If the khatib mentions the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or makes a supplication; should one send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and say "Ameen," or not?

The questioner: All right; regarding the topic of the imam.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner: If the imam mentions the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or makes a supplication; should a person send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) secretly, or not send them? Should he say: "Ameen"?

The Shaykh: He should not move his lips with anything; because if we say that he sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then a fortiori, when Allah is mentioned, we should honor and glorify Him, and say: "Glorified and Exalted is He," and at that point, if we open the door from here and there, the matter becomes one of no listening to the khutbah at all. Therefore, since the Messenger said to the one who enjoining good and forbidding evil: to block the door of chaos, what remains of sending blessings upon the Messenger or glorifying Allah from these dhikr that have other contexts?

The questioner: May Allah reward you. I noticed that the word is speech with another person.

The Shaykh: What is it?

The questioner : Speech with another person, meaning speaking with your companion.

The Shaykh: Yes, that is correct.

The questioner: But the phrase (peace and blessings be upon him), does he say it to himself, or does he not speak to anyone?

The Shaykh: This is correct, but—may Allah bless you—here comes something other than what you notice in the word ; it comes that are you saying this as a mere slip of the tongue, or for remembrance and reflection?

The questioner: For remembrance and reflection, of course.

The Shaykh : Here is the problem.

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The Shaykh: Here is the problem; when you divert your mind from listening to your khatib by your remembrance of your Lord and your sending blessings upon your Prophet, the problem that we hinted at occurs.
Yes?

The questioner: There, the Messenger approved the one who sent blessings, and his mind was somewhat diverted during the khutbah.

The Shaykh: Correct.

The questioner: So does it mean it is permissible if there is no chaos and no chaos is caused with people!

The Shaykh: No, we like this kind of discussion, but you did not notice with me, Professor, that opening this door will make the mosque full of the noise of dhikr, which is not its context now.

The questioner: He says it to himself, so as not to prolong it, for example. We also say: Say this to yourself.

The Shaykh: Do you mean by "to himself" without utterance or with utterance?

The questioner : Yes?

The Shaykh: Do you mean by the word "to himself" with utterance or without utterance?

The questioner: With utterance that he hears himself, for example!

The Shaykh: That is it, my brother. It goes back to the previous example. When he wants to utter it, he wants to reflect; when he wants to reflect, he wants to be diverted from what he is currently focused on. Then it is not just once, meaning... and it continues, it will be repeated. He will mention a verse where Allah (the Exalted) said such and such, he will mention a hadith where the Messenger of Allah said such and such, and he will mention and mention until the end. He will be diverted to a context other than what we are sitting for now. There is opening the door; and therefore, we have not known from the Salaf that when they sat, they were anything but attentive.