Khatib

{{Short description|Person who delivers an Islamic sermon}} {{About|an Islamic term}} [[File:Qadi Abbasid - Maqamat Harir 1237.jpg|thumb|Abbasid Qadi delivers Khutbah in Mosque on the Minbar. (Khutbah is delivered by Qadis and Imams)]]{{Usul al-Fiqh}} In Islam, a '''khatib''' or '''khateeb''' ({{langx|ar|خطيب}} ''khaṭīb'') is a person who delivers the sermon (''khuṭbah'') (literally "narration"), during the Friday prayer and Eid prayers.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKBCEaZHW-cC&pg=PR9|title=The Ethical Soundscape|isbn=9780231138185 |access-date=19 January 2015 |last1=Hirschkind |first1=Charles |year=2006 |publisher=Columbia University Press }}</ref>

The ''khateeb'' is usually the prayer leader (''imam''), but the two roles can be played by different people. The khatib should be knowledgeable of how to lead the prayer and be competent in delivering the speech (''khutba'') however there are no requirements of eligibility to become a khatib beyond being an Adult Muslim. Muslims believe the khatib has to be male, women do not lead Friday prayer.

Khutubah are delivered by men. Edina Leković gave the inaugural speech at the Women's Mosque in California, United States, in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/3/first-all-female-mosque-opens-in-los-angeles.html|title=First all-female mosque opens in Los Angeles|last=Street|first=Nick|date=3 February 2015|work=Al-Jazeera|access-date=2017-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.altmuslimah.com/2015/06/how-i-became-the-womens-mosque-of-americas-first-khateebah/|title=How I became The Women's Mosque of America's first khateebah - altM|last=Lekovic|first=Edina|date=2015-06-26|work=altM|access-date=2017-06-30|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072904/http://www.altmuslimah.com/2015/06/how-i-became-the-womens-mosque-of-americas-first-khateebah/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Al-Khatib * Khattab * Khutba * İmam Hatip school {{col div end}}

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Category:Islamic terminology