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Some students of knowledge make the Friday sermon a fiqh lesson. What do you advise?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some students of knowledge make the Friday sermon a fiqh lesson, delving into fiqh details and scholarly disagreements, thereby lengthening the sermon. The question is: Is this permissible or not? And what do you advise?

Answer:
No, this takes the sermon out of its proper character. There is no objection to pointing out some fiqh rulings that people need.
As for structuring the sermon as a fiqh lesson every Friday, going through fiqh from beginning to end, this is contrary to the Sunnah.
This is what most of the attendees benefit from. Most of them are common people who do not benefit from this. But pointing out an issue that people are currently facing is fine. Yes.
To complete the answer, he also mentioned the disagreement. Mentioning the disagreement in the sermon is not what is appropriate for common people and attendees, because they do not understand the disagreement; they understand the matters and become confused. So clarify the issue without mentioning the disagreement in it.
Clarify the issue with its evidence without mentioning the disagreement in it. The disagreement is only mentioned for students of knowledge in a lesson. As for mentioning it to common people and in the Friday sermon, announcing it to the people, this confuses the people. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [626 -954] بعض طلبة العلم يجعل خطبة الجمعة عبارة عن درس فقهي، فبماذا توجهون؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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