Millions of people have heard Shaykh Abdur Rahman As-Sudais lead prayer in the Haram, and a great many would not be able to say what he actually says from the minbar. This is the first collection of it.
Where These Come From
These are his Jumu'ah sermons, delivered mainly from the pulpit of the Holy Mosque of Makkah — the most consequential minbar in the Muslim world, addressing a congregation drawn from every country on earth.
He prepared each one intensively, which is what makes them worth collecting. A sermon delivered in that setting cannot be improvised, and the care shows in the structure and the sourcing.
A Quarter of a Century
The collection spans twenty-five years, which gives it a value beyond the individual sermons. Read in sequence, it is a record of what the Ummah was being addressed about, decade by decade, from its most prominent pulpit — the concerns raised, the corrections offered, and the events that were passed over in silence.
Its Use
For a khateeb, this is a model of how a Friday sermon is built at the highest level: how a theme is introduced, how the evidence is deployed, and how a congregation of a hundred thousand is held.
For a general reader it works differently — as spiritual reading with the shape of an address, best taken one sermon at a time. It is produced in a beautiful and meaningful format for readers keen to study it rather than skim it.
Who It Is For
Imams and khateebs, first. Students of knowledge. Anyone who has prayed in the Haram and wants to know what was being said. Readers who respond to the sermon form and find treatises harder going.
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