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His Guidance Concerning Friday and Its Distinctive Merits
It is established in the two Sahīh collections (1) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“We are the last (2), but the foremost on the Day of Resurrection, although they were given the Scripture before us. Now this was the day Allah had prescribed for them, but they differed over it, so Allah guided us to it. Thus, the others follow us in this (3): the Jews tomorrow, and the Christians the day after tomorrow.”
In Sahīh Muslim (4), Abū Hurayra and Hudhayfa reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
“Allah caused those before us to miss Friday. The Jews had Saturday, and the Christians had Sunday. Then Allah brought us forth and guided us to Friday. He thus appointed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Likewise, they will follow us on the Day of Resurrection. We are the last of the people of this world, but the first on the Day of Resurrection, whose judgment will be passed before that of all other creatures.”
In the Musnad and the Sunan collections (5), Aws ibn Aws reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: