Is it permissible to send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he is mentioned in the Friday sermon?

The questioner : When it is stated in one of the sermons that the imam continues speaking even if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned, it is not permissible for the one praying behind him to send blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and so on. The question is: Is this statement and its evidence correct, and where does it come from?

The Shaykh : What is the evidence for this?

The questioner : I mean, what is the proof for the statement that it is not permissible for you to send blessings when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned on the pulpit, even if the people do not hear you?

The Shaykh : I mean, what is the proof for this?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Do you mean without the people hearing you, meaning secretly?

The questioner : Yes. You do not hear it yourself, nor does anyone else.

The Shaykh : Secretly?

The questioner : Yes, to the extent that... the lips move.

The Shaykh : Secretly, meaning in your heart? Actually, when you add this condition, we do not have an explicit text on the matter. However, opening this door will distract the listener from benefiting from the preacher's sermon, because we would then ask: What does one do when the Messenger (peace be upon him) is mentioned? And when Allah is mentioned? One must honor Him and glorify Him. In that case, listening to the sermon turns into being occupied with dhikr (remembrance of Allah), which is not among the objectives of the sermon or attending it. Therefore, the evidence for this issue is not taken from an explicit text on the matter, as long as it is restricted to secrecy. Otherwise, we would say that if you speak to your companion on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, you have done something invalid. But since there is no conversation, no back-and-forth, it is not valid for us to use that hadith as evidence for this. Rather, the evidence is a derived proof in the manner we mentioned. Now, something else occurs to me, which is the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: They said that this verse was revealed regarding the Friday sermon. Therefore, listen, not only when the Qur'an is recited, which is the apparent meaning of the verse without considering what the scholars of tafsir (exegesis) mentioned about it being revealed for the Friday sermon. At that point, we can take this reason for revelation as evidence.