Topics of the Friday Sermon and Considering the State of the Attendees
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The questioner:
Or it may be that the Friday sermons are mostly exhortations and rulings on what is happening in the Muslim world.
The Shaykh:
The Friday sermon should be within the context of the attendees and what benefits them. That is, you address the people present, just as you teach students in a classroom. You preach to the attendees on Friday, so you teach the attendees what benefits them and show them the right path. This is the obligatory duty. As for you answering their problems that are not in their country, what benefit is there in that? First, do you solve the problems of foreign countries with the Friday sermon you deliver?
If you preach about it, is the problem solved? Or have you occupied the attendees with something they do not know? The Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "Inform the people of what they know. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about?" So you did not preach to the attendees, and you did not solve the problems of the world that you spoke about. You left, and the people left without benefit and without a sermon. This is the reality.
Another questioner:
Excuse me, Shaykh, is it possible.
The Shaykh:
No, by Allah.
Or it may be that the Friday sermons are mostly exhortations and rulings on what is happening in the Muslim world.
The Shaykh:
The Friday sermon should be within the context of the attendees and what benefits them. That is, you address the people present, just as you teach students in a classroom. You preach to the attendees on Friday, so you teach the attendees what benefits them and show them the right path. This is the obligatory duty. As for you answering their problems that are not in their country, what benefit is there in that? First, do you solve the problems of foreign countries with the Friday sermon you deliver?
If you preach about it, is the problem solved? Or have you occupied the attendees with something they do not know? The Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), said: "Inform the people of what they know. Do you want Allah and His Messenger to be lied about?" So you did not preach to the attendees, and you did not solve the problems of the world that you spoke about. You left, and the people left without benefit and without a sermon. This is the reality.
Another questioner:
Excuse me, Shaykh, is it possible.
The Shaykh:
No, by Allah.
Source
الفوزان - لقاء مع طلبة العلم بحائل — archive.org (1:15:19)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.