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tabarani:1886 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Saʾalt Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] About the sermon of the Prophet ﷺ, he said, "He used to deliver the sermon while standing, then he would sit for a while, and then he would stand again."  

الطبراني:١٨٨٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ

عَنْ خِطْبَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ»  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:920 – ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the Khutba while standing and then he would sit, then stand again as you do now-a-days.  

البخاري:٩٢٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ كَمَا تَفْعَلُونَ الآنَ  

nasai:1574 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Simāk

"I asked Jabir: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deliver the Khutbah standing?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the Khutbah standing, then he would sit for a while, then stand up again.'"  

النسائي:١٥٧٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ  

ibnmajah:1289 – Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Abū Baḥr > Ismāʿīl b. Muslim > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the Day of Al-Fitr or Al-Adha, and delivered a sermon standing up. Then he sat down briefly, then stood up again.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٨٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ فِطْرٍ أَوْ أَضْحًى فَخَطَبَ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ قَعَدَ قَعْدَةً ثُمَّ قَامَ  

tabarani:1887 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Qaṭrānī > Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver the sermon while standing, then he would sit for a while, and then he would stand up again.  

الطبراني:١٨٨٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْقَطْرَانِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ»  

nasai-kubra:1796 – Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Simāk

"I asked Jabir: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deliver the Khutbah standing?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the Khutbah standing, then he would sit for a while, then stand up again.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1574)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٧٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ جَابِرًا أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا؟ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً ثُمَّ يَقُومُ»