Abu Bakr came from his house at As-Sunh on a horse. He dismounted and entered the Mosque, but did not speak to the people till he entered upon ʿAisha and went straight to Messenger of Allah ﷺ who was covered with Hibra cloth (i.e. a kind of Yemenite cloth). He then uncovered the Prophet's face and bowed over him and kissed him and wept, saying, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. By Allah, Allah will never cause you to die twice. As for the death which was written for you, has come upon you." Narrated Ibn ʿAbbas: Abu Bakr went out while ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab was talking to the people. Abu Bakr said, "Sit down, O ʿUmar!" But ʿUmar refused to sit down. So the people came to Abu Bakr and left ʿUmar. Abu Bakr said, "To proceed, if anyone amongst you used to worship Muhammad , then Muhammad is dead, but if (anyone of) you used to worship Allah, then Allah is Alive and shall never die. Allah said:--"Muhammad is no more than an Apostle, and indeed (many) apostles have passed away before him..(till the end of the Verse )......Allah will reward to those who are thankful." (3.144) By Allah, it was as if the people never knew that Allah had revealed this Verse before till Abu Bakr recited it and all the people received it from him, and I heard everybody reciting it (then). Narrated Az-Zuhri: Saʿid bin Al-Musaiyab told me that ʿUmar said, "By Allah, when I heard Abu Bakr reciting it, my legs could not support me and I fell down at the very moment of hearing him reciting it, declaring that the Prophet ﷺ had died."

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ مِنْ مَسْكَنِهِ بِالسُّنْحِ حَتَّى نَزَلَ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمِ النَّاسَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَتَيَمَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهْوَ مُغَشًّى بِثَوْبِ حِبَرَةٍ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ أَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ وَبَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي وَاللَّهِ لاَ يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ مَوْتَتَيْنِ أَمَّا الْمَوْتَةُ الَّتِي كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ مُتَّهَا قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَرَجَ وَعُمَرُ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ اجْلِسْ يَا عُمَرُ فَأَبَى عُمَرُ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ فَأَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ وَتَرَكُوا عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَمَّا بَعْدُ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يَعْبُدُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا قَدْ مَاتَ وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَىٌّ لاَ يَمُوتُ قَالَ اللَّهُ {وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلاَّ رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {الشَّاكِرِينَ} وَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ حَتَّى تَلاَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْهُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ فَمَا أَسْمَعُ بَشَرًا مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ يَتْلُوهَا فَأَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ وَاللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ أَنْ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَلاَهَا فَعَقِرْتُ حَتَّى مَا تُقِلُّنِي رِجْلاَىَ وَحَتَّى أَهْوَيْتُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ حِينَ سَمِعْتُهُ تَلاَهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ مَاتَ

Some people went to Sahl bin Saʿd As-Saʿidi and told him that they had different opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said, "By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no doubt I saw it on the very first day when Messenger of Allah ﷺ took his seat on it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for such and such an Ansari woman (and Sahl mentioned her name) and said to her, 'Order your slave-carpenter to prepare for me some pieces of wood (i.e. pulpit) on which I may sit at the time of addressing the people.' So she ordered her slave-carpenter and he made it from the tamarisk of the forest and brought it (to the woman). The woman sent that (pulpit) to Messenger of Allah ﷺ who ordered it to be placed here. Then I saw Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on it and then bowed on it. Then he stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground near the foot of the pulpit and again ascended the pulpit. After finishing the prayer he faced the people and said, 'I have done this so that you may follow me and learn the way I pray.' "

وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ مِمَّا هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلاَنَةَ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ مُرِي غُلاَمَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوُضِعَتْ هَا هُنَا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهْوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهْوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا وَلِتَعَلَّمُوا صَلاَتِي

"By Allah, I know what it is made of. I saw it the first day it was set up and the first day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat on it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent word to so-and-so" - a woman whose name Sahl mentioned - "telling her: 'Tell your carpenter slave to make me something of wood that I can sit on when I speak to the people.' So she told him, and he made it from tamarisk wood from Al-Ghabah (a place near Al-Madinah). Then he brought it and it was sent to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who commanded that it be set up here. Then I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ascend it and praying on it, and saying the Takbir while he was on top of it, then he bowed when he was on top of it, then he came down backward and prostrated at the base of the Minbar, then he went back. When he had finished he turned to face the people and said: 'O people, I only did this so that you can follow me in prayer and learn how I pray.'"

وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ مِمَّ هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلاَنَةَ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ أَنْ مُرِي غُلاَمَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوُضِعَتْ هَا هُنَا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَقِيَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعَلَّمُوا صَلاَتِي

People came to Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi, when they were doubtful about the kind of wood of the pulpit (in the mosque of the Prophet). They asked him about it. He said: By Allah, I know (the wood) of which it was made; I saw it the first day when it was placed there, and the first day when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat on it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for a woman whom Sahl named and asked her: Order your boy, the carpenter, to construct for me a wooden pulpit so that I sit on it when I deliver a speech to the people. So she ordered him and he made a pulpit of a wood called tarfa taken from al-Ghabah (a place at a distance of nine miles from Medina). He brought it to her. She sent it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered and that was placed here. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on it: he said: "Allah is most great"; he then bowed while he was on it; then he returned and prostrated in the root of the pulpit; he then returned (to the pulpit). When he finished (the prayer), he addressed himself to the people and said: O people, I did this so that you may follow me and know my prayer.

وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَعْرِفُ مِمَّا هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلاَنَةَ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ أَنْ مُرِي غُلاَمَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوُضِعَتْ هَا هُنَا فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعَلَّمُوا صَلاَتِي

People came to Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi, when they were doubtful about the kind of wood of the pulpit (in the mosque of the Prophet). They asked him about it. He said: By Allah, I know (the wood) of which it was made; I saw it the first day when it was placed there, and the first day when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat on it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for a woman whom Sahl named and asked her: Order your boy, the carpenter, to construct for me a wooden pulpit so that I sit on it when I deliver a speech to the people. So she ordered him and he made a pulpit of a wood called tarfa taken from al-Ghabah (a place at a distance of nine miles from Medina). He brought it to her. She sent it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered and that was placed here. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on it: he said: "Allah is most great"; he then bowed while he was on it; then he returned and prostrated in the root of the pulpit; he then returned (to the pulpit). When he finished (the prayer), he addressed himself to the people and said: O people, I did this so that you may follow me and know my prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1080)

وَاللهِ إِنِّي أَعْرِفُ مَا هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلَانَةَ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ أَنْ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَأُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ» فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهُ مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَتْ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَوُضِعَ هَهُنَا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَلَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي»

People came to Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi, when they were doubtful about the kind of wood of the pulpit (in the mosque of the Prophet). They asked him about it. He said: By Allah, I know (the wood) of which it was made; I saw it the first day when it was placed there, and the first day when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat on it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for a woman whom Sahl named and asked her: Order your boy, the carpenter, to construct for me a wooden pulpit so that I sit on it when I deliver a speech to the people. So she ordered him and he made a pulpit of a wood called tarfa taken from al-Ghabah (a place at a distance of nine miles from Medina). He brought it to her. She sent it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered and that was placed here. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on it: he said: "Allah is most great"; he then bowed while he was on it; then he returned and prostrated in the root of the pulpit; he then returned (to the pulpit). When he finished (the prayer), he addressed himself to the people and said: O people, I did this so that you may follow me and know my prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1080)

وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ مِمَّا هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلَانَةٍ امْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ أَنْ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ يَعْمَلُ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوُضِعَتْ هَا هُنَا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعَلَّمُوا صَلَاتِي»

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey with his companions when they became extremely thirsty. Two men from his companions, whom I think were Ali and Zubayr or others, went ahead and found a woman with two water containers on a camel. They said to her, "Answer the call of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." She asked, "Who is the Messenger of Allah, this Jew?" They replied, "He is the one you are addressing, and he is truly the Messenger of Allah." They brought her to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that the water be poured into a vessel made from the two containers. He then asked for the water to be returned to the containers, and ordered the loosening of the knots on the containers. They were opened, and the people were instructed to fill their containers and drink. That day, no vessel or container was left un-filled. Imran said, "It seemed as if it wasn't filled except to be filled." The Prophet ﷺ ordered his garment to be spread out, and his companions brought their provisions until his garment was filled. He told the woman to go, saying, "We did not take anything from your water, but it was Allah who gave us to drink." She went and informed her family, saying, "I have met the most knowledgeable person or indeed he is the Messenger of Allah." The people of that village embraced Islam, as reported in Sahihain from the hadith of Awf ibn Abi Jamilah. The last incident is that the Prophet ﷺ gave a container of water to the one who had an impurity. He said to him, "Go and pour it over yourself while standing and see what happens to its water." This was narrated by Abu Abdullah Al-Haafiz, Ahmad ibn Ja'far Al-Qatti'i, Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Yahya ibn Sa'id from Awf, mentioning it in a similar manner.

سَرَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ هُوَ وَأَصْحَابُهُ فَأَصَابَهُ عَطَشٌ شَدِيدٌ فَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَحْسَبُهُ عَلِيًّا وَالزُّبَيْرَ أَوْ غَيْرَهُمَا قَالَ إِنَّكُمَا سَتَجِدَانِ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا بَعِيرٌ عَلَيْهِ مَزَادَتَانِ فَأْتِيَانِي بِهَا فَأَتَيَا الْمَرْأَةَ فَوَجَدَاهَا قَدْ رَكِبَتْ بَيْنَ مَزَادَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْبَعِيرِ فَقَالَا لَهَا أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ وَمَنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ هَذَا الصَّابِئُ؟ قَالَا هُوَ الَّذِي تَعْنِينَ وَهُوَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَقًّا فَجَاءَا بِهَا فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَجُعِلَ فِي إِنَاءٍ مِنْ مَزَادَتَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ فِيهِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ الْمَاءَ فِي الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِعَزْلَاءِ الْمَزَادَتَيْنِ فَفُتِحَتْ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ فَمَلَئُوا آنِيَتَهِمْ وَأَسْقِيَتَهُمْ فَلَمْ يَدَعُوا يَوْمَئِذٍ إِنَاءً وَلَا سِقَاءً إِلَّا مَلَئُوهُ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ فَكَانَ يُخَيَّلُ إِلِيَّ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَزْدَدْ إِلَّا امْتِلَاءً قَالَ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِثَوْبِهَا فَبُسِطَتْ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَجَاءُوا مِنْ زَادِهِمْ حَتَّى مَلَئُوا لَهَا ثَوْبَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا اذْهَبِي فَإِنَّا لَمْ نَأْخُذْ مِنْ مَائِكِ شَيْئًا وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ سَقَانَا قَالَ فَجَاءَتْ أَهْلَهَا فَأَخْبَرَتْهُمْ فَقَالَتْ جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَسْحَرِ النَّاسِ أَوْ إِنَّهُ لِرَسُولُ اللهِ حَقًّا قَالَ فَجَاءَ أَهْلُ ذَلِكَ الْحِوَاءِ حَتَّى أَسْلَمَوا كُلُّهُمْ مُخَرَّجٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَوْفِ بْنِ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ وَفِيهِ فَكَانَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْطَى الَّذِي أَصَابَتْهُ الْجَنَابَةُ إِنَاءً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ فَأَفْرِغْهُ عَلَيْكَ وَهِيَ قَائِمَةٌ تَنْظُرُ مَا يُفْعَلُ بِمَائِهَا 127 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْقَطِيعِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَوْفٍ فَذَكَرَ بِمَعْنَاهُ بِزِيَادَتِهِ

Some people came to Sahl b. Sa'd and began to differ about the wood of which the (Prophet's pulpit was made. He (Sahl b. Sa'd) said: By Allah, I know of which wood it is made and who made it, and the day when I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated himself on it on the first day. I said to him: O Abu Abbas (kunyah of Sabl b. Sa'd), narrate to us (all these facts), He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a person to a woman asking her to allow her slave, a carpenter, to work on woods (to prepare a pulpit) so that I should talk to the people (sitting on it). Abu Hazim said: He (Sahl b. Sa'd) pointed out the name of (that lady) that day. So he (the carpenter) made (a pulpit) with these three steps. Then the Messengerof Allah ﷺ commanded it to be placed here (where it is lying now). It was fashioned out of the wood of al-Ghaba. And I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) standing upon it and glorifying Allah and the people also glorified Allah after him, while he was on the pulpit. He then raised (his head from prostration) and stepped back (on his heels) till he prostrated himself at the base of pulpit, and then returned (to the former place and this movement of one or two steps continued) till the prayer was complete. He then turned towards the people and said: O people, I have done it so that you should follow me and learn (my mode of) prayer. (Using translation from Muslim 544a)

أَمَا وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ مِنْ أِيِّ عُودٍ هُوَ وَمَنْ عَمَلَهُ وَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ فَحَدِّثْنَا فَقَالَ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ قَالَ أَبُو حَازِمٍ إِنَّهُ سَمَّاهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ انْظُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ يَعْمَلُ لِي أَعْوَادًا لِأُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا فَعَمِلَ هَذِهِ الثَّلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوُضِعَتْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ فَهِيَ مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَلَيْهِ فَكَبَّرَ وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَعْنِي ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَنَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى حَتَّى سَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي

