(Quetion No.785)What does the Imam read on Friday Khutbah?
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What
does the imam read in the khutbah on Jumah?
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Answer:
What does the Imam read on Friday Khutbah?
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever
Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can
guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy
of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah
says in the Holy Quran Chapter 62 Surah Jumuah verse 9:O you who have believed! When the call is made to the Prayer on
Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off your trading. This is better for you, only if
you know.
On the
Friday Khutba, the Imam should first Glorify and
Praise Allah as He deserves to be Praised; send salutations and salaams to the
Last Messenger of Allah (saws); and then do ‘dhikr’ or
remembrance of Allah, and preach to the believers about some of the commands of
Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Depending
on where you are located and in what language the ‘khutba’ is delivered, this was the procedure and practice of
the Messenger of Allah (saws) and the believers who carried on his tradition
after his death. In the
countries where the sermon is delivered in the local language, the Praise and
Glorification of Allah and the salutations of the Prophet (saws) are the things
that are said by the preacher in Arabic… and the rest of the sermon is given in
the local language.
We
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any clarifications you might need.
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written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and
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Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your
Brother in Islam,