Is it permissible for the imam to regularly answer questions or deliver a lesson after the Friday prayer?
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The questioner : I have a question: Is it permissible to have a question-and-answer session among Muslims after the Friday sermon?
The Shaykh : Raise your voice. Is it permissible? What is it?
The questioner : Is it permissible to have a session of questions and fatwas for Muslims after the Friday sermon, or is it a religious innovation?
The Shaykh : After the Friday prayer?
The questioner : Yes, and doing it regularly.
The Shaykh : Yes. The issue of doing it regularly varies depending on the country or the groups that deliver such lessons after the Friday prayer. As a rule, we see no objection to setting a specific time for a sermon or a lesson. There is no violation of the Shari'ah or of any text in this setting, provided that it is established in the minds of the lecturers or those receiving the sermon and lesson that this gathering at this time is not for the sake of this specific time alone, but rather for the convenience of the time for the attendees, both the teacher and the students. If this understanding is present in the minds of these people, there is absolutely no objection to it. It is not permissible to call it a religious innovation, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, would take turns with his Companions in delivering sermons. And Ibn Mas'ud, for that reason, would set a specific day to meet them. I believe it is mentioned in the report from Ibn Mas'ud that it was on Thursday. So the answer is that it is permissible, unless there is a fear that it will be understood that this timing is an act of worship. Otherwise, in my opinion, it is the furthest thing from that, especially when the teacher draws the attention of the attendees once or twice until it is established in their minds that this meeting on this day is like a meeting on any other day, if that is feasible and suitable for the time of all the attendees. Otherwise.
The questioner : Some scholars cite the verse[Al-Jumu'ah 62:10].
The Shaykh : Ah, some scholars.
The questioner : I mean, some scholars cite the verse and say that at this time Allah says, "Disperse in the land and seek from the bounty of Allah."
The Shaykh : If some scholars say this, they are contradicting the Sunnah. Do these scholars you are referring to not permit Muslims to pray four rak'ahs after the obligatory Friday prayer? I do not think anyone denies the legitimacy of that. So how do they reconcile their argument with their acknowledgment of the permissibility of praying this recommended practice in the mosque? Has this research been discussed before? I want to hear.
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know. I mean, he argues that it is not established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would come with a circle of knowledge after Friday, and so on, meaning that people disperse in the land.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, this statement is made when a person wants to worship by this timing. This statement is made to someone who says this time is better by the Shari'ah than others, and this is undoubtedly an innovation in the religion of Allah. But if we say
The Shaykh : Raise your voice. Is it permissible? What is it?
The questioner : Is it permissible to have a session of questions and fatwas for Muslims after the Friday sermon, or is it a religious innovation?
The Shaykh : After the Friday prayer?
The questioner : Yes, and doing it regularly.
The Shaykh : Yes. The issue of doing it regularly varies depending on the country or the groups that deliver such lessons after the Friday prayer. As a rule, we see no objection to setting a specific time for a sermon or a lesson. There is no violation of the Shari'ah or of any text in this setting, provided that it is established in the minds of the lecturers or those receiving the sermon and lesson that this gathering at this time is not for the sake of this specific time alone, but rather for the convenience of the time for the attendees, both the teacher and the students. If this understanding is present in the minds of these people, there is absolutely no objection to it. It is not permissible to call it a religious innovation, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said, would take turns with his Companions in delivering sermons. And Ibn Mas'ud, for that reason, would set a specific day to meet them. I believe it is mentioned in the report from Ibn Mas'ud that it was on Thursday. So the answer is that it is permissible, unless there is a fear that it will be understood that this timing is an act of worship. Otherwise, in my opinion, it is the furthest thing from that, especially when the teacher draws the attention of the attendees once or twice until it is established in their minds that this meeting on this day is like a meeting on any other day, if that is feasible and suitable for the time of all the attendees. Otherwise.
The questioner : Some scholars cite the verse
And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah
فإذا قضيت الصلاة فانتشروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل اللهThe Shaykh : Ah, some scholars.
The questioner : I mean, some scholars cite the verse and say that at this time Allah says, "Disperse in the land and seek from the bounty of Allah."
The Shaykh : If some scholars say this, they are contradicting the Sunnah. Do these scholars you are referring to not permit Muslims to pray four rak'ahs after the obligatory Friday prayer? I do not think anyone denies the legitimacy of that. So how do they reconcile their argument with their acknowledgment of the permissibility of praying this recommended practice in the mosque? Has this research been discussed before? I want to hear.
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know. I mean, he argues that it is not established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would come with a circle of knowledge after Friday, and so on, meaning that people disperse in the land.
The Shaykh : No, my brother, this statement is made when a person wants to worship by this timing. This statement is made to someone who says this time is better by the Shari'ah than others, and this is undoubtedly an innovation in the religion of Allah. But if we say
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