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The Language of the Friday Khutbah Lecture – Book Sample

THE LANGUAGE OF THE FRIDAY KHUTBAH LECTURE

From the Book: It is obvious that the words ‘keep quiet’ do not disturb the Kkutbak, nor do they stop one from hearing its contents. Rather, they may induce others to maintain silence.

Still, the Holy Prophet has forbidden to utter these words durin theKkutbak of rriday. The reason is that the Kkutbak of Friday enjoys

. the same status as the Salak itself. While offering Salak, one cannot even say, ‘keep quiet’ to stop someone from speaking. Similar rule has been applied to.Kkutbak also, which is another indication that the Kkutbak of Friday is not like a normal lecture. It is a part of Salak, therefore, most of the rules applicable to Salak are also applicable to it.

• The Kkutbak has been eld as a prerequisite for the Friday prayer. No Friday prayer is valid without a Kkutbak. All the Muslim jurists are unanimous on this point. Had it been a normal lecture for the purpose of preaching, it would have nothing to do with the validity of the Jumu’ak prayer.
• It is admitted by all that the Kkutbah must be delivered after the commencement of the prescribed time of Jumu’ak prayer. If the Khutbak is delivered before the prescribed time it is not valid, even if the prayer is offered within the prescribed time. In this case, both the Khutbah and the prayer will have to be repeated. (al-Bahr al-Ra’iq v. 2 p. 158)

If the purpose of the Kkutbak 1s nothing but preaching or education, it should have been acceptable that the Khutbak is delivered before the time of Jumu’ah prayer and the prayer is offered after  the commencement of the prescribed time. This strictness about the time of the Khutbah further confirms that it is a part of the Salah and is subject to the similar rules as rules provided for Salah.

6. If the Imam confines himself to the hamd (praising Allah) and Salah (Durood) for the Holy Prophet .JJ1 c,}-4 i-1–J and to reciting some verses from the Holy Qur’an, and making some Du’a (supplication) and does not utter a single word to preach or to educate people, the

Khutbah is held to be valid and the Salah of Jumu’ah

can be offered after that. Had the purpose been to educate people, it would have been the main ingredient of the Khutbah to say at least a few words for this purpose without which it should not have been a valid

Khutbah.

 But it has been held valid even without the words of preaching or educating. Sayyidna Uthma delivered his first Khutbah (after he assumed the charge of Khilafat) exactly in this fashion and did not say a single word for the purpose of preaching. Still his Khutbah was held as valid. It was in the presence of the

Sahabah but no one from them challenged the validity of such a Khutbah.

This is again a dear proof of the fact that the basic purpose of the Khutbah is Dhikr and not Tadhkir.

Being a part of the Jumu’ah prayer, itis a form of worship and not basically a method of preaching and education.

All these points go a long way to prove that, unlike normal lectures or sermons, certain rules peculiar to Salah have been prescribed for the Khutbah of Jumu’ah.

It is in this context that it has been held necessary that

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