{"id":5992,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/female-political-leaders-leading-the-friday-congregations\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:18:55","slug":"female-political-leaders-leading-the-friday-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/female-political-leaders-leading-the-friday-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Political Leaders Leading The Friday Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>About the Friday <em>Khutba<\/em>, if the elected politician is a Muslim leady or a non-Muslim in a majority Muslim country, are they allowed to lead the Friday <em>khutba<\/em>  and in what manners. Also in Muslim minority country like London we  have mosques and the local politicians are mainly non-Muslim. Are they  allowed to take part in Friday <em>Khutba<\/em> and to what extent.<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The main point of the <em>Khutba<\/em>  (prayer) in Friday prayer, apart from serving as a reminder for  religious values and religious obligations, is to give people a chance  to hear issues related to their affairs from the people in charge  (preferably the head of the state where it applies).<\/p>\n<div>Accordingly:<\/div>\n<div>A Muslim politician, male or female, can deliver Friday <em>Khutba<\/em>  (sermon) if this is acceptable to the head of the state. The prayer  however should be led by a man. It is only obvious that in case a lady  is delivering the <em>Khutba<\/em> (sermon) every consideration will be given to avoid any inappropriate situation in terms of male and female interaction.<\/div>\n<div>Friday  prayers are basically obligatory where Muslims have a land to rule.  Therefore it is not an obligation to have Friday prayer where Muslims  are in a minority and where they don&#8217;t have a state.<\/div>\n<div>A non-Muslim cannot deliver the <em>Khutba <\/em>(sermon) as the <em>Khutba<\/em>  (sermon) typically includes reminding people of God and His last  Messenger (sws) and book. Obviously a non-Muslim cannot deliver the  above with all honesty. There is however no problem to give the  non-Muslim politician a chance to give a talk before the <em>Khutba<\/em> officially starting.<\/div>\n<div>Hope I have answered your questions.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Farhad Shafti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-04-02<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5992\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Friday <em>Khutba<\/em>, if the elected politician is a Muslim leady or a non-Muslim in a majority Muslim country, are they allowed to lead the Friday <em>khutba<\/em>  and in what manners. Also in Muslim minority country like London we  have mosques and the local politicians are mainly non-Muslim. 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