The Criterion for Lengthening the Friday Sermon
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the criterion for lengthening the Friday sermon that warrants its condemnation?
The Shaykh:
His denial.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is contrary to the Sunnah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten the sermon to a few blessed words, and he saidMishkat al-Masabih 1406 Now, many of the imams of the mosques do the opposite; they lengthen the sermon to the point of boredom, and they rush through the prayer in a minute or two. This is contrary to the Sunnah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the criterion for lengthening the Friday sermon that warrants its condemnation?
The Shaykh:
His denial.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
It is contrary to the Sunnah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to shorten the sermon to a few blessed words, and he said
The length of a man’s prayer and the shortness of his sermon are a sign of his understanding, so make the prayer long and the sermon short
إن طول صلاة الرجل وقصر خطبته مئنة أي علامة من فقهه فأطيلوا الصلاة وأقصروا الخطبة
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (1:07:08)
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