Is it permissible to speak during the Friday sermon, such as saying Allahu Akbar or Subhan Allah?
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The questioner : He says: O esteemed Shaykh, is it permissible to speak during the Friday sermon, such as saying Allahu Akbar or Subhan Allah?
The Shaykh : This is not considered speech. The forbidden speech is when you talk to someone else, addressing people by saying, "O so-and-so, sit down, be quiet," or the like. This is not permissible. The one who speaks on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon is like the donkey carrying books, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and his Friday is in vain, meaning he does not receive the reward of Friday. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person to speak on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, provided he intends to pray in the mosque where the sermon is being delivered. I qualified this because in cities there are several mosques. For example, a person may intend to pray in the eastern mosque but passes by the western mosque while the imam there is delivering the sermon. In this case, it does not harm him if he speaks, because he intends to pray with whom? What? With the eastern mosque. But if he intends to pray in the eastern mosque, then if he hears the imam delivering the sermon, he must listen, even if he is in the street and has not entered the mosque.
The Shaykh : This is not considered speech. The forbidden speech is when you talk to someone else, addressing people by saying, "O so-and-so, sit down, be quiet," or the like. This is not permissible. The one who speaks on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon is like the donkey carrying books, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, and his Friday is in vain, meaning he does not receive the reward of Friday. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person to speak on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, provided he intends to pray in the mosque where the sermon is being delivered. I qualified this because in cities there are several mosques. For example, a person may intend to pray in the eastern mosque but passes by the western mosque while the imam there is delivering the sermon. In this case, it does not harm him if he speaks, because he intends to pray with whom? What? With the eastern mosque. But if he intends to pray in the eastern mosque, then if he hears the imam delivering the sermon, he must listen, even if he is in the street and has not entered the mosque.