Guidance for Friday preachers who lengthen the sermon and shorten the prayer
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Question:
He says: What is your guidance for some of the preachers in the congregational mosques on Friday who lengthen the sermon and shorten the prayer?
Answer:
This is contrary to the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Mishkat al-Masabih 1406. And the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) sermon was a few blessed, counted words, so one should not lengthen the sermon. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: What is your guidance for some of the preachers in the congregational mosques on Friday who lengthen the sermon and shorten the prayer?
Answer:
This is contrary to the Sunnah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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
يقول إن طول صلاة الرجل وقصر خطبته مئنة من فقهه فأطيلوا الصلاة وأقصروا الخطبةThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (181) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-05-18] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (26:38)
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