last in the world (in terms of coming) and will be the first on the Day of Resurrection, those who will be forgiven before all of creation." (Al-Haythami says:) I say: This narration is reported in the Sahih, but without these words: "those who will be forgiven before all of creation."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the day of Friday and the night of Friday are twenty-four hours, and in every one of those hours Allah Almighty frees six hundred people from Hell." The narrator says: We left our teacher and came to al-Hasan al-Basri, and we related to him the hadith narrated by Thabit. He said: I heard it, and he added these words to it: "All of them will be people for whom Hell had become due."
Abu Ya'la recorded it as a narration of Abd al-Samad bin Abi Khidash from Umm Awwam al-Basri, and I did not find anyone who has given an account of either of them.