Is it necessary for the one conducting the contract to recite the Khutbat al-Hajah (Sermon of Necessity)?
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The Shaykh : Any one of those present can recite it; any one of them can do so. We have been taught the Khutbat al-Hajah, and it was not specified, for example, that it must be said by a specific person. For instance, when a man goes to propose to a woman, that is a need. So when he sits with her guardians, he recites this sermon and then says, "I am presenting to you a request for your daughter."
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : There is no objection to it being recited at the time of the proposal, when the man asks for the woman, and at the time of the marriage contract.
Yes, O Muhammad?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. When we say that it means not mentioning women much, because women are a burden, does this support the statement of the one who...
The Shaykh : Who bought what?
The questioner : ...whose face darkens when he is informed of the birth of a female child.
The Shaykh : Who bought what?
The student: His face darkens.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : There is no objection to it being recited at the time of the proposal, when the man asks for the woman, and at the time of the marriage contract.
Yes, O Muhammad?
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. When we say that it means not mentioning women much, because women are a burden, does this support the statement of the one who...
The Shaykh : Who bought what?
The questioner : ...whose face darkens when he is informed of the birth of a female child.
The Shaykh : Who bought what?
The student: His face darkens.