Concluding the sermon with the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, I ask you to clarify your statement regarding the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the qiblah, because it may be counted as a repetition, as if it were talk around the door. It is also customary in Sudan.
The Shaykh:
And we said that the one who concludes the sermon should conclude it by reciting the verse "Indeed, Allah commands justice and the doing of good" instead of the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet, and he concludes with that. This has no basis. The invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the sermon, in the middle of the sermon, after the two sermons, and when he says[Al-Ahzab 33:56], that is good and is followed. But that something happens at the end of the sermon, and the conclusion of the sermon is with the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet, this was not known in the sermons of the scholars of knowledge. Bring me any collection of sermons from the sermons of the scholars of knowledge that does not have a single one concluded with the invocation of blessings, but rather concluded with verses. This is a clarification. Yes.
The questioner:
The command to pray.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The command of the child.
The Shaykh:
There is no objection during the sermon, there is no objection, Allah commanded that[Al-Ahzab 33:56] in the prayer, is there any objection during the sermon? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, I ask you to clarify your statement regarding the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the qiblah, because it may be counted as a repetition, as if it were talk around the door. It is also customary in Sudan.
The Shaykh:
And we said that the one who concludes the sermon should conclude it by reciting the verse "Indeed, Allah commands justice and the doing of good" instead of the invocation of blessings upon the Prophet, and he concludes with that. This has no basis. The invocation of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the sermon, in the middle of the sermon, after the two sermons, and when he says
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاThe questioner:
The command to pray.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The command of the child.
The Shaykh:
There is no objection during the sermon, there is no objection, Allah commanded that
O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him]
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب صلاة الجمعة — islamhouse.com (1:03:39)
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