The ruling on speaking during the Friday sermon

The question: He also says: Whoever speaks while the imam is delivering the sermon, or says to the person next to him: "Be quiet," has rendered his Friday prayer void. So, if I am sitting next to someone and he sneezes and praises Allah, and I say to him: "May Allah have mercy on you," have I rendered my Friday prayer void? And if I have, what is obligatory for me to do, knowing that I said this to him while the imam was delivering the sermon?
Answer: It is not permissible to speak while the imam is delivering the sermon to the people, neither with the one who sneezes nor with anyone else. It is obligatory to listen attentively to the preacher, except with the preacher himself; there is no harm in speaking with the preacher if he wants to ask the preacher about something, or to point out an error he made that must be corrected. So, speaking with the preacher is permissible, and the preacher may speak; because this is of the same nature as his sermon. As for the people among themselves, it is not allowed. Even if someone sneezes and praises Allah, you do not say: "May Allah have mercy on you," just as you do not say it during prayer. If someone sneezes while praying and praises Allah, it is not said: "May Allah have mercy on you." So, in the sermon, the listener is like the one praying; he does not speak, does not return a greeting, does not initiate a greeting, and does not respond to the sneezing of one who sneezes. This is what is obligatory for him; because of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Even though he was commanding what is right, he called him one who has rendered his prayer void, while he was commanding what is right.
And in the other hadith: , this indicates that the Friday prayer is rendered void and its reward is missed due to speaking during the sermon, even if his speech is in a good matter, in commanding what is right, or forbidding what is wrong, or responding to the sneezing of one who sneezes. The obligatory thing is to leave that, just as it is obligatory to leave that with the one who is praying. So, with the listener to the sermon, you do not return a greeting to the one who is praying with speech, nor do you initiate it. Initiating is permissible; you initiate with the one who is praying, and he responds with a gesture. But in the sermon, it is not allowed. You are commanded to listen attentively, so you listen and do not speak while the imam is delivering the sermon, neither by responding to the sneezing of one who sneezes nor by returning a greeting.
And so, your brother in the row does not speak. And if he praises Allah to himself, you do not say: "May Allah have mercy on you" while the imam is delivering the sermon; in obedience to the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding what he commanded of listening attentively, and out of fear of the warning that came in that, which is the rendering of the Friday prayer void and the non-attainment of its reward.
The presenter: Thank you, may Allah reward you.