'' Our Lord ! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the torment of the Fire '' [Ameen]
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Rabbanaa aatinaa fid-dunyaa hasanatan wafil aakhirati hasanatan waqinaa 'athaaban-naar/-
(Surah Al-Baqarah ,verse 201)
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What do you say about animam whose khutbah, along with the prayer,
takes only ten minutes? Yes, ten minutes! Is this Jumu'ah valid?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There can be no doubt that keeping the Jumu'ah khutbah short is
indicative of the khateeb'sunderstanding of Islam, ashe can compile
many meanings in a few words, and does not speak for so long that the
people forget the first things he said by the time he reaches the end.
This was the way of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) in hisregular khutbahs; indeed this is what he enjoined, and it
is the best way. Similarly his exhortations were few so that what he
exhorted the people couldbe remembered. So his Jumu'ah khutbahs were
short and the exhortations few.
Abu Waa'il said: 'Ammaar addressed us and he spoke briefly but
eloquently. When he came down (from the minbar), we said: O
Abu'l-Yaqzaan, you spoke eloquently but briefly, would that you had
madeit longer. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (S) say: "A
man's lengthening his prayer and shortening his khutbah is a sign of
his understanding (of religion), so make your prayers lengthy and your
khutbahs brief, for there ischarm in eloquent speech."
Narrated by Muslim (969).
There are many comments from the scholars to confirm this idea:
1.
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
As for making the khutbah short, it is a Sunnah to be followed. The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
enjoined that and did it. According to the hadeeth of 'Ammaar ibn
Yaasir: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) enjoined making the khutbah short. And he used to give khutbahs
with good words and few,and he disliked prattle and long-windedness.
The scholars disapprove of exhortations in which some is forgotten
becauseof the length, and they like that in which the listener can
focus on whatis said and learns from it after memorizing it. That can
only occur when the exhortation is brief.
Al-Istidhkaar (2/363, 364).
2.
Ibn Hazm (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It is not permissible to make the khutbah lengthy.
Al-Muhalla (5/60).
3.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It is better to keep the khutbah short, because there are two benefits
of keeping the khutbah short:
(i) The listeners do not get bored, becauseif the
khutbah is lengthy –especially if the khateeb delivers it in a boring
manner which does not move their hearts and does not motivate them
–then the people will get bored and fed up.
(ii) That makes thelistener remember better, because if
it is too long, the first part of it is lost by the time he reaches
the end, but if it is short, then it is possible to remember it and
learn from it. Hence the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "A man's lengthening his prayer and shortening his khutbah
is a sign of his understanding (of religion)," i.e., it is indicative
of his understanding of religion and shows that he pays attention to
people's circumstances. But sometimes there is a needfor a lengthy
exhortation, and if a person speaks at length because the situation
requires that, it does not mean that he is excluded from the
description of being one who understands religion,because length and
shortness are relative matters. It is proven that the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would sometimes give a khutbah by
reciting Soorat Qaaf, and Soorat Qaaf, when recited slowly and
carefully (tarteel) and pausing at every verse, takes a long time.
Al-Sharh al-Mumti' 'ala Zaad al-Mustaqni' (5/65).
Secondly:
This keeping the khutbah short should not be done in such a way as to
erode the khutbah altogether, so that the people do not benefit at all
from the khutbah. They have not travelled long distances orcome out of
their homes merely to see the khateeb, or to hear the tone of his
voice, rather they have come to attain some benefit by hearing his
exhortation or an Islamic ruling and so on. Hence attention should
bepaid to moderation in thismatter.
It was narrated that Jaabiribn Samurah (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said:I was praying with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and his prayer was moderate and his
khutbah was moderate.
Narrated by Muslim (1433).
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
i.e., it was somewhere between being very long or too short to be any benefit.
Sharh Muslim (6/159):->
