Is Friday prayer valid if the prayer is established and the Imam speaks afterward, taking into account the Hadith: "If you say to your companion 'be quiet' while the Imam is delivering the sermon on Friday, you have indeed committed a laghw (vain/useless act)"?
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Speaking is forbidden for worshipers on Friday while the Imam is delivering the sermon. However, from the moment he descends from the pulpit until he enters into prayer, speaking is not forbidden according to the majority of the early and later generations, and this is the most preponderant opinion. The prayer of one who speaks is valid. The meaning of the : "Whoever says 'silence' has spoken, and whoever speaks has no Friday (prayer)" is that his Friday prayer is not complete, given the consensus that the obligation of the time has been lifted from him.
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