Download the notes here.This past summer I was blessed to attend a five-day khateeb training workshop with fifty students from all throughout the United States including local and out-of-state Imams, khateebs, and Muslim activists. The workshop was hosted by the Qalam Institute in Dallas, Texas and included numerous speakers. Some names which stood out were Shaykh Yaser Birjas, Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan, and Ustadh Wisam Sharieff. Of course the fiqh aspects of the khutbah were covered, but the crux of the program relied on topics relating to the psychology of the khateeb, how he should present himself, what are items that should be included in the khutbah, how to research a khutbah, how to give a khutbah at an MSA, and much more. The attendees also gave many practice khutbahs relating to different scenerios all throughout the workshop to actively improve their speaking skills.
In this post I have included my notes from the workshop which have been enhanced, examined, and edited with the help of attendees and teachers from the workshop. We hope others can benefit from these notes.
Jazakam Allahu Khayr.
6 comments:
I disagree with the entire concept of your average person giving a khutba. Only scholars or at least a serious student of knowledge should give a khutba. Too often today, we go to a jumua' only to find that the fara'id and wajibat of the jumua' is not even fulfilled! These laymen think that jumua' is just a lecture and two rak'at, but it is so much more. Unfortunately, these people are the same ones who are leading jumua's all over the country, but they are not even fulfilling the requirements that jumu'a entails! Just another reason to lament the situation our ummah is that lectures are being given to laymen that encourage them to give khutbas!
Jazakallahu khair for your comment.
Just as we have training courses to put someone in a certain position, that was the goal of the workshop we were in.
At the same time the scholars who we spent the weekend with gave a different methodology when it comes to the Friday khutbah. At the same time, what defines an "average person?"
Uhhhh...a layman who has no idea of what the fiqhi rulings of jumua' are, and so neglects them, and thereby renders the jumua' of everyone else null.
But even if some common layman knows the fiqhi rulings, he should not be giving the khutbas. Could any random sahabi stand up and give a khutba? No! And these people were still the sahaba, but only the greatest amongst the sahaba such as Umar, ibn Masud, and others led jumua'.
I think that the fact that there needs to be a "workshop" on giving khutbas shows the futility of laymen giving khutbas. Did the prophet or sahaba have these workshops where they went around teaching others how to do khutbas?
Well, that is your opinion and I will respectfully disagree.
As for the workshop, the Prophet (SAW) used to teach the people. He also didn't have chilla jamaat and weekend seminars. And for this workshop, we had Sh. Abdul Nasir who graduated from Jamia Binoria, top of his class, Sh. Yaser Birjas, who graduated at the top of his class from Madinah University, and much more.
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One of the fara'id of the jum'ah is to HAVE one. In a small community, there is not always a scholar present. In high school, it was really difficult for all of the Muslims in the school to leave because of the schedule and the strict attendance policy and the amount of material we could potentially miss. We held our own Jum'ah at school so that the guys could fulfill their obligation. In such situations, I think it is great that groups like Bayyinah are taking time to educate people so that the fiqh requirements of the jum'ah are met. There were no official documents or institutions at the time of the prophet that produced scholars. Scholars and those of knowledge were the ones who hung out around the prophet (SAW) and the great sahabah the most. And just having knowledge about a topic is not always enough. How useful is a khutbah to the people if they are not listening? Knowing how to present the khutbah is also very important, and I think that was the point of the workshop.
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