PREACHER

Preaching. There are four words generally used for a preacher: k͟hat̤īb ( خطيب‎ ), muẕakkir ( مذكر‎ ), wāʿiz̤ ( واعظ‎ ), and nāṣiḥ ( ناصح‎ ). K͟hat̤īb is always applied to the official who recites the k͟hut̤bah, or oration, in the Friday service. The other three terms are applied generally to preachers. In the present day, preaching seldom takes place in a mosque except on Fridays, when the k͟hut̤bah is recited, although it is not forbidden, and Muḥammad was frequently in the habit of addre ing his people after the prayers were over. No Maulawī of reputation preaches in the street, but paid preachers sometimes undertake the office.