The ruling on beginning the sermon with a nominal sentence
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Question:
I found that Shaykh Ramadan began the Eid al-Fitr [sermon] in what is called the governing fitrah. Is this intentional?
Answer:
There is no harm in it, because the beginning is "Indeed, all praise is due to Allah," which is a nominal sentence, and he added "Indeed" for emphasis. So it contains "All praise is due to Allah," with the addition of "Indeed" before it, and this is for emphasis. The one who says "I praise Allah" or "We praise Allah" is the one who is not in accordance with the beginning of the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sermon. If he begins with the verb "I praise Allah" or "We praise Allah" or "Praise Allah," then that is what we say does not fulfill the purpose. But if he begins with a nominal sentence, "All praise is due to Allah" or "Indeed, all praise is due to Allah," then we do not negate this. Yes.
I found that Shaykh Ramadan began the Eid al-Fitr [sermon] in what is called the governing fitrah. Is this intentional?
Answer:
There is no harm in it, because the beginning is "Indeed, all praise is due to Allah," which is a nominal sentence, and he added "Indeed" for emphasis. So it contains "All praise is due to Allah," with the addition of "Indeed" before it, and this is for emphasis. The one who says "I praise Allah" or "We praise Allah" is the one who is not in accordance with the beginning of the Messenger of Allah’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sermon. If he begins with the verb "I praise Allah" or "We praise Allah" or "Praise Allah," then that is what we say does not fulfill the purpose. But if he begins with a nominal sentence, "All praise is due to Allah" or "Indeed, all praise is due to Allah," then we do not negate this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/38 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (2:07)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.