Editing Khutbah (section)

==Friday==
[[Image:Inside masjid negara.JPG|thumb|Worshipers listening to a sermon at the [[National Mosque of Malaysia]]]]
One of the conditions for the validity of the Friday service is that it must be preceded by two sermons. The sermons are delivered when the number of auditors required for a valid ''j̲umu‘a'' are present, which is a minimum of 40 attendees according to the [[Hanbali school|Hanbali school]] and [[Shafi’i school|Shafi’i school]] and only three people, excluding the imam are needed according to the [[Hanafi school|Hanafi school]]. Finally, the [[Maliki school]] requires 12 people of local residence, excluding the imam. <ref> https://islamqa.org/hanafi/askimam/2217/what-is-the-source-for-minimum-number-of-people-required-to-pray-in-congregation-behind-the-imam-in-the-different-madhahib/ </ref>

Traditionally, as instructed in classical Islamic legal treatises, Friday congregational prayers in which sermons were delivered were restricted to urban centers and normally to one major mosque in each city. Such a mosque is referred to as a ''masjid jami‘'', that is, a "Friday Mosque" (or a "cathedral mosque"). These mosques were distinguished by their central location, large dimensions, monumental architecture, symbolic furnishings indicative of its exalted stature, and, the most demonstrative of all, the ''[[minbar]]'' (ritual pulpit).<ref name = EIMW/>

In contemporary times, Friday congregational prayers with sermons are common in mosques of all sizes and conditions, and not just restricted to a few central locations. Sermons are also dispensed through newspapers and broadcast on radio and television.<ref name = EIMW/>