The ruling on the khatib prostrating on a wide minbar instead of descending from it
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the khatib descend from the minbar for the prostration, or is it sufficient for him to return if the minbar is wide and prostration is possible on it?
The Shaykh:
What is reported is that he descends, but there is no objection if the minbar is wide for him to prostrate on the minbar and for them to prostrate on it. There is no objection to the imam being elevated above the ma'mum by the height of the minbar only. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The minbars were not elevated as people do now, raising the minbars; they had limited steps, three steps, four steps. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
He prayed on the minbar and they prayed behind him, and he said, "I intended to teach you." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does the khatib descend from the minbar for the prostration, or is it sufficient for him to return if the minbar is wide and prostration is possible on it?
The Shaykh:
What is reported is that he descends, but there is no objection if the minbar is wide for him to prostrate on the minbar and for them to prostrate on it. There is no objection to the imam being elevated above the ma'mum by the height of the minbar only. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The minbars were not elevated as people do now, raising the minbars; they had limited steps, three steps, four steps. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
He prayed on the minbar and they prayed behind him, and he said, "I intended to teach you." Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الرخصة في إعادة الجماعة وركعتي الطواف في كل وقت — islamhouse.com (41:36)
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