Speaking outside the mosque during the Friday sermon
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the imam is delivering the Friday sermon and the person praying is outside the mosque, is it permissible for him to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon?
Answer:
Is he coming to pray, or is he walking along the road? If he is coming to pray, he should listen to the sermon and not speak, even if he is outside the mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If the imam is delivering the Friday sermon and the person praying is outside the mosque, is it permissible for him to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon?
Answer:
Is he coming to pray, or is he walking along the road? If he is coming to pray, he should listen to the sermon and not speak, even if he is outside the mosque. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي كاد بها الإسلام وأهله : الحيل والمكر والخداع — islamhouse.com (1:12:31)
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