The short answer
Jumma Mubarak means "blessed Friday", a greeting sent on Fridays. We found no hadith that uses it, and scholars differ: Sulayman al-Majid, in a fatwa on his website, holds a fixed Friday greeting is not prescribed, while Jordan's fatwa committee allows it as a dua. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, called Friday the best day the sun rises on (Sahih Muslim 854, graded sahih).
How is Jumma Mubarak written in Arabic?
As written in fatwa 3554, below
جمعة مباركة
jumuʿah mubārakah
A blessed Friday
Also spelt Jummah Mubarak, Juma Mubarak and Jumu'ah Mubarak: the same two words. The Arabic adds -ah to mubarak to match the feminine word jumu'ah.
What does Jumma Mubarak mean?
Arabic reads right to left, so the first word is on the right.
- ٱلْجُمُعَةِal-jumuʿahthe congregation; FridayAl-Jumu'ah 62:9 calls Friday yawm al-jumu'ah, the day of congregation.
- مُبَـٰرَكٌmubārakblessed, full of blessingSaid of the Quran in Sad 38:29.
In English, Jumma Mubarak is "blessed Friday", or "have a blessed Friday".
Jumma Mubarak messages, wishes and quotes
By the time the family group chat has sent its fourth Jumma Mubarak rose, you may want a message of your own to send back. Here are some, none promising a reward:
- "Jumma Mubarak! Wishing you a blessed Friday."
- "Jumma Mubarak. Remembering you in my duas today."
- "Jummah Mubarak. Keeping the people of Palestine in my duas today."
- "Jumma Mubarak. Allahumma rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah wa fil-akhirati hasanah wa qina 'adhaban-nar."
Sourced quotes, with reference and grade:
- "The best day on which the sun has risen is Friday." (Sahih Muslim 854, graded sahih)
- "O you who believe! When the call is heard for the prayer of the day of congregation, haste to remembrance of Allah and leave your trading." (Al-Jumu'ah 62:9)
- "There is an hour on Friday: a Muslim standing in prayer who asks Allah for something at that hour is given it." (Sahih al-Bukhari 935, graded sahih)
- "Among the best of your days is Friday, so send much blessing on me on it." (Sunan Abi Dawud 1047, graded differently)
What dua can you say on Jummah?
Two duas from authentic hadith. The first is a wording of the blessing on the Prophet that the Friday hadith below asks for, which itself gives no wording; the second is not tied to Friday by its narration.
The blessing on the Prophet
Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that when the companions asked how to send blessings on him, the Prophet taught these words:
Sahih al-Bukhari 6357
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ʿalā āli ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd. allāhumma bārik ʿalā muḥammadin wa ʿalā āli muḥammad, kamā bārakta ʿalā āli ibrāhīm, innaka ḥamīdun majīd
O Allah, send blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings on the family of Ibrahim; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed the family of Ibrahim; You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.
4AuthenticSahih al-Bukhari 6357
The dua the Prophet made most often
Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, said the dua the Prophet made most often was:
Sahih al-Bukhari 6389
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً، وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً، وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
allāhumma rabbanā ātinā fi d-dunyā ḥasanah, wa fi l-ākhirati ḥasanah, wa qinā ʿadhāba n-nār
O Allah, our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
5AuthenticSahih al-Bukhari 6389
Can you say Jumma Mubarak? Where scholars differ
We found no hadith in which the Prophet or his companions use a fixed Friday greeting (source 6). Two fatwas we read in full draw different conclusions from that.
| Not prescribed | Allowed as a dua | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Sulayman al-Majid, fatwa 969 on his website, 22 October 2008 (source 7) | The Fatwa Committee of Jordan's General Iftaa Department, fatwa 3554, 13 February 2020 (source 8) |
| Their reasoning | Al-Majid, asked about congratulating people on Friday with phrases such as "Jumu'ah mubarakah", places it among duas and dhikr (remembrance of Allah) in which one keeps to what is reported; had it been good, he says, the Prophet and his companions would have done it first. | The Jordan fatwa, asked about congratulating or making dua on Friday with the phrase, holds that a dua need not come word for word from the Sunnah; "Jumu'ah mubarakah" asks that your Friday be blessed, and may not be called a bid'ah (an innovation in religion) or forbidden. |
| Their caution | In a later answer (fatwa 13566), on the phrase at the end of a message, al-Majid says he does not think one should keep to it constantly. | The Jordan fatwa warns against attributing the phrase to the Prophet, since no text reports it from him. |
Neither answer reports the phrase from the Prophet.
