If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while the Imām is delivering the sermon, y…

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Hadith text: If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while t…

عن أبِي هُرَيرةَ رضي الله عنه أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمَ قال: «إذا قُلْتَ لِصَاحِبِكَ: أَنْصِتْ، يومَ الجمعةِ، والْإِمامُ يَخْطُبُ، فَقَدْ لَغَوْتَ».

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while the Imām is delivering the sermon, you have thus engaged in idle talk."

Explanation of the hadith: If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while t…

Lessons: If you say to your companion 'listen' on Friday while t…

• It is prohibited to speak while listening to the sermon, even to forbid something wrong, return a greeting, or say tashmīt (saying: may Allah show mercy to you) to someone who has sneezed.
• Excluded from this is a person who speaks to the Imām or the Imām speaks to him.
• It is permissible to speak between the two sermons if needed.
• If mention of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) is made while the Imām is delivering the sermon, you should invoke Allah's blessings upon him inaudibly. The same holds for saying 'amen' after supplications.

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