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The ruling on giving a sermon immediately after prayer if it disturbs those who are making up missed prayers?

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Question:
This questioner says: We, as imams and preachers, when we finish the prayers, we read to the people from the books of the scholars or we deliver lessons and sermons, and we hasten to do so a short time after the taslim. We find that some of the worshippers, may Allah guide them, object to us on the grounds that there are those who are making up what they missed. He says that this reading and this sermon is a disturbance to the worshippers and that this is forbidden. So what is your guidance for us, may Allah keep you safe? He also mentions, saying: What are some of the beneficial books proposed for reading after the prayer?

Answer:
This is, in fact, a narcotic. This is a narcotic and a reminder. Reminding the worshippers after the prayer is something the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. He used to remind his Companions and he used to check on his Companions. This is obligatory. I advise you. What do I face, by Allah, we? That you pray.
These prayers are with whoever is present only, and you do not check on the absent ones. You ask about them, you visit the sick among them, you remind the negligent one who needs treatment from you, and you are their imam. The imam's duty is to pray the rak'ahs, and it is not upon him to... They lost track.
And among that is reading to them from the supported books. Books? Supported, like the book al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib by al-Hafiz al-Mundhiri, like the book Riad al-Salihin by Imam al-Nawawi. He reads to them and does not prolong the reading for them, because they are people of the incident of the works, so he does not prolong the reading for them. That is, he combines the benefit of easing things for them with the sermon. And this is something that does not take up time and its benefit is great.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2 من 11|حكم الموعظة بعد الصلاة مباشرة إذا كانت تشوش على المسبوقين؟|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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