Is the one who prolongs the Friday sermon to be compared to the one who prolongs the prayer in terms of the permissibility of leaving him?
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The questioner : Is leaving the sermon to be compared to [leaving the prayer] if the imam prolongs it beyond the Sunnah...
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, I understood. We might say that if the sermon is after the prayer, there is no harm, like the Eid sermon. But the Friday sermon necessitates missing the Friday prayer, which is a problem.
The questioner : The imam is contradicting the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes, he is not contradicting [the Sunnah]. We say here: if we said "do not listen to it" or "listening is not obligatory," and if we said that, it might have a basis. But leaving and missing the Friday prayer because of the prolongation of the sermon, no. Leave if you have work, and then when you hear the iqamah, return to the mosque.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, I understood. We might say that if the sermon is after the prayer, there is no harm, like the Eid sermon. But the Friday sermon necessitates missing the Friday prayer, which is a problem.
The questioner : The imam is contradicting the Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes, he is not contradicting [the Sunnah]. We say here: if we said "do not listen to it" or "listening is not obligatory," and if we said that, it might have a basis. But leaving and missing the Friday prayer because of the prolongation of the sermon, no. Leave if you have work, and then when you hear the iqamah, return to the mosque.