A man delivered the sermon and another man led the prayer: Is the Friday prayer valid?

The questioner : If a man delivered the sermon and another man led the prayer, is the Friday prayer valid? If one man delivered the sermon and another led the prayer, is it valid?

The Shaykh : All right, why?

The questioner : Because the matter was completed; he completed the sermon, and because he completed the obligatory prayer, completing it to the end. As for the sermon, he completed it from the beginning to the end, whether as imam or as the one delivering the sermon, and he completed the prayer, or rather, he separated each one.

The Shaykh : Yes, if one person delivered the sermon and another led the prayer, is the Friday prayer valid or not? It is valid. Why? Because it is not required that one person handle both, as the author said, and it is not required that the one who handles both be the one who leads the prayer. As long as it is not required that one person handle both, it means that if one person delivered the sermon and another led the prayer, it is valid.