´Abu Hurairah narrated that:` The Messenger of Allah said: "Every Khutbah that does not have the Tashah-hud in it, then it is like a severed hand."
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Reciting the tashahhud at the beginning of an important sermon, speech, or lesson is an emphasized Sunnah.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4841
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
The following sermon is authentically established from the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in an absolute sense: «إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلّٰهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَ نَسْتَعِيْنُهُ، مَنْ يَّهْدِهِ اللهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَ مَنْ يُّضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَ أَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ وَ (أَشْهَدُ) أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهُ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ:» [صحيح مسلم: 868، سنن النسائي 6/ 89۔ 90 ح 3280 وسنده صحيح والزيادة منه]
«فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْحَدِيْثِ كِتَابُ اللهِ، وَ خَيْرَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَ شَرَّ الْأُمُوْرِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلاَلَةٌ» [صحيح مسلم: 867]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “Every sermon in which there is no tashahhud is like a hand afflicted with leprosy (i.e., defective and incomplete).” [سنن ابي داود: 4841، وسنده صحيح وصححه الترمذي: 1106، و ابن حبان: 1994، 579]
By tashahhud is meant the testimony of faith (kalimat al-shahadah). See: [عون المعبود 4/ 409]
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Monthly Al-Hadith, Issue 75, page 17 and Ilmi Maqalat, Volume 3, page 157
Source: Research and Scholarly Articles by Shaykh Zubair Ali Zai, Page: 157