[Machine] Al-Abbas al-Asamm, I am al-Rabi' and I am al-Shafi'i and I am Malik. Abu Ahmad al-Mihrajani informed us that Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Muzakki narrated to us from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim who narrated from Ibn Bukayr who narrated from Malik who narrated from Abu al-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman who narrated from his mother Ummarah bint Abd al-Rahman that she heard him saying, "A man bought a piece of land during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he began to cultivate it. But then a defect became apparent in it, so he asked the owner of the land to either remove the defect or take it back. The owner of the land swore that he would not do that. Ummul Mushtari went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned this to him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'It is most likely that he will not do good.' When the owner of the land heard this, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'The wording of this narration is from Ibn Bukayr, but it is not mentioned in the narration of al-Shafi'i or that he would take it back.' The owner of the land said, 'He cured it and I have benefited from it.' Abu Sa'id narrated from Abu al-Abbas from al-Rabi' from al-Shafi'i who said, 'The narration of Ummarah is mursal (disconnected) and the people of hadith do not consider mursal narrations as evidence. If the hadith of Ummarah was accepted, it would imply that the defendant's word should not be taken. The Sheikh said, 'Harithah ibn Abu al-Rijal has also narrated it from his father from Ummarah from Aishah, but Harithah is weak and cannot be relied upon, and Yahya ibn Sa'id has also narrated it from Abu al-Rijal, but it is an abridged version that does not mention the curing of the defect."

الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ أنا الرَّبِيعُ أنا الشَّافِعِيُّ أنا مَالِكٌ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا تَقُولُ ابْتَاعَ رَجُلٌ ثَمَرَ حَائِطٍ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَالَجَهُ وَقَامَ فِيهِ حَتَّى تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ النُّقْصَانُ فَسَأَلَ رَبَّ الْحَائِطِ أَنْ يَضَعَ عَنْهُ أَوْ أَنْ يُقِيلَهُ فَحَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ فَذَهَبَتْ أُمُّ الْمُشْتَرِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَأَلَّى أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ خَيْرًا فَسَمِعَ بِذَلِكَ رَبُّ الْحَائِطِ فَأَتَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ هُوَ لَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَلَيْسَ فِي رِوَايَةِ الشَّافِعِيِّ أَوْ أَنْ يُقِيلَهُ وَقَالَ فَعَالَجَهُ وَأَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ زَادَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ قَالَ حَدِيثُ عَمْرَةَ مُرْسَلٌ وَأَهْلُ الْحَدِيثِ وَنَحْنُ لَا نُثْبِتُ الْمُرْسَلَ فَلَوْ ثَبَتَ حَدِيثُ عَمْرَةَ كَانَتْ فِيهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُوضَعَ الْجَائِحَةُ لِقَوْلِهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَأَلَّى أَنْ لَا يَفْعَلَ خَيْرًا وَلَوْ كَانَ الْحُكْمُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَضَعَ الْجَائِحَةَ لَكَانَ أَشْبَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ذَلِكَ لَازِمٌ لَهُ حَلَفَ أَوْ لَمْ يَحْلِفْ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ قَدْ أَسْنَدَهُ حَارِثَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ فَرَوَاهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ إِلَّا أَنَّ حَارِثَةَ ضَعِيفٌ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ وَأَسْنَدَهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ مُخْتَصَرٌ لَيْسَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُ الثَّمَرِ

