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tabarani:5814Aḥmad b. > Bar al-Baṣrī > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] I heard Sahl ibn Saad say, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ standing on his pulpit and praying for the people while he was on the pulpit. Then he made the takbeer while on it, then he performed the rukoo, then he returned to the lowest part of the pulpit and prostrated. Then he returned and did the same until he finished his prayer. then he faced the people and said, 'O people, I did this so that you can follow me and learn my prayer.'"  

الطبراني:٥٨١٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَنْبَرٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَصَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ فِي أَسْفَلِ الْمِنْبَرِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي»  


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السيوطي:٩٥٦٩a

"أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأتَمُّوا بى وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتى، قَالهُ ﷺ حَينَ أمَرَ بعَمَل المِنْبَر فَعُمِلَ مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الغَابَةِ مِرْقَاتَين فَصَلَّى عَلَيهَا، وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيهَا، ثَمَّ رَكَعَ عَلَيهَا، ثَمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرِى فَسَجَدَ فِي أصْل المِنْبَر، ثَمَّ عَادَ إِلَيهَا، فَلَمَّا فَرغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَقال: ذلك".  

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