What is the response to those who say it is permissible to lengthen the Friday sermon if it is the weekly lesson that the people hear?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Is it acceptable to argue that the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding shortening the Friday sermon was in the form of a report (khabar) and not in the form of a command (insha')? And based on that, is it permissible to lengthen the sermon if it is the only weekly lesson the people hear? Is this argument and statement acceptable, and can it be used as evidence for the permissibility of lengthening the sermon?

Answer:
By Allah, I have told you and repeated to you that new jurists have emerged who interpret from their own minds and answer from their own minds, leaving aside the words of the scholars of knowledge. I do not think this is from the words of the scholars of knowledge. I do not think this is from the words of the scholars of knowledge. This is the talk of a pretender to knowledge. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) meant urging [to shorten]. He said, "Shorten the prayer, lengthen the prayer, and shorten the sermon." That means he did not read the hadith. "Shorten the sermon"—is this a command or not? "Shorten the sermon" is a command to do so. But this person appears to be a compound ignoramus who does not know what he is saying. Yes, yes.