An issue in the rule of supplication during the sermon
the question:
We were in the Friday prayer while the imam was giving a sermon, and I noticed that the person next to me was pointing a lot with the forefinger of his right hand during the sermon, so I was surprised at that, and after the prayer I asked him about that! He said: He supplicates to God during the sermon, and he points his forefinger when supplicating, as he had previously heard that supplication during the sermon must be answered, so I said to him: But the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, commanded us to listen during the sermon, but he was not convinced, so please clarify the truth in that?
Answer:
What is obligatory is to listen and not speak, whether by supplication or anything else, at the time of the sermon. For the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: If you say to your friend: Listen, on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, then you have been idle Agreed on his health.
So he called denouncing the evil by saying while the imam is giving a sermon idle, so how about other speech, and the hadiths in urging listening to the preacher and not speaking at the time of the sermon are many, as for his saying, peace be upon him: On Friday, there is an hour during which a questioner is not answered, and it is between the time when the imam sits on the pulpit until the prayer is over[1] Directed by Muslim.
So he called denouncing the evil by saying while the imam is giving a sermon idle, so how about other speech, and the hadiths in urging listening to the preacher and not speaking at the time of the sermon are many, as for his saying, peace be upon him: On Friday, there is an hour during which a questioner is not answered, and it is between the time when the imam sits on the pulpit until the prayer is over[1] Directed by Muslim.
What is meant by it is supplication at the time of supplication, such as prostrating and sitting between the two sermons, and at the end of the greeting before giving the salutation.[2].
- It was included by Muslim in the Book of Friday, chapter on the hour on Friday, number 853.
- Among the questions addressed to His Eminence from the Arab Magazine, and His Eminence answered it on 9/21/1419 AH. (Collections of Fatwas and Articles of Sheikh Ibn Baz 30/248).
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