The Obligation of the Jumu’ah Prayer, Its Virtue, Who is Exempt from it, and the Prayer and Sermon Therein
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 58
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Book 1, Chapter 58
The Obligation of the Jumu’ah Prayer, Its Virtue, Who is Exempt from it, and the Prayer and Sermon Therein
وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَدَّمَ اَلْخُطْبَةَ عَلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ يَوْمَ اَلْجُمُعَةِ عُثْمَانُ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى لَمْ يَقِفِ اَلنَّاسُ عَلَى خُطْبَتِهِ وَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَ قَالُوا مَا نَصْنَعُ بِمَوَاعِظِهِ وَ هُوَ لاَ يَتَّعِظُ بِهَا وَ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مَا أَحْدَثَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ قَدَّمَ اَلْخُطْبَتَيْنِ عَلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ.
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام "The first to deliver the sermon (khutbah) before the prayer on Jumu’ah was Uthman because, when he would lead the prayer, the people would disperse after the prayer and not stay for his sermon, saying: 'What use is his preaching when he does not adhere to it himself, and he has introduced innovations?' When he noticed this, he placed the two sermons before the prayer."
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