Why is Friday special in Islam?
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported the Prophet saying that the best day on which the sun has risen is Friday. On it Adam, peace be upon him, was created, on it he was made to enter Paradise, and on it he was sent out of it.
1AuthenticSahih Muslim 854
The Quran names the day and its prayer:
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
The hour of response
Abu Hurayrah also reported that the Prophet spoke of an hour on Friday: a Muslim standing in prayer who asks Allah for something at that hour is given it. He indicated with his hand that it is short.
2AuthenticSahih al-Bukhari 935
Sending blessings on the Prophet
Aws ibn Aws, may Allah be pleased with him, reported the Prophet saying that Friday is among the best of your days, so send much blessing on him on it, for your blessing is presented to him. It is graded differently: six of the graders we list accept it, and one notes a hidden defect in its chain.
Reading the sources on this greeting showed which parts are reported and which are custom. The page keeps the two apart.
Try it: what would you say?
Two quick questions. Pick an answer; each one explains itself.
1What does mubarak mean?
Answer: Blessed. Mubarak means blessed. Jumu'ah is Friday, the day of congregation in Al-Jumu'ah 62:9.
2The hour on Friday that the Prophet described: what did he say happens in it?
Answer: A Muslim praying who asks Allah for something is given it. Standing in prayer and asking Allah for something at that hour. He indicated that it is short. Source 2
Questions people ask
Is saying Jumma Mubarak bid'ah?
Answers differ. One scholar's fatwa holds that a fixed Friday greeting is not prescribed; a fatwa committee holds that it is allowed as a dua and may not be called bid'ah. Both, with their names and sources, are in the table above.
How do you reply to Jumma Mubarak?
Our search of sunnah.com and dorar.net found no narration that sets a reply.
Sources
Every claim on this page comes from one of these. Gradings are reported with the scholar's name; we do not grade hadith ourselves.
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Abu Hurayrah reported the Prophet saying that the best day on which the sun has risen is Friday: on it Adam was created, on it he was made to enter Paradise, and on it he was sent out of it.
Sahih Muslim 854 Book 7, Hadith 26
Authentic: in Sahih Muslim (Muslim); Sahih (Muslim); sahih (Al-Albani); sahih (Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut); its chain is sahih (Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut); to the standard of Muslim (Ibn Kathir)
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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet mentioned Friday and said there is an hour on it in which no Muslim servant, standing in prayer and asking Allah for something, coincides with it except that Allah gives it to him; and he indicated with his hand that it is short.
Sahih al-Bukhari 935 Book 11, Hadith 59
Authentic: in Sahih al-Bukhari (Al-Bukhari); Sahih (Al-Bukhari); its chain is sahih to the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim (Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut); preserved (Ibn 'Abd al-Barr); connected and sahih (Ibn 'Abd al-Barr); narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim (Al-Nawawi)
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Aws ibn Aws reported the Prophet saying that among the best of your days is Friday, so send much blessing on me on it, for your blessing is presented to me.
Sunan Abi Dawud 1047 Book 2, Hadith 658
Graded differently. Here is who graded it which way:
- SoundAl-Albani, Al-Nawawi, Zakariyya al-Ansari, Al-'Ayni, Ibn Baz, Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut
- Weak chain, strengthenedShu'ayb al-Arna'ut
- WeakAl-Mundhiri
- Other remarksIbn al-Qayyim, Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Abu Dawud
See each grading in full, with its wording and where it was given
Scholars disagree about this hadith. Here is how each graded it, so you can follow the scholar you trust.
