What is the ruling on the the imam using a long staff to lean on, and is it permissible to deliver the sermon without it?
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The scholars have deduced from the of Al-Hakim ibn Hizam that it is desirable for the Khatib (preacher) to lean on a staff, a bow, or the minbar's wood during the sermon. However, this is not obligatory, and the sermon is not invalidated by its omission.
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