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حَدِّثِ النَّاسَ كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّةً فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَمَرَّتَيْنِ فَإِنْ أَكْثَرْتَ فَثَلاثَ مِرَارٍ وَلا تُمِلَّ النَّاسَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ وَلا أُلْفِيَنَّكَ تَأْتِي الْقَوْمَ وَهُمْ فِي حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِمْ فَتَقُصُّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَتَقْطَعُ عَلَيْهِمْ حَدِيثَهُمْ فَتُمِلُّهُمْ وَلَكِنْ أَنْصِتْ فَإِذَا أَمَرُوكَ فَحَدِّثْهُمْ وَهُمْ يَشْتَهُونَهُ فَانْظُرِ السَّجْعَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ فَاجْتَنِبْهُ فَإِنِّي عَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَصْحَابَهُ لا يَفْعَلُونَ إِلاَّ ذَلِكَ يَعْنِي لاَ يَفْعَلُونَ إِلاَّ ذَلِكَ الاِجْتِنَابَ

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"Speak to the people every Jumu'ah once, and if you refuse then twice (a week), and at the most three times (a week), and do not cause the people to become fed up with this Qur'aan.  And do not let me find that you go to a group of people who are talking amongst each other and you begin relaying things to them and disrupt their talk and cause them to become fed up (with what you say).  Rather, listen (to them), and if they request you, then narrate to them while they are eager for it.  And take note of the act of rhyming in your supplications and stay away from it.  For verily I lived in the time of the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) and his Companions, and they would not do except that (ie. shun the act of rhyming in their supplications)."