KhATIB (arabi — shakhse, ki khutba mekhonad), kormandi masuli masjidro nomand, ki hangomi namozi juma va idhoi dini (ramazon va qurbon) dar on vaz metuft. Bazal vazifai khatibro imomi masjid niz ijro mekunad. Xatib boyad shikastanafsu taqvodor, az fiqh khub bokhabar boshad, hadishoro purra bidonad, diqqati someonashro ba khud jalb karda tavonad, az umuri dunyavi biparhezad va gayra.
Bo mururi zamon khatibho az meyori muqarrarkardai shariat dur gashta, ba mavzuhoi siyosi va ijtimoivu akhloqi diqqati beshtar medodagi shudand. Dar bisyor mamlakathoi hozirai olami islom nufuzi khatibhoro ba ommai dindoron ba nazar girifta, sinfhoi hukmron faoliyati onhoro zeri nazorat megirand, masjidro hamchun aslihai asosii targiboti ideologiyu siyosi istifoda mebarand.
Adabiyot: Ashirov N., Musulmanskaya propoved, Moskva, 1978.
S. Makhmadulloev.