Friday Reminder

In the Name of Allaah, Ar-Rahmaan, Ar-Raheem...


What is the Ruling on One Who Delivers the Sermon on Friday Reciting Verses within the Friday Prayer Which Are Appropriate for the Topic of the Sermon?


Answered by: the Eminent Shaykh, Saalih Ibn Fawzaan al-Fawzaan

May Allah treat you well, O Eminent Father; a questioner asks: 

[Q]: What is the ruling on the one who delivers the Friday sermon reciting within the prayer, verses which appropriately fit the topic of the sermon and taking this as his regular practice in every Khutbah?


[A]: Do you mean that he recites thus in the Salaatul-Jumu’ah or at the end of the Khutbah? If what is meant is that he recites this in the Salaatul-Jumu’ah, then this has not been legislated nor has it been narrated (from the Prophet) sallaallahu 'alayhi wa sallam. That which has been narrated is that he should recite: “Glorify the Name of your Lord the Exalted.” [Sooratul-A’laa, 87:19] and Al-Gaashiyah or Al-Jumu’ah and Al-Munaafiqoon. This is what has been narrated; and it is not proper for him to recite that which corresponds with (the topic of) the Khutbah. This is proper within the Khutbah, that he recites from the Qur’aan that which appropriately suits the (topic) of the Khutbah; within the Khutbah itself, yes. As for the prayer, then (the recitation therein) is not to be restricted to the subject matter of the Khutbah.

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Translated by: Raha Azeezuddeen Batts
Source: http://sahab.net/forums/showthread.php?t=378891