Abu Wa'il says: Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon to us; it was very eloquent and brief. When he descended from the pulpit, we said: O Abu al-Yaqzan! Indeed, you have delivered a very eloquent and brief sermon; you could have made it a little longer. In response, he said: In fact, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Surely, the lengthening of a man's prayer and the shortening of his sermon are signs of his understanding. Therefore, you should make the prayer long and the sermon short, for indeed, some speech is (as effective as) magic.

Abu Rashid says: Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) gave us a brief sermon. A Qurayshi man said to him: You have said (heart-affecting) very good things, but if you had made this address a bit longer (it would have been better). He said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade making the sermon lengthy.

Sayyiduna Hakam bin Hazn Kalafi, may Allah be pleased with him, who had the honor of being a Companion, narrated to us: I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while I was the seventh or ninth member of my delegation. He, peace and blessings be upon him, granted us permission, so we entered and said: O Messenger of Allah! We have come to you so that you may supplicate for goodness for us. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated for goodness for us and ordered that we be settled at a place and hosted with dates, even though the people's circumstances were straitened. Then we stayed with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for a few days, during which we also performed Jumu'ah. (We saw that) the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood leaning on a bow or a staff, praised and glorified Allah; these were just a few blessed and pure words. Then he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: O people! You will never be able to act upon all the commands, so keep to the straight path and give glad tidings (to the people).

Sayyiduna Bara’ bin ‘Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the sermon while leaning on a bow or a staff.

Husayn bin Abdur Rahman Salmi says: I was sitting beside Sayyiduna ‘Ammarah bin Ru’aybah Salmi (may Allah be pleased with him) while Bishr was delivering the Friday sermon. Whenever he made supplication, he would raise both his hands. Seeing this, Sayyiduna ‘Ammarah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah destroy these insignificant hands! I myself saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering the sermon; when he supplicated, he would do it like this. Then he raised his index finger to clarify.

Sayyida Umm Hisham bint Haritha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: For two years or a little less, our oven and that of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were the same. I did not memorize Surah Qaf except from the blessed tongue of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because whenever he (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered the sermon to the people on Fridays, he would recite it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever speaks on the day of Jumu’ah while the Imam is delivering the sermon is like a donkey carrying many books, and whoever says to him,“Be silent,”his Jumu’ah will also not be valid.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When, on the day of Jumu’ah, you say to your companion, while the Imam is delivering the sermon,“Be quiet,”then indeed you have engaged in idle talk. Abu Zanad said: Pronouncing“laghawta”as“laghayta”is the dialect of Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him.

(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When you say to your companion on the day of Jumu'ah, while the Imam is delivering the sermon, "Be quiet," and the Imam is delivering the sermon, then indeed you have engaged in idle talk.

(Third chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: When you tell people to be silent, indeed you have committed a vain act upon yourself.