The Ruling on Inviting People to a Wedding Feast in the Friday Sermon
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Question:
This questioner who sent this question (A. M. A) says: Is it permissible for the imam on Friday to invite people to a wedding feast from the pulpit one week before the date of the wedding?
Answer:
The most apparent view to me, and the closest to my opinion, is that this should not be done. The pulpits are not a place for inviting people to feasts; the pulpits are a place for calling people to obey Allah, follow His Shari'ah, and magnify His commands and prohibitions. Invitations to feasts are to be made at another time. It appears to me that it is not befitting for imams and preachers to invite people to feasts in the Friday sermon, nor in the festival sermon. Invitations to feasts are to be made by writing, by telephone, by sending a messenger, or the like. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
This questioner who sent this question (A. M. A) says: Is it permissible for the imam on Friday to invite people to a wedding feast from the pulpit one week before the date of the wedding?
Answer:
The most apparent view to me, and the closest to my opinion, is that this should not be done. The pulpits are not a place for inviting people to feasts; the pulpits are a place for calling people to obey Allah, follow His Shari'ah, and magnify His commands and prohibitions. Invitations to feasts are to be made at another time. It appears to me that it is not befitting for imams and preachers to invite people to feasts in the Friday sermon, nor in the festival sermon. Invitations to feasts are to be made by writing, by telephone, by sending a messenger, or the like. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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