the khutbah

it was really after a long time ago, the last time i witnessed a really good jum3h khutbah.
this time, the khatib was habib ali al-jifri. even though i understood only 2 or 3 words from the whole khutbah, he mesmerised me so much. that was how khutbah should be delivered, as if it is a public speaking.

the hands gestured, the body talked, the eyes contacted. so energetic. no pause filler, no hesitation, full of confidence, he made the khutbah so much alived.

the translator after the khutbah was also great. he did read from the note he'd taken, but the way he conveyed it as if that was his own speech.

[am i praising them too much?]

what do our khatib offers? except a number of them, they give nothing much than a lullaby, as if they're saying in the khutbah: o muslim, come sleep. it's khutbah time, so come zzzzz. they're reading the pieces of paper, which a primary school children can do the same. is this how they show the ummah their worth of being imams?

what the imams can do to improve theirselves? attend a public speaking and presentation skills class.