Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-06a
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The reciter: Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, Zayd ibn Aslam informed me, from 'Iyadh ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Sarh, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 956, Abu Sa'id said: .
The Shaykh : Yes, going out to the place of prayer without a pulpit means that he does not go out.
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to proceed to the Musalla on the days of Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha; the first thing to begin with was the prayer and after that he would stand in front of the people and the people would keep sitting in their rows. Then he would preach to them, advise them and give them orders, (i.e. Khutba). And after that if he wished to send an army for an expedition, he would do so; or if he wanted to give and order, he would do so, and then depart.
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يخرج يوم الفطر والأضحى إلى المصلى، فأول شيء يبدأ به الصلاة، ثم ينصرف فيقوم مقابل الناس، والناس جلوس على صفوفهم فيعظهم ويوصيهم ويأمرهم فإن كان يريد أن يقطع بعثًا قطعه أو يأمر بشيء أمر به ثم ينصرفThe people continued to be in that state until I went out with Marwan, who was the governor of Madinah, on the day of 'Id al-Adha or 'Id al-Fitr. When we reached the place of prayer, there was a pulpit that Kathir ibn al-Salt had built. Marwan wanted to ascend it before the prayer, so I pulled his garment, and he pulled me, but he ascended and delivered the sermon before the prayer. I said to him: "You have changed it, by Allah!" He said: "O Abu Sa'id, what you know has gone." I said: "What I know, by Allah, is better than what I do not know." He said: "The people were not sitting for us after the prayer, so I made it before the prayer."
فلم يزل الناس على ذلك حتى خرجت مع مروان وهو أمير المدينة في أضحًى أو فطر، فلما أتينا المصلى إذا منبر بناه كثير بن الصلت، فإذا مروان يريد أن يرتقيه قبل أن يصلي فجبذت بثوبه فجبذني فارتفع فخطب قبل الصلاة فقلت له: غيرتم والله فقال أبا سعيد قد ذهب ما تعلم، فقلت ما أعلم والله خير مما لا أعلم، فقال إن الناس لم يكونوا يجلسون لنا بعد الصلاة فجعلتها قبل الصلاةThe Shaykh : Yes, going out to the place of prayer without a pulpit means that he does not go out.