One of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the mosque on a Friday, when 'Umar bin al Khattab ؓ ­ was addressing the people. 'Umar said: What time is this? He said: 'O Ameer al-Mu'mineen, I have just come from the marketplace. I heard the call and I did not do anything more than wudoo', 'Umar ؓ said: Wudoo’ too! You know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to enjoin ghusl! (Using translation from Aḥmad 199)   

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَيَّةُ سَاعَةٍ هَذِهِ؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ انْقَلَبْتُ مِنَ السُّوقِ فَسَمِعْتُ النِّدَاءَ فَمَا زِدْتُ عَلَى أَنْ تَوَضَّأْتُ وَأَقْبَلَتُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ الْوُضُوءُ أَيْضًا؟ وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْغُسْلِ  

[Machine] That Umar ibn Al-Khattab was delivering a sermon on Friday when a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ from the early emigrants came to him. Umar asked him, "What time is it?" He replied, "I have been busy all day and did not return to my family until I heard the call to prayer, so I did not go beyond performing ablution." Umar asked, "Did you perform full ablution as well?" And you know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to command to perform the ritual bath.  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بَيْنَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ لِلْخُطْبَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ فَنَادَاهُ عُمَرُ أَيَّةُ سَاعَةٍ هَذِهِ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي شُغِلْتُ الْيَوْمَ فَلَمْ أَنْقَلِبْ إِلَى أَهْلِي حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ التَّأْذِينَ فَلَمْ أَزِدْ عَلَى أَنْ تَوَضَّأْتُ قَالَ عُمَرُ الْوُضُوءُ أَيْضًا؟ وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْغُسْلِ  

[Machine] You hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "When one of you comes to the Friday prayer, let him perform ablution."  

تَسْمَعْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ  

[Machine] "People used to look after themselves and they would go around in their own appearance. It was said to them, 'If you bathe, you will be purified in accordance with the teachings of Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Ansari.'"  

كَانَ النَّاسُ عُمَّالَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَكَانُوا يَرُوحُونَ بِهَيْئَتِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ لَوِ اغْتَسَلْتُمْ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ  

Some people of Iraq came and said: Ibn 'Abbas, do you regard taking a bath on Friday as obligatory ? He said: No, it is only a means of cleanliness, and is better for one who washes oneself. Anyone who does not take a bath, it is not essential for him. I inform you how the bath (on Friday) commenced. The people were poor and used to wear woolen clothes, and would carry loads on their backs. Their mosque was small and its rood was lowered down. It was a sort of trellis of vine. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ once came out on a hot day and the people perspired profusely in the woolen clothes so much so that foul smell emitted from them and it caused trouble to each other. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ found the foul smell, he said: O people, when this day (Friday) comes, you should take bath and every one should anoint the best oil and perfume one has. Ibn 'Abbas then said: Then Allah, the Exalted, provided wealth (to the people) and they wore clothes other than the woolen, and were spared from work, and their mosque became vast. The foul smell that caused trouble to them became non-existent. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 353)   

لَا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْهَرُ وَخَيْرٌ لِمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَغْتَسِلْ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بِوَاجِبٍ وَسَأَخْبِرُكُمْ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْغُسْلُ كَانَ النَّاسُ مَجْهُودِينَ يَلْبَسُونَ الصُّوفَ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَلَى ظُهُورِهِمْ وَكَانَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ ضَيِّقًا مُقَارِبَ السَّقْفِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ عَرِيشٌ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ وَعَرِقَ النَّاسُ فِي ذَلِكَ الصُّوفِ حَتَّى ثَارَتْ مِنْهُمْ رِيَاحٌ آذَى بِذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا فَلَمَّا وَجَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تِلْكَ الرِّيحَ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِذَا كَانَ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ فَاغْتَسِلُوا وَلْيَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَفْضَلَ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ دُهْنِهِ وَطِيبِهِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ اللهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَلَبِسُوا غَيْرَ الصُّوفِ وَكُفُوا الْعَمَلَ وَوُسِّعَ مَسْجِدُهُمْ وَذَهَبَ بَعْضُ الَّذِي كَانَ يُؤْذِي بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا مِنَ الْعَرَقِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever performs ablution with it, his sins will be forgiven and he will be rewarded for the obligatory prayer. And whoever performs a complete bath, it is better. And this hadith with this wording is rare from this perspective. It is only known from the narration of Al-Hasan and others."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَيُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَإِنَّمَا يُعْرَفُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْحَسَنِ وَغَيْرِهِ  

If any one of you performs ablution (on Friday) that is all right; and if any of you takes a bath, that is better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 354)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَهَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever performs ablution on the day of Friday, it is good and beneficial for them. And whoever performs a full bath, the bath is superior and the same goes for it."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ وَكَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ that whoever performs ablution, he should do it properly and with gratitude. And whoever takes a bath, bathing is preferable. This hadith was narrated by Bakr ibn Bakkār from Abū Hurrah through its chain of narrators. Abu 'Abdullah al-Ḥāfiz reported it to us and he said that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sakhṭawayh reported it to us, who reported it from Muhammad ibn Manda al-Asbahānī, who reported it from Bakr ibn Bakkār, who reported it from Abū Hurrah. Another narration of this hadith is reported from another chain of narrators from the Prophet ﷺ , and in its chain of narrators there is a discrepancy (nazhar).  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ 1413 وَرَوَاهُ بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَشُكَّ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَخْتَوَيْهِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْدَهَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ ثنا أَبُو حُرَّةَ فَذَكَرَهُ وَرُوِيَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَفِي إِسْنَادِهِ نَظَرٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Whoever performs ablution on the day of Friday, it is a blessing for him. And whoever takes a bath, the bath is better. Abu Dawood did not mention the bath as a Sunnah."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ وَالْغُسْلُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالْغُسْلُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever comes to Friday prayer should perform ablution, and when winter comes and it becomes severe for us, we complained about it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he said, "Whoever performs ablution, it is sufficient and a blessing for him, and whoever takes a bath, it is better." It was also narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri from the Prophet ﷺ .  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَلْيَغْتَسِلْ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ الشِّتَاءُ فَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْنَا فَشَكَوْنَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ وَرُوِيَ أَيْضًا عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever performs ablution on the day of Friday, it is a good deed, and whoever performs ghusl (a full bath), it is better." It was narrated by Thawri from someone who heard it from Abu Nadrah from Jabir from the Prophet ﷺ . It was also narrated by Ishaq from Abu Dawud al-Hafarri from Sufyan.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَبِهَا وَنِعْمَتْ وَمَنِ اغْتَسَلَ فَالْغُسْلُ أَفْضَلُ وَرَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَرَوَاهُ إِسْحَاقُ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْحَفَرِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