The Prescribed Length of the Friday Sermon
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the lengthening of the Friday sermon causes boredom among the attendees. Honorable Shaykh, so what is its length?
Answer:
It has no fixed length, but whatever is concise, whatever is concise and covers the objectives, that is the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the lengthening of the Friday sermon causes boredom among the attendees. Honorable Shaykh, so what is its length?
Answer:
It has no fixed length, but whatever is concise, whatever is concise and covers the objectives, that is the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The length of a man's prayer and the brevity of his sermon are a sign of his understanding. So shorten the sermon and lengthen the prayer, or lengthen the prayer and shorten the sermon.
إن طول صلاة الرجل وقصر خطبته مئنة من فقه، فأقصروا الخطبة وأطيلوا الصلاة، أو فأطيلوا الصلاة وأقصروا الخطبة.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4769] المشروع في مقدار خطبة الجمعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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