(a) Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I said to Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): They have mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take a bath (ghusl) on Friday and wash your heads, even if you are not in a state of major impurity, and apply perfume." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As for the ghusl, yes; as for perfume, I do not know.
(b) This, together with the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), shows that the meaning of "man ghassala waghtasala" is: "one who washed his head and bathed (his body)."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5953
(a) Amr bin Sulaym says: I bear witness about Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he bore witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The ritual bath (ghusl) on Friday is obligatory, and that one should use the siwak (tooth-stick), and apply perfume if it is available."
(b) Amr bin Sulaym says: I bear witness that the ghusl is obligatory; as for the siwak and the perfume, Allah knows best, but this is how I heard it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5954
Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Sa'id al-Khudri narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The ritual bath (ghusl) on Friday is obligatory upon every adult, and the siwak and perfume upon whoever is able." But Bukayr did not mention Abd al-Rahman, and he said: "Perfume, even if it is a woman's perfume."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5955
(a) Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes a bath (ghusl) on Friday, purifies himself as much as he can, applies oil from his house or perfume, then goes to the Friday prayer, prays whatever was decreed for him, and when the imam comes out listens attentively to the sermon and remains silent, his sins between that and the next Friday will be forgiven."
(b) Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Any servant who takes a bath on Friday, then applies oil or perfume, then comes to the mosque and does not separate two people, and remains silent during the sermon, his sins until the next Friday will be forgiven."
(c) The wording of the hadith of Shababah (may Allah have mercy on him) is: "He should purify himself as much as he can."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5956
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a man takes a bath on Friday and washes his head, then applies the finest perfume, puts on good clothes, then goes out to the prayer, does not separate two people, then listens attentively to the sermon, his sins until the next Friday, and three more days besides, will be forgiven."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5957
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with them both) say that they heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes a bath on Friday, uses the siwak, applies perfume if he has any, then puts on his finest clothes and comes to the mosque, does not step over people's necks, prays as much as Allah wills, and then remains silent from when his imam comes out until the end of the prayer, his sins from the previous Friday up to this Friday are forgiven." And Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "Three more days as well, because Allah Almighty rewards one good deed tenfold."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5958
Ibn al-Sabbaq says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O assembly of Muslims! Allah has made this day (Friday) an Eid for the Muslims, so take a bath; whoever has perfume should apply it; and hold fast to the siwak."
The correct version is this mursal one; it has also been narrated with a connected chain, but its connection is not authentic.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5959
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said on one Friday: "O Muslims! Allah has made this day an Eid for you, so take a bath on this day and make the siwak binding upon yourselves."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5960
Nafi' narrates from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These acts are part of the fitrah (natural disposition): trimming the moustache, clipping the nails, and shaving the pubic hair."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5962
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Five things are part of the fitrah (natural disposition): circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, trimming the moustache, clipping the nails, and plucking the armpit hair."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5963
(a) Nafi' says that Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to clip his nails and trim his moustache every Friday.
(b) It is reported from Abu Ja'far as a mursal narration that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "liked the moustache and nails to be trimmed every Friday."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5964
(a) Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I had two paternal uncles, both of whom were present at the Tree (among the Companions of the Tree, may Allah be pleased with them), and both used to trim their moustaches and nails every Friday. (b) It is reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), attributed to the Prophet: "The believer on every Friday is like one in ihram; he does not trim his hair or clip his nails until the prayer is completed." (c) It is reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), attributed to the Prophet: "The Muslim on Friday is in a state of ihram; when he has prayed, he leaves it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجمعة / 5965