Collecting donations at the time of the Friday khutba

Question

In our Yusufiyya mosque in the bazaar, the “Khutubat-i Maw‘iza” (“Sermons of Admonition”) compiled by Mawlana Dhakir Husayn Phalti are read on Friday. In them, along with the Arabic, a translation has been written in detail in the form of an admonition, and the author himself wrote in his preface that it is better to recite the Urdu translation before the Arabic, standing near the minbar. Accordingly, the imam reads the translation.

Answer

The Jumu'a khutba is fard and a condition (shart) for Jumu'a; listening to it is necessary, and it is forbidden to do anything that disturbs listening. Whatever is said before the adhan of the khutba — whether it is the translation of the khutba or some other sermon and admonition — does not have the same ruling as the Jumu'a khutba; nevertheless it too should be listened to…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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