Collection of Sacred Congregational Sermons Delivered on the Eve of Fridays and Eidain
Hazrat Maulana, Ashraf Ali Thanawi
There are two essential (faraidh} of the Sermon-l) appointed
time i.e. after Zawaal and before Friday Sa/at-In case the Sermon
is delivered before Zawaal and Salat is offered after Zawal-it is
invalidated-Congregational Sermon is invalidated even if it is
delivered after Friday Salat, 2) Memorization ofAllah is inclusive
ofthe Congregational Sermon Praise ofAllah, Tehleel a~d Tasbeeh
is an essential pre-requisite and to be treated as prologue of the
Sermon. If the time of the Sermon has struck and there is none
else except Imam in the mosque-or there are only women in the
Assembly at that time he should refrain from delivering the Sermon
-In case there are minimum one or two men, beside Imam, delivery
of Sermon would be valid Remembering that it is for jamaot that
minimum number ofseconders {Muqtadis] is prescribed as three.
time i.e. after Zawaal and before Friday Sa/at-In case the Sermon
is delivered before Zawaal and Salat is offered after Zawal-it is
invalidated-Congregational Sermon is invalidated even if it is
delivered after Friday Salat, 2) Memorization ofAllah is inclusive
ofthe Congregational Sermon Praise ofAllah, Tehleel a~d Tasbeeh
is an essential pre-requisite and to be treated as prologue of the
Sermon. If the time of the Sermon has struck and there is none
else except Imam in the mosque-or there are only women in the
Assembly at that time he should refrain from delivering the Sermon
-In case there are minimum one or two men, beside Imam, delivery
of Sermon would be valid Remembering that it is for jamaot that
minimum number ofseconders {Muqtadis] is prescribed as three.