The ruling on limiting the Friday prayer to a single sermon
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that sitting between the two sermons is a recommended practice (sunnah), and that the Friday prayer is valid without this sitting. But what if the imam limits himself to a single sermon only, whether he is a speaker or a person of sound mind?
Answer:
A sermon is obligatory. It is obligatory to have this. They said that if there are two sermons, and if he is a follower, then he has left off a sermon, meaning he has abandoned it, so it is not permissible to limit it to a single sermon. He must be removed from the position of imam. It is not permissible to continue with him; rather, he must be reported to the mosque authorities, to the department responsible for appointing imams, so that he does not corrupt the people’s charity. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that sitting between the two sermons is a recommended practice (sunnah), and that the Friday prayer is valid without this sitting. But what if the imam limits himself to a single sermon only, whether he is a speaker or a person of sound mind?
Answer:
A sermon is obligatory. It is obligatory to have this. They said that if there are two sermons, and if he is a follower, then he has left off a sermon, meaning he has abandoned it, so it is not permissible to limit it to a single sermon. He must be removed from the position of imam. It is not permissible to continue with him; rather, he must be reported to the mosque authorities, to the department responsible for appointing imams, so that he does not corrupt the people’s charity. Yes.
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