A question regarding the number of steps on the minbar during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the statement of some that its steps were four, and the Shaykh’s refutation of this claim
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... the minbar had three steps ... .
The questioner : Four ... they argue that it was four.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... on the first step he said, "Ameen," then on the second step he said, "Ameen," then on the third step he said, "Ameen" ... according to the height ... four, four, he said three or four, it doesn't matter ... seven, eight ... fifty steps ... .
Another questioner : A suggestion ... the Shaykh, who is poor, that he place the minbar in the ceiling and the worshippers, O Shaykh, sleep and rest ... .
The Shaykh : ... as for the seat, this is not a step! He knows what he is saying, he misleads the people ... have you heard from him a clear denial of such things ... which cut the rows in two? Have you heard a denial? He is trying to smooth over this reality that contradicts the Sunnah ... the dispute is not whether it is three or four; even if we said four, but is it ten? Is there in the Sunnah that the minbar has ten steps?
The questioner : Never.
The Shaykh : Now, the dispute is not that it has an extra step or a missing step; the dispute is this minbar that cuts the rows and raises this preacher to the ceiling, that is the issue ... it is not only contrary to the Sunnah, but it corrupts the morals of many preachers ... .
The Shaykh : ... the minbar had three steps ... .
The questioner : Four ... they argue that it was four.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... on the first step he said, "Ameen," then on the second step he said, "Ameen," then on the third step he said, "Ameen" ... according to the height ... four, four, he said three or four, it doesn't matter ... seven, eight ... fifty steps ... .
Another questioner : A suggestion ... the Shaykh, who is poor, that he place the minbar in the ceiling and the worshippers, O Shaykh, sleep and rest ... .
The Shaykh : ... as for the seat, this is not a step! He knows what he is saying, he misleads the people ... have you heard from him a clear denial of such things ... which cut the rows in two? Have you heard a denial? He is trying to smooth over this reality that contradicts the Sunnah ... the dispute is not whether it is three or four; even if we said four, but is it ten? Is there in the Sunnah that the minbar has ten steps?
The questioner : Never.
The Shaykh : Now, the dispute is not that it has an extra step or a missing step; the dispute is this minbar that cuts the rows and raises this preacher to the ceiling, that is the issue ... it is not only contrary to the Sunnah, but it corrupts the morals of many preachers ... .