Can We Recite Salawat When Prophet Muhammad’s Name Is Mentioned In The Khutbah? Can We Say Ameen To The Dua Made In The Khutbah?

Can we recite salawat when Prophet Muhammad’s name is mentioned in the khutbah? Can we say ameen to the dua made in the khutbah?

While the Friday khutbah is being delivered, the congregation should stay silent and listen to it, should not give and take salam, and should not establish nafl prayers. The Meesenger of Allah (saw) expressed the importance he gave to the congregation’s listening to the khutbah saying, “When the Imam is delivering the khutbah, and you ask your friend to keep quiet and listen, then no doubt you have done an evil act.” (Bukhari, Jumu’ah,36)

A person who enters a mosque while the khutbah is being delivered should sit without establishing the first sunnah and listen to the khutbah (Kasani, Bada’i, I, 264; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, III, 36; Ala’uddin, Hadiyyat al-Alaiyya, p. 119).

According to the Islamic scholars who take the practice of the Messenger of Allah (saw) into account, it is mandub for the khatib to pray for forgiveness of the believers and for their health and prosperity. Hanafi scholars who consider the period from khatib’s taking seat at minbar to the end of prayer as a whole adopt the principle that all the things prohibited during the prayer are prohibited during the khutbah as well. In this regard, they express that one should listen to the khatib attentively, should not speak but keep silent, not give and take salam and not establish nafl prayers; but state that it is permissible to say “ameen” when a dua is made in khutbah or recite salawat silently when the name of our Prohet (saw) is uttered (Kasani, Bada’i, I, 264; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar, III, 36). But it is not appropriate to say “ameen” aloud (Ala’uddin, Hadiyyat al-Alaiyya, p. 119).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA