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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»  


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ahmad:20846Ḥusayn > Zāʾidah > Simāk > Jābir b. Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver the Friday sermon while standing. So, whoever told you that he sat, then consider it false. Jabir said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would deliver two sermons. He would deliver the first sermon, then sit, then stand again to deliver the second sermon. The sermon of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his prayer were separate.  

أحمد:٢٠٨٤٦حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ جَلَسَ فَكَذِّبْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَتَيْنِ يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ وَكَانَتْ خُطْبَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَصَلَاتُهُ قَصْدًا  

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  

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»  

أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنِ سِمَاكٍ

tabarani:2001Aslam b. Sahl al-Wāsiṭī > Muḥammad b. Ḥassān al-Burjunānī > Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Jaʿfar b. al-Ḥārith > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Jābir

[Machine] "I have never seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving a sermon while sitting, except on Fridays. He would deliver the sermon while standing, then sit down, and then stand up again to give another sermon. There would be a pause between the two sermons."  

الطبراني:٢٠٠١حَدَّثَنَا أَسْلَمُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ الْبُرْجُنَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

«مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَطُّ إِلَّا قَائِمًا فِي يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ ثُمَّ يَقْعُدُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ خُطْبَتَيْنِ بَيْنَهُمَا قَعْدَةٌ»