On the gestures and movements of the Friday preacher?
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The Shaykh : ... in the Book and the Sunnah, such that it shakes the emotions and moves the hearts, and it may even succeed in bringing tears to the eyes due to its impact, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, as you have heard. When most of our preachers today felt this deficiency, they turned the sermon into something resembling a lesson. If only it were a lesson! Instead, it became something resembling the recitation of dhikr. The question here mentions, and we know this with regret, that it is not hidden, that they tell them: "Pray upon the Prophet." My brother, this is not a gathering for praying upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Moreover, holding a gathering for praying upon the Prophet is also one of the things that occurred after the Prophet. Holding a special gathering called the "Gathering for Praying upon the Prophet" is something that happened after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The cause of this is that instead of these people being called by this name, or being more numerous, instead of gathering for half an hour to learn a verse from the Book of Allah, or a hadith from the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, or a jurisprudential issue from the legal matters, they do not have this text that requires struggle. They sit and gather to recite dhikr. What do they recite? They recite in the gathering for praying upon the Messenger (peace be upon him). Praying upon the Messenger (peace be upon him) is something every person can do. And the secret dhikr is, according to all scholars, better than the loud, public dhikr. They reverse the issues. Knowledge cannot be acquired in secret, and people need scholars. So instead of gathering to learn knowledge, they gather for dhikr and for praying upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This dhikr and this prayer are things every person can devote time to when he finds the appropriate time. So instead of gathering for fiqh, about which the Messenger (may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1037a; you find that most of those who gather for dhikr have no fiqh. And the proof is that their dhikr contradicts fiqh. Gathering for dhikr with one voice contradicts fiqh. Especially if something of swaying is added to the dhikr, and something called dancing; this also contradicts fiqh. So the role of the preacher is not to tell people: "Remember Allah, pray upon the Prophet, increase your prayer upon him." All of this is a waste of time, because they have no merchandise to present to the people. This, with regret, is a matter that attracts attention and indicates the state of the elite among Muslims today, let alone the common people.
In summary: It is not from the Sunnah for the preacher on Friday to turn to the right or to the left. Ibn Abi Shama explicitly stated in his book "Al-Ba'ith 'ala Inkar al-Bid' wa al-Hawadith" that one of the innovations of the Friday preacher is turning to the right and to the left. So how can he do these gestures and doubtful actions to the right and to the left? And this loud recitation by the attendees who respond to the preacher, most of whom do not know, with great regret!!
In conclusion: This first issue, which came in the question, obviously appears to be contrary to the Muhammadan Sunnah.
He upon whom Allah intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an insight in religion
من يرد الله به خيرًا يفقهه في الدينIn summary: It is not from the Sunnah for the preacher on Friday to turn to the right or to the left. Ibn Abi Shama explicitly stated in his book "Al-Ba'ith 'ala Inkar al-Bid' wa al-Hawadith" that one of the innovations of the Friday preacher is turning to the right and to the left. So how can he do these gestures and doubtful actions to the right and to the left? And this loud recitation by the attendees who respond to the preacher, most of whom do not know, with great regret!!
In conclusion: This first issue, which came in the question, obviously appears to be contrary to the Muhammadan Sunnah.
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