What is the authenticity of the hadith: (When the imam ascends the pulpit, there is no prayer and no speech)?
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The Shaykh : That is the hadith we see written and carved on the door of the pulpit in some Arab countries. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and this is a hadith with no basis from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Nevertheless, you will find that the Hanafis, to this day, when one of them enters the mosque on Friday and the imam is on the pulpit, they act upon this hadith and do not pray; because the hadith tells them: when the preacher ascends the pulpit, there is no prayer and no speech. So, even though this hadith is weak—as I mentioned earlier from al-Zayla'i—it contradicts some of the authentic hadiths. The other scholars took from these authentic hadiths his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Sunan ad-Daraqutni 4:32, ; meaning: he should shorten them to free himself to listen... to the sermon. In the previous hadith, which is not authentic, it linked abstaining from prayer and speech merely to the preacher coming out on the pulpit. The Messenger (peace be upon him) says in this hadith: Sunan ad-Daraqutni 4:32, but: ; meaning: he should shorten them. Likewise, the other hadith says, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 7:78. So, speech is prohibited while the preacher is delivering the sermon, whereas that hadith says: when he ascends.
When the preacher ascends the pulpit, there is no prayer and no speech
إذا صعد الخطيب المنبر فلا صلاة ولا كلامIf one of you comes on Friday and the imam is delivering the sermon, let him pray two rak'ahs, and let him be brief in them
إذا جاء أحدكم يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب ؛ فليصلِّ ركعتين ، وليتجوَّزْ فيهماLet him pray two rak'ahs, and let him be brief in them
فليصلِّ ركعتين ، وليتجوَّزْ فيهماIf one of you comes on Friday and the imam is delivering the sermon, let him pray two rak'ahs
إذا جاء أحدكم يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب فليصلِّ ركعتينLet him be brief in them
ليتجوَّزْ فيهماIf you say to your companion on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon: Be silent; then you have spoken in vain
إذا قلت لصاحبك يوم الجمعة والإمام يخطب : أنصِتْ ؛ فقد لغوْتَ
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