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Day

. The Muhammadan day commences at sun-set; our Thursday evening, for example being the beginning of the Muslim Friday. The Arabic Yaum denotes day in contradiction to the night (lail). The days of the week are as follows: -

Yaumu ‘l-ahad, first day. Sunday.
Yaumu ‘l-isnain, second day. Monday.
Yaumu ‘s-salsa, third day. Tuesday.
Yaumu ‘l-arba, fourth day, Wednesday.
Yaumu ‘l-khamis, Thursday.
Yaumu ‘-jam ‘ah, Day of Assembly, Friday.
Yaumu ‘s-sabt, Sabbath Day, Saturday.

Of the days of the week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, are esteemed good and auspicious; the others evil (Qanun-I-Islam), p. 043). Friday is the special day appointed by Muhammad for meeting in the chief mosque for public worship. [FRIDAY.]

citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes

article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12

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