The ruling on speaking during the sermons of the festivals and the prayer for rain
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His Eminence the Shaykh: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the Friday sermon: “Whoever touches pebbles has spoken in vain, and whoever has spoken in vain has no Friday prayer” Does this apply to the festival sermon or the prayer for rain?
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say: It does not apply. The prohibition of speaking is specific to the Friday sermon. There is no doubt that a specific threat applies to the specific act to which that threat is attached. However, I do not think that a person in the festival sermon or the prayer for rain sermon should talk to anyone.We say: Either you listen and follow the Muslims, or you leave. One cannot leave the Friday sermon, but in the prayer for rain and the two festivals, a person may leave. This is part of the wisdom of them being held after the prayer: after the prayer, a person is free; if he wishes, he stays to listen to the sermon, and if he wishes, he leaves.Unlike the Friday sermon, which is obligatory to attend: [Al-Jumu'ah: 9] .
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) say: It does not apply. The prohibition of speaking is specific to the Friday sermon. There is no doubt that a specific threat applies to the specific act to which that threat is attached. However, I do not think that a person in the festival sermon or the prayer for rain sermon should talk to anyone.We say: Either you listen and follow the Muslims, or you leave. One cannot leave the Friday sermon, but in the prayer for rain and the two festivals, a person may leave. This is part of the wisdom of them being held after the prayer: after the prayer, a person is free; if he wishes, he stays to listen to the sermon, and if he wishes, he leaves.Unlike the Friday sermon, which is obligatory to attend: