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tabarani:5732ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Ḥammād b. Khālid al-Khayyāṭ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī > al-ʿAbbās b. Sahl b. Saʿd from his father

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to lean against a tree trunk. When the people increased, he said, "The people have increased, so if there was a pulpit, I would sit on it." Abbas said, "My father went and cut some tree branches from the forest, but I do not know what he did with them or if he used them."  

الطبراني:٥٧٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْخَيَّاطُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيُّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ «إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ كَثُرُوا فَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْبَرٌ أَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ» قَالَ عَبَّاسٌ فَذَهَبَ أَبِي فَقَطَعَ عِيدَانَ الْمِنْبَرِ مِنَ الْغَابَةِ فَلَا أَدْرِي عَمِلَهَا أَوِ اسْتَعْمَلَهَا  


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ahmad:22854Ḥammād b. Khālid > ʿAbdullāh / Ibn ʿUmar > al-ʿAbbās b. Sahl al-Sāʿidī from his father

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lean against a trunk (of a tree) and said, 'the people have increased, and if I had something (i.e., a pulpit) that I could sit on'. Abbas went and brought the branches of the pulpit from the forest. I do not know if my father made it or utilized it."  

أحمد:٢٢٨٥٤حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَسْتَنِدُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَثُرَ النَّاسُ وَلَوْ كَانَ لِي شَيْءٌ يَعْنِي أَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ عَبَّاسٌ فَذَهَبَ أَبِي فَقَطَعَ عِيدَانَ الْمِنْبَرِ مِنَ الْغَابَةِ قَالَ فَمَا أَدْرِي عَمِلَهَا أَبِي أَوْ اسْتَعْمَلَهَا ؟