Standing up before the Friday khutba has ended

Question

During the Friday khutba, when [the khatib] reaches the last sentence of the second khutba, the listeners begin to stand up. A religious scholar said that people standing up in this way is makruh tahrimi, and that people should stand up after the khatib has come down from the minbar. Please inform us of the ruling of the Shari‘a with a reference.

Answer

[ar]وكل ما حرم في الصلاة حرم فيها، أي في الخطبة، خلاصة وغيرها، فيحرم أكل وشرب وكلام ولو تسبيحًا أو رد سلام أو أمر بمعروف[/ar] “Everything that is forbidden in the prayer is forbidden in it, that is, in the khutba (‘al-Khulasa’ and others).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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