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tabarani:1911Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the khutbah on Friday standing, then he sat briefly and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered a second khutbah. So whoever tells you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the khutbah seated, he has lied." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1417)   

الطبراني:١٩١١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ فَلَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ خِطْبَةً أُخْرَى فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ قَاعِدًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ»  


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nasai:1417Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the khutbah on Friday standing, then he sat briefly and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered a second khutbah. So whoever tells you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the khutbah seated, he has lied."  

النسائي:١٤١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قِعْدَةً لاَ يَتَكَلَّمُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَاعِدًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ  

nasai:1583Qutaybah > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the Khutbah standing up, then he sat down for a while and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered another Khutbah. Whoever tells you that the Prophet ﷺ delivered a Khutbah sitting do not believe him."  

النسائي:١٥٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً لاَ يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهَا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَطَبَ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى فَمَنْ خَبَّرَكَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَطَبَ قَاعِدًا فَلاَ تُصَدِّقْهُ  

ahmad:20833ʿAffān > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the Khutbah standing up, then he sat down for a while and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered another Khutbah. Whoever tells you that the Prophet ﷺ delivered a Khutbah sitting do not believe him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1583)   

أحمد:٢٠٨٣٣حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ يَرَاهُ يَخْطُبُ قَاعِدًا فَلَا تُصَدِّقْهُ  

ahmad:20865Abū Saʿīd > Zāʾidah > Simākʿan Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving a sermon on Friday while sitting down. Whoever told you that he sat down, then he is lying. He did not do that. The Prophet ﷺ used to deliver his sermon standing, then sit down for a while, then stand up again and deliver another sermon. He used to deliver two sermons, sitting in between them on Fridays.  

أحمد:٢٠٨٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَطُّ يَخْطُبُ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ فَكَذِّبْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَتَيْنِ يَقْعُدُ بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الْجُمُعَةِ  

ahmad:20873Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I have never seen the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , deliver a sermon on Friday while sitting down. Whoever told you that they saw him delivering a sermon while sitting down has lied. Samaak said that Jabir ibn Samurah said, "The prayer of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and his sermon were intentional." And Jabir ibn Samurah also said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to deliver the sermon while standing, then he would sit, and then he would stand again and deliver the sermon."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٧٣حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَطُّ إِلَّا وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ رَآهُ يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ قَالَ وَقَالَ سِمَاكٌ قَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَخُطْبَتُهُ قَصْدًا وقَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ  

ahmad:20919ʿAbdullāh > Khalaf b. Hishām > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the khutbah on Friday standing, then he sat briefly and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered a second khutbah. So whoever tells you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the khutbah seated, he has lied." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1417)   

أحمد:٢٠٩١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِيهَا فَقَامَ فَخَطَبَ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ قَاعِدًا فَلَا تُصَدِّقْهُ  

tabarani:1930Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ give a sermon while sitting on the pulpit on Fridays. So whoever told you that he sat, then they have lied. He used to give a sermon standing, then sit, then stand again to give another sermon, and he would sit in between the two sermons.  

الطبراني:١٩٣٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ ثنا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَطُّ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ فَكَذِّبْهُ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ قَالَ جَابِرٌ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَتَيْنِ يَقْعُدُ بَيْنَهُمَا»  

tabarani:1973Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Abū ʿAwānah > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the Khutbah standing up, then he sat down for a while and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered another Khutbah. Whoever tells you that the Prophet ﷺ delivered a Khutbah sitting do not believe him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1583)   

الطبراني:١٩٧٣حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

«رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ قَعْدَةً لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ رآه يَخْطُبُ قَاعِدًا فَلَا تُصَدِّقْهُ»  

nasai-kubra:1735Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

"I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the khutbah on Friday standing, then he sat briefly and did not speak, then he stood up and delivered a second khutbah. So whoever tells you that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the khutbah seated, he has lied." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1417)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٧٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَقْعُدَ قَعْدَةً لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ خُطْبَةً أُخْرَى فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ قَاعِدًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ»