Ruling concerning religious speech after the Friday prayers and does a muslim have to sit and listen to it?

Posted Aug 28, 2009 by Aboo Thaabit with No Comments

[Allah] the Most High said:

And when the prayer is concluded then disperse in the land and seek from the blessings of Allah and remember Allah much so that you might become successful [Suurah al-Jum'ah Aayah 10]

Shaykh ibn ‘Uthaymeen – may Allah have mercy upon him – said:

And in this [the verse] there is a hint that there is no khutbah after the Friday prayers because Allah said:

And when the prayer is concluded then disperse in the land

So there is no khutbah nor any speech or reminder, what is sufficent is the reminder in the Friday sermon which was established during the time of the Prophet and it is because of this Imaam Ahmed [bin Hanbal] said:

If anyone speaks after the Friday prayers do not listen to him, except that it is news from the ruler

Because it is upon the masses to listen [attentively] to news from the ruler, since this is the right of the ruler.

As for any general advice ,then the khutbah is enough. The best of guidance is the guidance of the Prophet and he never used to give speeches after the [Friday] prayer and it has not been reported from him through any authentic hadeeth nor unauthentic hadeeth so then from where is this!