Is the Sunnah in the festival prayer to have two sermons?
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The questioner : We have passed through the rule that the worship intended... varies if the person... sometimes, we have passed through one so far and here is one, ... in the festival, people now give two sermons, and the Sunnah came with one sermon, and likewise in the prayer for rain, the apparent Sunnah is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicates then prays, so the people's practice now is the opposite. What is the rule in this?
The Shaykh : The rule in this is that the hadiths reported regarding two sermons in the festival are weak, but the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) adopted them. And likewise: the hadith in which the prayer is preceded in the prayer for rain, it is only the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he did as is done in the festival, and this is general. So some scholars said: he does as is done in the festival, starting with the prayer, because that is the apparent text. And some said: the meaning of his saying "he did as is done in the festival" is that he combined the prayer and the sermon, and this does not contradict that the sermon be before the prayer or after it. This is the statement of the jurists. Now in your country, they follow what their jurists followed from ancient times.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And some preachers do this, they give one sermon in the festival, and likewise in the prayer for rain, they supplicate before the prayer.
The questioner : Is there no harm in that?
The Shaykh : And there is no harm if the person is an imam who is a role model, not criticized, but it is said, "Subhan Allah, how was that reported in the hadith," and the like, meaning they believe it is legislated, so there is nothing wrong with doing that. But if the person is criticized, and the people split into two groups because of it, and then a dispute arises among the people because of it, then let him remain with what the people were accustomed to.
The Shaykh : The rule in this is that the hadiths reported regarding two sermons in the festival are weak, but the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) adopted them. And likewise: the hadith in which the prayer is preceded in the prayer for rain, it is only the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he did as is done in the festival, and this is general. So some scholars said: he does as is done in the festival, starting with the prayer, because that is the apparent text. And some said: the meaning of his saying "he did as is done in the festival" is that he combined the prayer and the sermon, and this does not contradict that the sermon be before the prayer or after it. This is the statement of the jurists. Now in your country, they follow what their jurists followed from ancient times.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : And some preachers do this, they give one sermon in the festival, and likewise in the prayer for rain, they supplicate before the prayer.
The questioner : Is there no harm in that?
The Shaykh : And there is no harm if the person is an imam who is a role model, not criticized, but it is said, "Subhan Allah, how was that reported in the hadith," and the like, meaning they believe it is legislated, so there is nothing wrong with doing that. But if the person is criticized, and the people split into two groups because of it, and then a dispute arises among the people because of it, then let him remain with what the people were accustomed to.