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Overview
A khutba is composed prose addressed by an eloquent speaker to a gathering; technically, composed speech containing exhortation and proclamation in a prescribed form. 1
The prescribed sermons
The sermons of Friday, the two Eids, the two eclipses, the rain prayer, and the hajj sermons — all after the prayer except Friday and the 'Arafa sermon — and the marriage-address khutba. 1
The Friday sermon
It is a condition of the Friday prayer's validity; the two sermons are a condition by agreement except the Hanafis who require one and sunna the second, their proof being the Prophet ﷺ's practice with "pray as you have seen me pray." 2
Its integrals
Abu Hanifa held its integral a single tahmida, tahlila or tasbiha since "hasten to God's remembrance" is unqualified; his two companions required a long address called khutba; the Malikis the least the Arabs call khutba, even two rhymed clauses. 2
Connections
- Based on
- Qur'an 62:9
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.7700
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.7701
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The sermon (khutba)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/practice/khutba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.