The Obligation of Listening to the Preacher
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What is the ruling on speaking while walking to the Friday prayer while the imam is delivering the sermon?
Speaking while the imam is delivering the sermon is forbidden and not permissible, whether you are in the mosque or on your way to the mosque, except if you intend to pray with another person and you pass by a mosque where the preacher has begun the sermon; in that case, you are not required to listen, because you do not intend to pray in that mosque.
You are required to listen to the preacher even if the voice is not clear, but if it is not clear, there is no doubt that it is less severe, because if you listen, you will not benefit from it.
Speaking while the imam is delivering the sermon is forbidden and not permissible, whether you are in the mosque or on your way to the mosque, except if you intend to pray with another person and you pass by a mosque where the preacher has begun the sermon; in that case, you are not required to listen, because you do not intend to pray in that mosque.
You are required to listen to the preacher even if the voice is not clear, but if it is not clear, there is no doubt that it is less severe, because if you listen, you will not benefit from it.