- Sahih (Al-Albani): Al-Albani (as shown on sunnah.com, Sunan Abi Dawud 1047)
- صحيح (sahih): Al-Albani, Sahih Abi Dawud 1531 (as listed on dorar.net)
- إسناده صحيح (its chain is sahih): Al-Nawawi, Riyad al-Salihin 499 (as listed on dorar.net)
- أسانيده صحيحة (its chains are sahih): Zakariyya al-Ansari, Asna al-Matalib 2/168 (as listed on dorar.net)
- أسانيده صحيحة (its chains are sahih): Al-'Ayni, al-'Ilm al-Hayyib 82 (as listed on dorar.net)
- ثبت بإسناد حسن (established with a hasan chain): Ibn Baz, Majmu' Fatawa Ibn Baz 2/394 (as listed on dorar.net)
- إسناده صحيح (its chain is sahih): Ibn Baz, Hashiyat Bulugh al-Maram 313 (as listed on dorar.net)
- إسناده صحيح (its chain is sahih): Ibn Baz, Majmu' al-Shuruh al-Fiqhiyyah 25/511 (as listed on dorar.net)
- إسناده صحيح (its chain is sahih): Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut, takhrij Riyad al-Salihin 1158 (as listed on dorar.net)
- صحيح (sahih): Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut, takhrij Riyad al-Salihin 1399 (as listed on dorar.net)
- صحيح لغيره (sahih through other routes): Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut, takhrij Sunan Abi Dawud 1531 (as listed on dorar.net)
- [له علة... وعلته: أن حسين بن علي الجعفي لم يسمع من عَبْد الرَّحْمنِ بن يزيد بن جابر، وإنما سمع من عَبْد اللهِ بن يزيد بن تميم، وعَبْد الرَّحْمنِ بن يزيد بن تميم لا يحتج] (it has a hidden defect; its defect is that Husayn ibn 'Ali al-Ju'fi did not hear from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Jabir, but heard from 'Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Tamim, and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid ibn Tamim is not relied on): Al-Mundhiri, Mukhtasar (his abridgement of Abu Dawud's Sunan) 1/442 (as listed on dorar.net)
- غلط في هذا الحديث فريقان: فريق في لفظه وفريق في تضعيفه (two groups erred about this hadith: one in its wording, one in weakening it): Ibn al-Qayyim, Tahdhib al-Sunan 4/389 (as listed on dorar.net)
- له شاهد (it has a supporting narration): Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, al-Talkhis al-Habir 2/593 (as listed on dorar.net)
- سكت عنه (he made no comment; he said that whatever he is silent on is fit): Abu Dawud, in his Sunan, no. 1531 (as listed on dorar.net)
- 4
Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah said that when the companions told the Prophet they knew how to greet him but asked how to send blessings (salat) on him, he told them to say: Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad, kama sallayta 'ala ali Ibrahim, innaka hamidun majid; Allahumma barik 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad, kama barakta 'ala ali Ibrahim, innaka hamidun majid.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6357 Book 80, Hadith 54
Authentic: in Sahih al-Bukhari (Al-Bukhari); Sahih (Al-Bukhari); its chain is sahih to the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim (Al-Albani)
- 5
Anas ibn Malik said the supplication the Prophet made most often was: Allahumma rabbana atina fi d-dunya hasanah, wa fi l-akhirati hasanah, wa qina 'adhaba n-nar.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6389 Book 80, Hadith 84
Authentic: in Sahih al-Bukhari (Al-Bukhari); Sahih (Al-Bukhari); sahih (Al-Albani); its chain is sahih to the standard of al-Bukhari and Muslim (Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut)
- Q
Quran Arabic and English for Al-Jumu'ah 62:9 (the verse block, the quote line and the word card for jumu'ah) and the word mubarak from Sad 38:29.
Tanzil Project Uthmani text, CC BY 3.0. English: adapted from Marmaduke Pickthall's translation (1930), modernised and checked against modern translations.
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The Ilmwell team's search of sunnah.com and dorar.net on 21 October 2026 found no narration of a fixed Friday greeting such as Jumu'ah mubarak, and none setting a reply. A search finding, not a grading.
dorar.net hadith encyclopedia Record: search-jumma-mubarak-greeting, with every search term and result.
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Sulayman al-Majid does not see Friday congratulations such as Jumu'ah mubarakah as prescribed, because they belong to duas and dhikr in which one keeps to what is reported. In fatwa 13566 he says he does not think one should keep to it constantly. One scholar's answers.
Sulayman al-Majid, fatwa 969 (22 October 2008), his official website Record: scholarly-almajid-jumuah-mubarakah.
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The Fatwa Committee of Jordan's General Iftaa Department sees nothing wrong with Jumu'ah mubarakah as a dua, holds that it may not be called a bid'ah or forbidden, and warns against attributing it to the Prophet. The Arabic greeting in the scroll is copied from this fatwa.
General Iftaa Department of Jordan, fatwa 3554 (13 February 2020) Record: scholarly-jordan-iftaa-jumuah-mubarakah.
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