Waleed Basyouni – Is The Opening To The Khutbah Necessary- AskThe

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So we received this.

This brother or sister, actually they're talking about

the introduction to the khutbah.

Every khutbah, you do the same introduction.

Whether it's khutbah al-haja or your own

introduction that starts with praising Allah and sending

blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ and so on

and so forth.

This brother or sister are asking, can we

just cancel this and save time and get

to the topic straight ahead?

What do you think?

First of all, I would like to say

this introduction to the khutbah, some people can

make it too long in a way that

it is basically a khutbah in itself.

Then that will lead that the topic will

not be covered and stuff like that.

So maybe if something like this, yes, I

agree we should be cautious of this.

But if you think about like khutbah al

-haja, there's no need for it.

The Prophet ﷺ used to do khutbah al

-haja.

Yes, I agree.

Sometimes the khutbah al-haja will be the

only khutbah, the only talk.

And it may be followed by other speech,

but I think this is coming from us

listening to khutbah al-haja and this introduction

as a mechanical thing.

You know, it's like when I ask people,

what did the Imam read on the Salah?

I said wrong, wrong, wrong.

They said, Sheikh, he did.

I said the Fatiha first.

So al-Fatiha became, you know, automatic things,

things reflect upon what it means.

And the Prophet ﷺ for a purpose used

to do khutbah al-haja.

And I think it's important for you to

reflect upon the meaning of khutbah al-haja,

the verses that the Prophet ﷺ give as

a reminder in this khutbah.

This is a great reminder itself.

I don't mean anything by what I'm going

to say, but sometimes the only good thing

in the khutbah is khutbah al-haja in

some people.

And that's the most eloquent one, right?

Yeah, so that would be my message.

Also, we became like so mechanical and like,

you know, so dry sometimes.

Hey, go to the topic straight.

Also, the Prophet ﷺ said, Imam, do not

start with praising Allah, do not start.

Excellent, yeah.

Alhamdulillah.

Excellent, yeah.

Right.

So do this introduction for the sake of

Allah ﷻ to bless and to prepare the

heart to receive the message.

To prepare the heart also to deliver the

message.

Mashallah, that's a very good point.

Very good point.

In a way that will be acceptable.

So enjoy it and read about what it

means.

Yeah, and make sure that you make salat

and salam on Rasulullah ﷺ.

And also for us in the imam, we

make sure not to make it too long.

Yes.

JazakAllah khair.

Thank you, Sheikh.

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