Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 5630 — The virtue of Friday and its day

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Once Jibril came to me, and he had with him something like a white mirror in which there was a black spot. I asked him: 'O Jibril! What is this?' He said: 'This is Jumu'ah.' I asked him: 'What is Jumu'ah?' He said: 'In it there is good for you.' I asked: 'What is there in it for us?' He said: 'It is a day of Eid for you and for your Ummah after you. The Jews and the Christians follow you in it.' I asked him: 'What is there in it for us?' He said: 'In it there is an hour for you in which, whatever thing of this world and the Hereafter a person asks Allah for, it is granted to him. If that thing is not in his destiny, Allah Almighty writes for him something better than it. Likewise, if he seeks refuge from something that has already been written in his destiny, Allah Almighty grants him deliverance from an evil greater than it.' I asked Jibril: 'What is this spot in this mirror?' Jibril said: 'It is the Hour (the Resurrection), which will be established on the day of Jumu'ah. With us it is the master of days, and on the Day of Resurrection we will call the day of Jumu'ah "Yawm al-Mazid" (the Day of Increase).' I asked him: 'For what reason will it be called Yawm al-Mazid?' He said: 'Allah Almighty has made in Paradise a valley of white musk. Then on the day of Jumu'ah He will descend from Illiyyin and settle upon His Kursi. Then around the Kursi there will be minbars of light; then the prophets will come and sit on those minbars. Then around the minbars there will be chairs of gold adorned with jewels; then the truthful (siddiqun) and the martyrs will come and sit on them. Then the people of the chambers of Paradise will come out and sit on dunes of fragrance. Then Allah Almighty will manifest Himself to them and say: "Whatever you ask of Me, it will be given to you." They will ask Allah Almighty for His pleasure. Allah Almighty will say: "The sign of My pleasure for you is that I have settled you in My abode and granted you My hospitality. Ask Me for something more, and I will give it to you." They will ask Allah Almighty for His pleasure. Then Allah Almighty will make them witness that He is pleased with them. Then Allah Almighty will open for them such blessings as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and the thought of which has never even crossed any heart. And its duration is the measure of your return from the day of Jumu'ah. Then Allah Almighty will ascend, and the prophets, the truthful and the martyrs will also go with Him. The people who live in the chambers will also go to their chambers. Those chambers will be made of white pearl in which there is neither a joint nor a crack, or they will be of red pearl, or of green emerald. In it will be its own chambers as well. Its doors will be open, rivers will be flowing in them, and clusters of its fruits will be hanging down. The people of Paradise will not be in need of anything more than the day of Jumu'ah, so that they may see their Lord more and more and receive more and more of His honour.'"