The Ruling on an Imam Who Delivers a Single Sermon for the Festival
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is an imam who prays the festival prayer with a single sermon, and he says, "This is what my soul finds peace in." What is your view on such a statement?
Answer:
He finds peace in some things but does not hit the mark, O imam. Do not deprive the Muslims of the sunnah and of the prescribed manner, and do not reduce them to a personal preference. Accept the imam and let him be in the imam's house, praying for the Muslims in the prescribed manner, delivering two sermons to them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is an imam who prays the festival prayer with a single sermon, and he says, "This is what my soul finds peace in." What is your view on such a statement?
Answer:
He finds peace in some things but does not hit the mark, O imam. Do not deprive the Muslims of the sunnah and of the prescribed manner, and do not reduce them to a personal preference. Accept the imam and let him be in the imam's house, praying for the Muslims in the prescribed manner, delivering two sermons to them.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/42 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (37:00)
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