Wednesday 7 September 2016

Is it Permissible to travel on Friday?

The great scholar of hadeeth of this era, Shaykh al-Albaanee stated:

There is nothing in the Sunnah that forbids a person from travelling on Friday absolutely. In fact, it was reported from the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) that he travelled on Friday in the first part of the day, but it is weak due to the absence of the link between the taabi’ee and the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam).

Al-Bayhaqee (3/187) reported from al-Aswad bin Qays on the authority of his father who said: ‘Umar bin al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) saw the appearance of [wanting to] travel on a man and heard him saying, ‘Were it not that today is Friday, I would have gone out.’ Thereupon, Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said, ‘Go out, for Friday should not prevent one from travelling.’ It was also reported by Ibn Abee Shaybah. The chain of narrators is authentic as all its men are trustworthy. Qays the father of al-Aswad was considered reliable by an-Nasaa’ee and Ibn Hibbaan.

Source:  Nudhum al-Faraa’id mimma fee Silsilati al-Albaanee min Fawaa’id, vol. 2, p. 265 by Abdul-Lateef bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Abee Rabee’


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