al-Moulakhas al-Fiqhi - Salih Al-Fawzan - (2/333)

Chapter on the Marriage Contract: its Pillars and Conditions

When a marriage contract is about to be concluded, it is recommended to precede it with a sermon known as the Sermon of Ibn Masʿūd. The groom himself or any other attendee may deliver it, and its wording is:

“Indeed, all praise is for Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, ask His forgiveness, and repent to Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from the misdeeds of our actions. Whomever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whomever He allows to stray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.”

This hadith is narrated by the Five and graded sound by al-Tirmidhi.

After this sermon, three verses from the Book of Allah are recited:

Allah the Exalted says: “O you who believe, be mindful of Allah with the mindfulness due to Him, and do not die except as Muslims.” ⦗Qur’an 3:102⦘
And He says: “O mankind, be mindful of your Lord who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate, and from the two spread many men and women. Be mindful of Allah, in whose name you appeal to one another, and of the ties of kinship. Surely Allah is ever watchful over you.” ⦗Qur’an 4:1⦘

باب في عقد النكاح وأركانه وشروطه يستحب عند إرادة عقد النكاح تقديم خطبة قبله تسمى خطبة ابن مسعود يخطبها العاقد أو غيره من الحاضرين، ولفظها: "إن الحمد لله؛ نحمده، ونستعينه، ونستغفره، ونتوب إليه، ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا وسيئات أعمالنا، من يهده الله؛ فلا مضل له، ومن يضلل؛ فلا هادي له، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله، واشهد أن محمدًا عبده ورسوله"، رواه الخمسة، وحسنة الترمذي. ويقرأ بعد هذه الخطبة ثلاث آيات من كتاب الله: الأولى: قوله تعالى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ﴾ . الثانية: قوله تعالى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيراً وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً﴾ .