Sixth Evidence
From the Sunnah: Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
“We are the last (to appear in this world) yet the foremost on the Day of Resurrection. The Scripture was given to them before us, and it was given to us after them. This is the day that had been prescribed for them, but they disagreed over it, so Allah guided us to it. Hence the rest of mankind follow our lead in it: the Jews tomorrow and the Christians the day after tomorrow.” (Agreed upon.)
In another sound wording: “Although the Scripture was given to them before us, and to us after them, this is the day over which they differed, and Allah guided us to it.”
Abū Hurayrah and Ḥudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both) also said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) declared:
“Allah misled those who came before us away from Friday: for the Jews their day became Saturday, and for the Christians their day became Sunday. Then Allah brought us forth and guided us to Friday, so He set the order of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In the same way they will trail behind us on the Day of Resurrection. We are the last of the people of this world, yet the first to be judged— and, in another narration, ‘among them’— before all creation.” (Related by Muslim.)
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has on several occasions called Friday “a festival (ʿīd),” and he forbade singling it out for fasting because it contains the meaning of a festival.