Delivering Sermons at Weddings and Gatherings
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The questioner:
Yes. Is delivering sermons and guidance at weddings and gatherings something that is prohibited? Is it an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Regarding weddings and gatherings. If the purpose of the gathering is not blameworthy, there is nothing wrong with it. This is good. Giving advice and preaching in a gathering of people, when they assemble for a wedding or for some matter, seizing the opportunity to remind them, this is a good thing. No one has said this is an innovation. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says, in some...
The Shaykh:
If the gathering is an innovation, like the gatherings of the 'Azaw, then it is not permissible to endorse it at all; rather, it leads them and assists them in doing so. But if the gathering is permissible, or a gathering for worship in the mosque, or for seeking knowledge for a lesson, then the preaching is good. Yes.
Yes. Is delivering sermons and guidance at weddings and gatherings something that is prohibited? Is it an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Regarding weddings and gatherings. If the purpose of the gathering is not blameworthy, there is nothing wrong with it. This is good. Giving advice and preaching in a gathering of people, when they assemble for a wedding or for some matter, seizing the opportunity to remind them, this is a good thing. No one has said this is an innovation. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says, in some...
The Shaykh:
If the gathering is an innovation, like the gatherings of the 'Azaw, then it is not permissible to endorse it at all; rather, it leads them and assists them in doing so. But if the gathering is permissible, or a gathering for worship in the mosque, or for seeking knowledge for a lesson, then the preaching is good. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 31 — youtube.com (1:02:55)
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