It there any special virtue for passing away on the day of Friday?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Abdullah bin Amr narrated that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“No Muslim dies on the day of Friday, nor the night of Friday, except that Allah protects him from the trials of the grave.”( Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1074)[1]
When the different narrations of this Hadith are taken into consideration, it will be considered Authentic.
Death on the night or day of Friday is also a sign from amongst the signs of a good and righteous death.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Arshad Ali
Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)
[1] Similar narrations have been reported by Sayyiduna Jabir ibn Abdullah in Hilyatul-Awliya vol.3 pg.181, Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik in Abu Ya’la, Majma al-Zawa’id vol.2 pg.319 and others. See: Al-Maqasidul Hasanah, Hadith:1186 & Sharhus Sudur, pg.254