The recitation of the verse of sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the second sermon has become widespread among preachers.

The questioner : Before this... in the Friday sermon, in the second sermon, it has become widespread among preachers, or some of them, to say: Send blessings upon the Prophet...?

The Shaykh : Yes, and this is also from that category; that is, from the category of additional innovation. It is not permissible to make it a fixed practice, but it is permissible to do it occasionally; especially since... this verse encourages people to fill the place with sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And it is amazing that you see the congregations of worshippers when Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is mentioned, they do not follow that with magnifying and honoring Him, but when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned, the mosque fills with sending blessings upon him. And on Friday, where enjoining good and forbidding evil is not permissible, there is no doubt that reciting that verse, making it a fixed practice, and making it a condition of the second sermon; this is from the newly invented matters.
Yes.

The questioner : Making it a fixed practice to send blessings upon the Prophet.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Making it a fixed practice to send blessings upon the Prophet in the second sermon.

The Shaykh : All of this is from the same category.

The questioner : From the context of the verse.

The Shaykh : From the context of the verse, I understand you. Here are two things: making it a fixed practice to send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) without mentioning the verse, and mentioning the verse as it came in the previous question. It is not befitting to make fixed what was not known in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The sermon, as Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) hinted in His saying (Mighty and Majestic): , so the Friday sermon is intended for the remembrance of Allah, and it may contain some teachings and reminders of what may be hidden from people. But making the second sermon for sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and supplication and the like; this is something we do not know from the Sunnah.

The questioner : Regarding the additional innovation, some people... say this is after every Asr prayer... saying this custom in this way did not exist in the time of the Prophet.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : To the extent that they divided the hadiths in the month of Ramadan... such that...

The Shaykh : Pardon me, he divided the hadiths into what?

The questioner : In some books that talk about the month of Ramadan... such that the Fridays come out... so I do not know if this falls under?

The Shaykh : This falls under it, yes, if it gives the impression of religious legitimacy in terms of making it a fixed practice. But if it does not give that impression, it is from the ordinary matters, which may be required by organizing and gathering people; for example, now there are schools of various types; they set curricula and specific hours each day and exclude from that, for example, Friday. So this kind of organization, I do not find in my mind at all that anyone would understand that this has a relation to worship, but rather the temporal interest of people requires it; for this reason, the time zones are adjusted, for example, in some countries the summer or winter time. So considering this organization, if it is not a cause for the suspicion that it is a specific worship as is the case in the previous examples; there is no harm in it. Otherwise, it must... and not be made a fixed practice.