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tabarani:5752Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > Hishām b. Saʿd > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A group of people came to him, discussing which wood the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was made from. He said, "I do not know which wood it is made from, nor who made it, and the day on which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on it." He said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered a woman from the Ansar to command a carpenter to make wooden sticks for her, on which people could sit. He made them from the branches of a tree from the forest. When he finished, the woman informed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he sent for him. He was brought and people sat on them. Then the prayer was established, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the takbir while standing on the pulpit. Then he bowed on it, and then he went down for prostration and performed sujud. Then he bowed on the pulpit again and did the same until he finished his prayer."  

الطبراني:٥٧٥٢حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ نَفَرٌ امْتَرَوْا فِي مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَيِّ أَعْوَادٍ هُوَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ مِنْ أَيِّ عُودٍ هُوَ وَمَنْ صَنَعَهُ وَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِي قَامَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ امْرأَةً مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَنْ تَأْمُرَ غُلَامًا لَهَا نَجَّارًا فَصَنَعَ لَهُ أَعْوَادًا يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا فَصَنَعَ لَهُ مِنْ أَثْلِ الْغَابَةِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهُ أَخْبَرَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَحُمِلَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ لِلسُّجُودِ فَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَصَنَعَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ»  


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Collected by Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī

ذِكْرُ جَوَازِ صَلَاةِ الْإِمَامِ عَلَى مَكَانٍ أَرْفَعَ مِنَ الْمَأْمُومِينَ إِذَا أَرَادَ تَعْلِيمَ الْقَوْمِ الصَّلَاةَ

ibnhibban:2142Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm a freed slave of Thaqīf > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim

"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.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 739)  

ابن حبّان:٢١٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَوْلَى ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ أَنَّ رِجَالًا أَتَوْا سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ وَقَدِ امْتَرَوْا فِي الْمِنْبَرِ مِمَّ عُودُهُ؟ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

وَاللَّهِ لَأَعْرِفُ مِمَّ هُوَ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى فُلَانَةً امْرَأَةٌ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ أَنْ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَتْهُ فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوَضَعَتْ هَاهُنَا ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا وَرَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا وَرَفَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا وَتَوَلَّى الْقَهْقَرِيَ فَسَجَدَ وَرَقَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي»  

tabarani:5992Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yasār al-Nasāʾī > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Ḥāzim b. Dīnār

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)  

الطبراني:٥٩٩٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ النَّسَائِيُّ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ رِجَالًا أَتَوْا سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ وَقَدِ امْتَرَوْا فِي الْمِنْبَرِ وعُودِهِ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ

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»