What is the ruling on listening to the Friday sermon?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on listening to the sermon in the Friday prayer?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the one who is present to listen, and it is forbidden to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon. He must listen. Yes, the one who speaks is like a donkey carrying books, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. His Friday is wasted. The one who leads the congregation has wasted it until he does not move his limbs; he draws in the ground and does not do this. This cuts off movement and turns toward the sky. If he moves, looks around, plows in the ground, takes this and touches that, he is like the donkey carrying books.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on listening to the sermon in the Friday prayer?
Answer:
It is obligatory for the one who is present to listen, and it is forbidden to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon. He must listen. Yes, the one who speaks is like a donkey carrying books, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. His Friday is wasted. The one who leads the congregation has wasted it until he does not move his limbs; he draws in the ground and does not do this. This cuts off movement and turns toward the sky. If he moves, looks around, plows in the ground, takes this and touches that, he is like the donkey carrying books.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1870- 4717] ما حكم استماع الخطبة يوم الجمعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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