Reciting verses in the Friday sermon

Question:
The Shaykh asked: May Allah inform us, what is the ruling on reciting verses in a measured, rhythmic manner for the Friday sermon? Is this practice established for any of the Salaf? And do the preachers take the weights from you?

Answer:
We do not know, or we have not read in the books of the scholars, that the khatib recites a verse in a measured, rhythmic manner, or that the preacher recites a verse in a measured, rhythmic manner. Rather, he recites it in the ordinary manner. Reciting a verse for the purpose of citing it as evidence is different from reciting it for the purpose of recitation. Reciting it for the purpose of recitation is done in a measured, rhythmic manner, but reciting it merely for the purpose of citing it as evidence does not require such arrangement.