Adherence to the Prescribed Wording in the Friday Sermon
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Can the preacher recite the testimony in the plural form, saying: We bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and we bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. If one sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), is it sufficient for the listener to say "Ameen"?
As for the first: It is better to recite the testimony as it was transmitted,And what was transmitted is: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger,"In the Sermon of Need: (Praise be to Allah, we praise Him, we seek His help, and we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomsoever He leaves to misguide, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah) He used the plural form for the first pronouns and the singular form for the second,The scholars said: and the reason for this is that the testimony of the oneness of Allah is best when the verb is also singular, so that the form and the meaning are in agreement;But if he said: "We bear witness"; I see no harm in this, rather, one should be guided and directed,It is said: It is better to say: "I bear witness."
As for the second paragraph: And if we heard a person say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said," and we said "Ameen," that would be sufficient; because the person who said (peace and blessings be upon him) is only invoking blessings upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as if he said: "O Allah, be pleased with the Rightly Guided Caliphs," for example,We said: "Ameen" is sufficient, and so is the sending of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
As for the first: It is better to recite the testimony as it was transmitted,And what was transmitted is: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger,"In the Sermon of Need: (Praise be to Allah, we praise Him, we seek His help, and we seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomsoever He leaves to misguide, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah) He used the plural form for the first pronouns and the singular form for the second,The scholars said: and the reason for this is that the testimony of the oneness of Allah is best when the verb is also singular, so that the form and the meaning are in agreement;But if he said: "We bear witness"; I see no harm in this, rather, one should be guided and directed,It is said: It is better to say: "I bear witness."
As for the second paragraph: And if we heard a person say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said," and we said "Ameen," that would be sufficient; because the person who said (peace and blessings be upon him) is only invoking blessings upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), just as if he said: "O Allah, be pleased with the Rightly Guided Caliphs," for example,We said: "Ameen" is sufficient, and so is the sending of blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).