The Meaning of the Hadith: Whoever Touches the Pebbles Has Engaged in Idle Talk
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. What is the meaning of the hadithSahih Muslim 857b “Whoever engages in idle talk, there is no Friday prayer for him,” and what is an example of that?
Answer:
Yes. The hadith is clear that it is forbidden to speak while the imam is delivering the Friday sermon, or to fiddle with the ground or draw lines in it. Touching the pebbles means touching the ground, drawing in it, or doing what a mindless person does, which is to be distracted from the sermon, and this is forbidden. The punishment for this is that he engages in idle talk, and the reward of his Friday prayer is lost, so there is no Friday prayer for him and no reward for the Friday prayer in which he spoke or touched the pebbles while the imam was delivering the sermon. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. What is the meaning of the hadith
and he who touched pebbles
ومن مس الحصى فقدAnswer:
Yes. The hadith is clear that it is forbidden to speak while the imam is delivering the Friday sermon, or to fiddle with the ground or draw lines in it. Touching the pebbles means touching the ground, drawing in it, or doing what a mindless person does, which is to be distracted from the sermon, and this is forbidden. The punishment for this is that he engages in idle talk, and the reward of his Friday prayer is lost, so there is no Friday prayer for him and no reward for the Friday prayer in which he spoke or touched the pebbles while the imam was delivering the sermon. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (38:53)
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