"عَنْ مَعْدانَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ اليَعْمُرِىِّ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَامَ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ يَومَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَحِمدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ أبَا بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأيْتُ رَؤْيَا لَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا لِحُضُورِ أَجَلِى، رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ دِيكًا - نَقَرَنِى نَقْرَتَيْنِ - أَحْمَر، فَقَصَصْتُها عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَقْتُلُكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ العَجَمِ، وَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَأمُرُونِى أنْ أَسْتَخْلِفَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ - ﷻ - لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُضَيِّعَ دِينَهُ وَخِلَافَتَهُ الَّتِى بَعَثَ بِهَا نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَإِنْ يُعَجِّلْ بِى أَمر، فَإِنَّ الشُّورَى فِى هَؤُلَاءِ الستَّةِ الَّذِينَ مَاتَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ، عُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِىٌّ، وَطَلْحَةٌ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِى وَقَّاصٍ، فَمَنْ بَايَعْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وأَطِيعُوا، وَإِنَى أَعْلمُ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا سَيَطْعَنُونَ فِى هَذَا الأَمْرِ، أَنَا قَاتَلْتُهُم بِيَدِى هَذِه عَلَى الإِسْلَامِ، أُوَلئَكَ أَعْدَاءُ اللهِ الكُفَّارُ الضُّلَالُ، وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَغْلَظَ لِى نَبِى اللهِ ﷺ فِى شَىْءٍ مُنْذُ صَحِبْتُهُ أَشَّدَّ مَا أغْلَظَ بِى فِى شَأنِ الكَلَالَة، حَتَّى طَعَنَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِى صَدْرِى، وَقَالَ: يَكْفِيكَ آيَةُ الصَّيْفِ الَّتِى نَزَلَتْ فِى آخِرِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ وَإِنَّى إنْ أَعِشْ فَسَأَقْضِى فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ يَعْلَمُهُ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ، وَمنْ لَا يَقْرَأُ، أُشْهِدُ اللهَ عَلَى أُمَرَاءِ الأَمْصَارِ، إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَعَثْتُهُمْ لِيُعَلِّمُوا النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيَّهِمْ، وَيَرْفَعُوا إِلَىَّ مَا عُمِّىَ عَليْهِمِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَأكُلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرَتَيْنِ لَا أَرَاهُمَا إِلَّا خَبِيثَتَيْنِ: هَذَا الثَّوم وَالْبَصَل، وَايْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى نَبِىَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَجِدُ رِيحَهُمَا مِنَ الرَّجُلِ فَيَأمُرُ بِهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِيَدِهِ فَيُخْرَجُ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يُؤْتَى بِه الْبَقيعَ، فَمَنْ أَكَلَهُمَا فَلْيُمِتْهُمَا طَبْخًا، فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ يَوْم اْلجُمُعَةِ، وَأُصِيبَ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ".

"قَالَ الْحَاكِمُ فِى الَكُنَى، ثَنَا أَبُو حَاتِمٍ مَكِّىُّ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ، ثَنَا أحَمَدُ يَعْنِى ابْنَ يُوسُفَ السَّلَمِّى، ثَنَا حمَّادُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَان الْحرَّانِىُّ، ثنَا عِيسىَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِىُّ أبُو عُبَادَةَ قَالَ: أخْبَرَنِى ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِى عَامِرُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِى وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ الله، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أرَدْتُ مَالًا لِى بِالْغَابَةِ فَأدْرَكَنِى اللَّيْلُ فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ أَنِّى رَكِبْتُ فَرَسِى إِلَى أَهْلِى كانَ خَيْرًا لِى فِى الْمُقَامِ هَهُنَا فَركِبْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا جِئْتُ وَدَنَوْتُ مِنْ قُبُورِ الشُّهَدَاءِ مِنَ القناةِ اسْتَوْحَشْتُ فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ أَنَّى رَبَطْتُ فَرَسِى فآدَيْتُه إِلَى قَبْرِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ عَمْروٍ فَفَعَلْتُ فَوَالله مَا هوَ إلَّا أَنْ وَضَعْتُ رَأسِى سَمِعْتُ قِرَاءَةً فِى الْقَبْرِ مَا سَمِعْتُ قِرَاءَةً قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ منْهَا، فَقُلْتُ. هَذَا فِى الْقَبرِ لَعَلَّهُ فِى الْوَادِى فَأخْرجُ إِلَى الْوَادِى، فَإذَا القراءَةُ فِى القَبْرِ، فَرَجَعْتُ فَوَضَعْتُ رَأسِى عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا قِرَاءَةٌ لَمْ أَسْمَعْ مثْلَهَا قَطٌّ، فَاسْتَأنَسْتُ وَذَهَبَ عَنِّى النَّوْمُ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسَمَعُهَا حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، فَلَمَّا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ هَدَأَتِ الْقِرَاءَةُ، وَهَدَأَ الصَّوْتُ حتَّى أصْبَحْتُ فَقُلْتُ: لَوْ جِئْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَجِئْتُ إِلىَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: ذَاك عَبْدُ الله بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ يَا طَلْحَةُ أَنَّ الله - ﷻ - قَبَضَ أرْوَاحَهُمْ فَجَعَلَهَا فِى قَنَادِيلَ مِنْ زَبَرْجَدٍ ويَاقُوتٍ عَلَّقَها وَسَطَ الْجنَّةِ فَإِذَا كانَ اللَّيْلُ رُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أرْوَاحُهُمْ، فَلَا تَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعَ الفَجْرُ رُدَّتْ أَرَوَاحُهُمْ إِلىَ مَكَانِهِم الَّذِى كَانَتْ فِيه".