Some points taken from Shaykh Abdullah al Bukhari’s explanation
of the following Hadeeth during his Explanation of ‘Umdatul Ahkaam:
Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger ﷺ as saying:
“If you ask your companion to be quiet on Friday while the
Imam is delivering the sermon, you have in fact talked irrelevance.”[Muslim
851]
The Shaykh mentioned that the word in the hadeeth (لَغَوْتَ),
the origin of it being لَغَى يَلْغُو،
لَغْوًا، has many meanings
according to the scholars of the Arabic language. From them:
• Evil speech
• That which has no good within it
• Speech that isn’t befitting
• Failure
• A saying that diverts one from the truth
• The most correct , and the opinion of the majority of the
people of knowledge, is that listening to the Khutbah is Waajib and
speaking during it is Haraam. The evidences for this are many from the Qur’aan
and Sunnah.
• It is permissible for the ones present to speak to the
Khateeb if there is a need. From the evidences of this is the hadeeth of the
Bedouin who entered the masjid whilst the Prophet ﷺ was giving the
sermon and he mentioned their wealth, crops etc being ruined due to drought and
asked the Prophet ﷺ to supplicate for rain. The scholars
have said that the Prophet ﷺ didn’t reprimand
him for speaking which is a proof that it’s permissible due to a need.
• The Shaykh also mentioned that if we notice a person
talking during the Khutbah then we indicate to him to be silent by putting our
hands to our mouths or fingers to lips or other such gestures which indicate
silence. From among the proofs for this is the hadeeth of Anas (radiyallahu
anhu) narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh where a man entered the masjid
whilst the Prophet ﷺ was on the
pulpit on Friday and he asked when is al Saa’ah (Day of Judgment) so the people
gestured to him to be silent. So the man repeated the question three times ,
and the people kept on gesturing to him to be silent. After the 3rd
time the Prophet ﷺ said “Woe be to
you, what have you prepared for it?...”. Al Nawawi, Ibn al Mulaqqin and others
have authenticated the hadeeth.
• It has been authentically narrated that Ibn ‘Umar
(radiyallahu anhu) threw stones at such an individual to gain his attention,
then gestured to him to be silent by placing his hand on his mouth.
• The Shaykh mentioned that it is permissible to speak when
the Khateeb has appeared up until he starts
the Khutbah, and it is permissible to speak once the Khateeb has
finished the Khutbah until he begins the salah and this is the opinion of the
majority of Ahlil ‘ilm.
• It is also permissible to speak between the two khutbahs,
especially if there is need. But if there isn’t such a need then it is isn’t
befitting for one to speak.
• Imaam ibn al Mundhir mentioned in al-Awsat that
responding to the salaam is done by gesturing, and, responding to the one who
said “ Alhamdulillah” after having sneezed, is done after the
Khutbah has finished.
• The Shaykh mentioned that it is better to send
salutations and blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ once the Khutbah
has finished as mentioned by Imaam ibn al Mundhir and that if one does during
the Khutbah, it is permissible; the scholars mentioning that it should be done
with a lowered voice so others don’t hear and are distracted by it.
And Allah knows best
2nd Jumada Al-Awwal – 1437 A.H
Benefits Translated by Abu Abdir-Rahman Hilal
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