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Jummah Mubarak cards, for a blessed Friday

Make a Jummah Mubarak card with the Arabic جُمُعَةٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ or the hadith on the best day of the week, add a Friday reminder, then save or share it.

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Jumuah Mubarakah, a blessed FridayThe greeting

جُمُعَةٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ

Jumuʿatun mubārakah

A blessed Friday to you.

A good wish for a blessed day. It is not a sunnah greeting: no hadith teaches it. Many Hanafi muftis allow it as a dua if it is not treated as a sunnah.

Guide

Jummah Mubarak, and a better Friday message

Jummah Mubarak means "a blessed Friday". In Arabic it is جُمُعَةٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ (jumuʿatun mubārakah), with the feminine mubarakah because jumuʿah is a feminine word. The card maker above puts it on a card with your names, or the hadith on the best day of the week instead.

Is saying Jummah Mubarak a sunnah?

No. There is no hadith that teaches this greeting, and the Companions are not reported to have greeted each other with it every Friday. Friday itself is blessed: "The best day on which the sun rises is Friday" (Sahih Muslim 854). So wishing someone its blessing is a good dua, as long as it is not treated as part of the religion.

Hanafi position

There is no text from the early Hanafi imams on this phrase. Most Hanafi muftis today say that saying Jummah Mubarak is permissible as a dua or a good wish, as scholars allowed congratulations on Eid, provided it is not treated as a sunnah, a required greeting or a fixed weekly ritual. Some Hanafi muftis advise leaving it, because it was not the practice of the early Muslims.

Other madhhabs
Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali
There is no early text on the phrase in any school. Later scholars differ in the same way: some allow it as a general good wish, and others discourage making it a weekly habit, since the Companions did not do it. No school holds it to be a sunnah.

A simple way to follow the middle view: send a Friday card now and then as a dua, do not treat it as a weekly duty, and never forward messages that promise a reward for sharing them. The full answer is on Is saying Jummah Mubarak a bid'ah?

Put a sunnah on the card instead

The best Friday message reminds people of what the Prophet ﷺ actually taught for the day:

  • Ghusl before the prayer and going early (Sahih al-Bukhari 877 and 881).
  • Salawat on the Prophet ﷺ: "Send much salawat on me on Friday" (Sunan Abi Dawud 1047).
  • Surah Al-Kahf, read on Friday (al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi, graded sahih by al-Albani). Read it on Surah Al-Kahf.
  • The hour of answered dua on Friday (Sahih al-Bukhari 935, Sahih Muslim 852).

Friday messages you can use

  • Jummah Mubarak. Do not forget Surah Al-Kahf and salawat on the Prophet ﷺ today.
  • May Allah answer your duas in the hour of Friday.
  • A blessed Friday to you and your family. Please remember us in your duas.
  • May Allah forgive us and accept our prayers this Jummah.
  1. Sahih Muslim 854, from Abu Hurayrah.
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari 877 and 881; Sahih al-Bukhari 935 and Sahih Muslim 852.
  3. Sunan Abi Dawud 1047, from Aws ibn Aws.
  4. On Surah Al-Kahf on Friday: al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi, from Abu Said al-Khudri, graded sahih by al-Albani.
  5. Hanafi answers on the phrase: SeekersGuidance (Faraz Khan), Mathabah, Darul Uloom Trinidad, Darul Iftaa Zambia and Mufti Online, collected on islamqa.org.
  6. Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, Bab al-Idayn, on congratulations.

The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.

Questions

Good to know

Is it bid'ah to say Jummah Mubarak?

Most Hanafi muftis say it is allowed as a dua or good wish, as long as it is not treated as a sunnah or a required weekly greeting. It is not a sunnah, and some scholars advise leaving it.

What is Jummah Mubarak in Arabic?

جُمُعَةٌ مُبَارَكَةٌ, jumuʿatun mubārakah: a blessed Friday.

What is the reply to Jummah Mubarak?

Any good dua in return, such as barakallahu feek (may Allah bless you), or Jummah Mubarak to you too.

What should I write on a Friday card?

A reminder of a Friday sunnah works best: Surah Al-Kahf, salawat on the Prophet ﷺ, or making dua in the last hour before Maghrib.