Speaking during the sermon before entering the mosque
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I arrive late for the Friday prayer and I can hear the imam’s voice in the sermon before I reach the mosque, is it obligatory for me to stop speaking even while I am outside the mosque?
Answer:
No. It is only when you are present in the mosque in front of the imam who is delivering the sermon that you must listen. As for the road, you are not in the mosque.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I arrive late for the Friday prayer and I can hear the imam’s voice in the sermon before I reach the mosque, is it obligatory for me to stop speaking even while I am outside the mosque?
Answer:
No. It is only when you are present in the mosque in front of the imam who is delivering the sermon that you must listen. As for the road, you are not in the mosque.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (1:09:37)
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