If a person greets you while the imam is delivering the sermon and extends his hand to you, do you shake it, given that you feel great discomfort if you do not greet him?
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The questioner : In his second question, he says: If a person greets you and the imam is delivering the sermon and extends his hand to you, do you shake it, because you feel great discomfort if you do not greet him?
The Shaykh : Yes, you have two options. The first is to shake his hand without speaking.
The second is to gesture to him, because it is obligatory to listen to the sermon. You should look at the man; some people do not care if you gesture to them that there is no greeting during the sermon, and they understand and hold back. But some people will be bothered by it. If he is of the first type, the gesture is sufficient. If he is of the second type, extend your hand to him without speaking.
Speaking on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) compared it to a donkey carrying books, and he said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:374.
The meaning necessitates this, because if we permitted every person to speak, the benefit of the sermon would be lost, even though the sermon is obligatory and going to it is obligatory, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said:[Al-Jumu'ah 62:9].
The Shaykh : Yes, you have two options. The first is to shake his hand without speaking.
The second is to gesture to him, because it is obligatory to listen to the sermon. You should look at the man; some people do not care if you gesture to them that there is no greeting during the sermon, and they understand and hold back. But some people will be bothered by it. If he is of the first type, the gesture is sufficient. If he is of the second type, extend your hand to him without speaking.
Speaking on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) compared it to a donkey carrying books, and he said:
Whoever speaks on Friday while the Imam is giving the Khutbah (religious talk), he is like a donkey which carries books; and he who tells him to be quiet has no Jumu'ah.
الذي يتكلم يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب كمثل الحمار يحمل أسفاراً ، والذي يقول له : أنصت ، ليست له جمعةThe meaning necessitates this, because if we permitted every person to speak, the benefit of the sermon would be lost, even though the sermon is obligatory and going to it is obligatory, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said: