The khutba in the language of those present

Question

The Jumu'a gathering and the injunction of the khutba were the greatest means of the religious welfare of the Muslims. Its purpose was that once a week people be invited to Islam and to guidance (irshad) according to their condition and needs, and that it be a permanent means of enjoining the right and forbidding the wrong. The khutba was in reality a sermon, just as a sermon is.

Answer

It would be better to look up the detailed treatment of this question and the answer to it in the monthly “Nizam” (“Order”) for July '60 and October '60; there is also an answer to it there. Nevertheless, by way of reply I submit: in the Noble Qur'an the khutba is referred to as the remembrance of Allah (dhikr Allah). It is said: [ar]فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ[/ar] “…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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