How is the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed during the Friday sermon?
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The questioner:
How is the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed on Friday for the one praying behind the imam when the imam speaks the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Is it in the heart or by moving the tongue?
The Shaykh:
The imam’s utterance is an innovation. The imam saying “pray upon the Prophet” is an innovation on Friday and on other days. Pray upon the Prophet without the imam and without anyone else. This is what is required of you. As for not praying upon the Prophet except when the imam or the mu’adhdhin says “pray upon the Prophet,” or the preacher, as some innovators do, this is an innovation and you should not do it. Leave it. Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the ruling if he recites the words of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ahzab 33:56]?
The Shaykh:
In the sermon, there is no harm. If he recites the verse in the sermon and you hear it, you pray upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in obedience to the command of Allah. Yes.
How is the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed on Friday for the one praying behind the imam when the imam speaks the prayer upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Is it in the heart or by moving the tongue?
The Shaykh:
The imam’s utterance is an innovation. The imam saying “pray upon the Prophet” is an innovation on Friday and on other days. Pray upon the Prophet without the imam and without anyone else. This is what is required of you. As for not praying upon the Prophet except when the imam or the mu’adhdhin says “pray upon the Prophet,” or the preacher, as some innovators do, this is an innovation and you should not do it. Leave it. Yes.
The questioner:
And what is the ruling if he recites the words of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّThe Shaykh:
In the sermon, there is no harm. If he recites the verse in the sermon and you hear it, you pray upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in obedience to the command of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما كيفية الصلاة على النبي –عليه الصلاة والسلام أثناء خطبة الجمعة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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