Is it permissible to deliver a sermon before the funeral prayer?
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Question:
This is a questioner from outside this country. He says: In our village, before the funeral prayer, there is a sermon. I am the imam of the mosque, so if I do not deliver this sermon, it will cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and some of the Sufis will do it. So what is my action...
Answer:
...toward the people? Do not leave it without explaining to the people that this is not a sunnah (recommended practice) and that nothing has come regarding it, nor is there any evidence from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that they know the reason for leaving it. If you explain it to them, then your conscience is clear. Yes.
This is a questioner from outside this country. He says: In our village, before the funeral prayer, there is a sermon. I am the imam of the mosque, so if I do not deliver this sermon, it will cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and some of the Sufis will do it. So what is my action...
Answer:
...toward the people? Do not leave it without explaining to the people that this is not a sunnah (recommended practice) and that nothing has come regarding it, nor is there any evidence from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so that they know the reason for leaving it. If you explain it to them, then your conscience is clear. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز إلقاء موعظة قبل صلاة الجنازة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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