is indeed a Faq?h. That is why the prophet ( - ) said: ‘Indeed, some speech is like magic’. (1)

The prophet ( - ) used sometimes to read S?rahs “Al-Jumu‘ah” and “Al-Mun?fiq?n”, and “Al-A‘l?” and “Al-Gh?shiyah” in others.

Ibn Ab? R?fi‘ said that: ‘Marw?n appointed Ab? Hurairah as his deputy on Mad?nah; the former then traveled to Makkah. Ab? Hurairah led us in the Jumu‘ah Sal?t, he recited S?rahs “Al-Jumu‘ah” in the first Rak‘ah and “Al-Mun?fiq?n” in the second.

Having finished the Sal?t, I told Ab? Hurairah that he recited the two S?rahs ‘Al? Ibn Ab? T?lib used to recite while being in Al-K?fah.

Ab? Hurairah then said: ‘Verily, I heard the prophet ( - ) recite them on Friday’. (2)

An-Nu‘m?n Ibn Bash?r stated the same; he said that the prophet ( - ) used to recite “Al-A‘l?” and “Al-Gh?shiyah” S?rahs in Jumu‘ah Sal?t and the two Eids Salaw?t. Even if these two occasions took place on the same day. (3)

[4/ 61] The Khutab?’s verbal mistakes:

An Im?m is not recommended to recite a part of one of the aforementioned S?rahs or recite one of them in the two Rak‘ahs. This act contradicts the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah; only those ignorant Imams who practice such acts. (4)

From the aforementioned discussion, one could easily recognize the mistake those ignorant Khutab? commit; namely: prolonging the Khutbah and shortening the Sal?t. Regretfully, they