The Eid Sermon: Is it like the Friday sermon in shortening and lengthening the prayer?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. It is well known that in the Eid sermon, the imam usually speaks about the fundamentals of Islam and the matters in which people commonly err. So, is it better if he reads Qaf and al-Qamar, meaning he shortens the sermon, because people get bored of lengthening it?
The Shaykh : If you know that it has passed us bySahih Muslim 869, then let him make it in a way that does not bore people, but he should not leave the Sunnah in order to lengthen the sermon. Rather, we say: perform the Sunnah and deliver the sermon according to the situation.
The questioner : And the opposite, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Recitation
The Shaykh : What is the opposite?
The questioner : He reads Qaf and al-Qamar, ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. No one shortens it to the point of saying: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. Then: O people, fear Allah, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : Ten minutes.
The Shaykh : Ten minutes is a lot.
The Shaykh : If you know that it has passed us by
The lengthening of prayer by a man and the shortness of the sermon is the sign of his understanding (of faith).
أن طول صلاة الرجل، وقصر خطبته مئنّة من فقههThe questioner : And the opposite, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Recitation
The Shaykh : What is the opposite?
The questioner : He reads Qaf and al-Qamar, ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct. No one shortens it to the point of saying: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. Then: O people, fear Allah, and peace be upon you.
The questioner : Ten minutes.
The Shaykh : Ten minutes is a lot.