Is it preferable for the imam to deliver the advice immediately after finishing the prayer, or after reciting the post-prayer dhikr?
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The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, is it better to deliver the word and advice in the mosque immediately after the prayer, or to do the tasbih and takbir first and then deliver the word, or is it only for necessity?
The Shaykh : The preferable course is to consider the circumstances of the worshippers first, and second, not to make that a custom or a regular practice, because that contradicts the Sunnah. In particular, those who prayed either have a Sunnah prayer after the obligatory one or they do not. If there is a post-obligatory Sunnah prayer, as you all know, it is prescribed to recite the dhikr, tasbih, takbir, and tahmid between the obligatory prayer and the Sunnah prayer, and then after finishing that, one stands up and prays the post-obligatory Sunnah. If there is no post-obligatory Sunnah prayer, such as 'Asr or Fajr, one must recite the dhikr and the narrated invocations in accordance with the Sunnah in that matter. As for making it a custom for some preachers or guides to deliver a word after the five daily prayers, it causes disturbance to the worshippers, whether they are those engaged in dhikr or those praying, and some may be latecomers who missed a rak'ah or more. Yes. However, if there is an occasion, there is no harm in delivering a word, provided that it is...
The Shaykh : The preferable course is to consider the circumstances of the worshippers first, and second, not to make that a custom or a regular practice, because that contradicts the Sunnah. In particular, those who prayed either have a Sunnah prayer after the obligatory one or they do not. If there is a post-obligatory Sunnah prayer, as you all know, it is prescribed to recite the dhikr, tasbih, takbir, and tahmid between the obligatory prayer and the Sunnah prayer, and then after finishing that, one stands up and prays the post-obligatory Sunnah. If there is no post-obligatory Sunnah prayer, such as 'Asr or Fajr, one must recite the dhikr and the narrated invocations in accordance with the Sunnah in that matter. As for making it a custom for some preachers or guides to deliver a word after the five daily prayers, it causes disturbance to the worshippers, whether they are those engaged in dhikr or those praying, and some may be latecomers who missed a rak'ah or more. Yes. However, if there is an occasion, there is no harm in delivering a word, provided that it is...