The ruling on the speech of the preacher and the listener during the Friday sermon
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The second question of Fatwa No. ( 3246 ):
Q2: We have seen an imam in the city of al-Bayda say to the Muslims while he is on the pulpit: "Declare the oneness of Allah," and the voices of the Muslims would then rise with the glorification and magnification of Allah. Does the imam have the right to say that to them? Do they have the right to glorify Allah in this manner? And what is the meaning of the hadith that says: "If you say to your companion while the imam is delivering the Friday sermon: 'Be quiet,' you have spoken in vain"? We ask for the answer. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
A2: First: If the preacher's intention in saying to those present, "Declare the oneness of Allah," is to guide them to what is obligatory regarding the oneness of Allah in His lordship, His worship, and His names and attributes, so that they believe in that, and not to have them respond with those raised voices of glorification and magnification, but they understood from him the opposite of what he intended and responded to him with these voices—then there is no blame on him. As for them, they have erred
in their understanding and in raising their voices. He should advise them and guide them to what he intended so that they do not return to such a thing again. If his intention was for them to respond immediately with glorification and magnification while raising their voices, then he is an erring innovator and they are erring innovators; because that was not known from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his sermons, nor from the Rightly Guided Caliphs in their sermons, nor from those who listened to them. Rather, the preacher would ask some of those in the mosque about a matter concerning them, as was the case with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with Salik when he entered the mosque while the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering the sermon, so he sat down and did not pray the greeting of the mosque, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to stand up and pray two rak'ahs. And as was the case with a Bedouin who complained of drought and asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask Allah the Exalted to send down rain, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated to his Lord, and the rain came down and continued until he asked him in the following Friday sermon to hold it back, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated to his Lord to make it where it is beneficial and not harmful. And as was the case with 'Umar with 'Uthman when he did not hasten to the Friday prayer one day, and 'Umar said: "What hour is this?" and 'Uthman said: "By Allah, I did not do more than perform wudu," and 'Umar said: "And wudu as well, may Allah be pleased with
them all. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردHe who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد
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