Special Arrangement of Sermons in Muharram, Rabi‘ al-Awwal, Rabi‘ al-Thani and Other Days

Question

Here, in most mosques, throughout the year on these days — from the first to the tenth of Muharram, from the first to the twelfth of Rabi‘ al-Awwal, from the first to the eleventh of Rabi‘ al-Thani, on the twenty-seventh of Rajab, the fifteenth of Sha‘ban, the twenty-seventh of Ramadan and the ninth of Dhu al-Hijja — a sermon is held at night after ‘isha.

Answer

The fixing of the days mentioned is not established by the proofs of the Sacred Law, nor did it exist in the best generations (khayr al-qurun). Therefore, if the sermon on these days is considered necessary — that is, if one who does not attend the sermon is reproached — and the reward of delivering and hearing the sermon is considered specific to these very days, then it is a…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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