Is it permissible to leave the Friday Sermon (Khutbah) for mobilization?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Jihad

Book 54 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the call for mobilization arises while the Imam is delivering the Friday sermon, the people should not depart. Furthermore, horses should only be mobilized based on a genuine enemy threat, not for the sake of retrieving an absconding slave, to prevent public calamity over a slave's absence.