What is mentioned on fasting Friday and what has come about it

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "None of you should fast on Friday unless he also fasts a day before it or a day after it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) on a Friday, and she was fasting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Were you fasting yesterday?" She said: "No." He asked: "Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" She said: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then break your fast."

Junadah al-Azdi said: Eight of us from the tribe of Azd came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a Friday, and all of us were fasting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had food brought and placed before us, and we said: "We are fasting." He said: "Did you fast yesterday?" We said: "No." He said: "Will you fast tomorrow?" We said: "No." Then he said: "Break your fast." Then he went out for the Friday prayer. When he sat on the pulpit, he called for water and drank it while the people were watching him. In fact, he wanted to show them that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast on Friday.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever of you wishes to keep some voluntary fasts in a month, let him fast on Thursday and not fast on Friday, for Friday is a day of eating, drinking and remembrance. In this way Allah combines for him two righteous days: the day of his fasting, and the day of his worship together with the Muslims.

Qays bin Sakan said: Some of the students of Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) on a Friday, and all of them were fasting. Sayyiduna Abu Dharr said to them: "I adjure you to break your fast, for this Friday is in fact a day of Eid."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not fast on Friday deliberately singling it out.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: None of you should fast on Friday unless he also fasts a day before it or a day after it.

Al-Sha'bi considered it disliked to fast on Friday while singling it out alone.

Ibrahim said: The early generations considered it disliked to fast on Friday, so that the Friday prayer could be performed with full strength.

Abu Ayyub al-Ataki narrates from Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) visited her on a Friday, and she was fasting. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked her: "Were you fasting yesterday?" She said: "No." He asked: "Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" She said: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then break your fast."

Ziyad al-Harithi said: Once a man said to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Are you the one who forbids fasting on Friday?" Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah said: "By the Lord of this sanctuary, or by the Lord of this building (that is, the Ka'bah)! It was not I who forbade it; rather, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it."