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Concerning the Major Washing for Friday Prayer
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٢٢٣ 223 Concerning the Major Washing for Friday Prayer for that must fast for two consecutive months, a penance from God. God is Knowing and Wise.»277 For the mistaken killing of a believer, God mandated the blood-price and the freeing of a slave; and for the killing of someone protected by a covenant, He also mandated the blood-price and the freeing of a slave. This applies because they are both persons whose blood is forbidden to be shed, by reason of faith, a compact, and domicile together. Even if a believer is domiciled somewhere not forbidden to invaders, he himself is nonetheless forbidden to be killed by reason of his faith, so in that case expiation becomes due for the taking of his life but no blood-price should be paid. It is still forbidden to take his life because of his faith. Since it is not forbidden to kill the pagans’ women and children, neither by reason of faith nor domicile, then killing them entails no blood-price, retaliation, compensation, or sin, God willing, and no expiation. Concerning the Major Washing for Friday Prayer He said, “Mention some other hadith-reports that people considered to be contradictory.” I said: Mālik reported to us from Ṣafwān ibn Sulaym, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, that God’s Emissary said: “The major washing for Friday prayer is mandatory for every pubescent and postpubescent male.” Ibn ʿUyaynah reported to us from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim, from his father, that the Prophet said: “Whoever among you attends Friday prayer, let him perform the major washing.” Al-Shāfiʿī said: The saying of God’s Emissary that “the major washing for Friday prayer is mandatory” and his command could mean two different things. The apparent meaning is that it is mandatory and that the only degree of ritual purity that is ritually and legally sufficient for the Friday prayer is the major washing, just as the only degree of ritual cleansing that 366 367 368 369 370 ٢٢٤ 224 g ó F } : ~c def´ F Ç ¡ ١ - . N 2O DE ! ´µ i k l m n o ¡ Z iDE d¢fï ! : DE .def´¦§ QI Zµ : ! g *` a ¡ # x y + : k l m n o I|¡ N 2O def´¦§ . I Ö _` a ×7 DE r 23 4 v w #k l m n o - .DEV ٢$%& 9 : ; ufï Çdef´ Ç QI J g | } : - .DEV de fv wP%Q # ¿ Å ] ^DE ٣ g | } : - .DEV def´¦§ É1 # Ò 2ª IUV # [ z{ d± DEÁ ! ÉTHI )` a K i I¼ ] ^ Ì :äå Ì I¼ï Ç¿ Å ] ^DE def´¦§ x I É1 # I¼ï g c É|ÿ N 2O " ¿ÀHI UVdef´¦§ [ z{ d± DEÁ ! É1 # 01¿ Å ] ^ $&I Ö ufï Ç¿ Å ö ] ^ Ì IUV´³¦ îQ 23 4 b de f ¯ É|ÿ N 2O " $&I JK æ xþ I¼ï Ç # ¿À HI J¬DE Yã1 ¡¢f Z§¬ "DEtuf Ì Èuf " $& Ì ufïAB # ¡¢f Èuf " d± " def´¦§ uf ù KDE + : ÉTHI É1 # ¿ Å I¼ DE def´¦§ uf 23 4 b I¼ï Ç Õ Q O¸¿ Å É|ÿ #k l m n o QI # x y + : k l m n o # ¡¢f k l m n o ! ´µ i k l m n o ô uf def´¦§ [ z{ d± DEÁ ! É1 # # I¼ ] ^ k l m n o # def´¦§ x I É1 # DE def´¦§ Õ Q N 2O " IUV # 6 ] ^ " # I¼ï Ç k l m n o DE def´¦§ É1 # ? $&I .! ´µ i k l m n o ¡¢f ÆK6DE I|¡ N 2O def´¦§ DE ٤ I| DE g × ¯ I J | } : - .DEV # I ÔDE V 01) d± Ì x I # DE V ÉÔ ×7 ô DE!DE :äå Ì .(de f # def´¦§ Ì def´¦ îQ 01DE . ( ) ١ . ( ) ٢ . ( ) ٣ . ( ) ٤ ٣٧١ ٣٧٢ ٣٧٣ ٣٧٤ [18.216.190.167] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 00:52 GMT) ٢٢٥ 225 Concerning the Major Washing for Friday Prayer is ritually and legally sufficient to correct major impurity is the major washing . “Mandatory” could, however, also pertain to what is optionally deemed mandatory, whatever ennobles one’s character, and whatever encourages personal hygiene. Mālik reported to us from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim, who said: “One of the Prophet’s Companions came into the mosque on Friday while ʿUmar ibn alKha ṭṭāb was giving the sermon. ‘Do you know what time it is?’ asked ʿUmar. ‘O commander of the faithful, I was returning from the market and heard the call, so I only had time to perform ablutions,’ he replied. ‘Ablutions, too!’ said ʿUmar, ‘when you know full well that God’s Emissary used to command the major washing!’” A trustworthy person transmitted to me a hadith-report of similar import to that of Mālik, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim...
