الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ وَقُوفِ الْإِمَامِ أَعْلَامِنَ الْمَأْمُومِ وَبِالْعَكْسِ
Chapter on the Imam standing in front of the followers and vice versa
Hadith 2631
عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وَضِعَ فَكَبَّرَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى فَسَجَدَ وَسَجَدَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ، ثُمَّ عَادَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ: ((يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ هَٰذَا لِتُؤْتَمُّوا بِي وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي))، فَقِيلَ لِسَهْلٍ: هَلْ كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِ الْجِذْعِ مَا يَقُولُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ مِنْهُ الَّذِي كَانَ
Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d رضي الله عنه narrates: The day the pulpit was made, on that very day the Noble Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ascended it and said Allahu Akbar, then performed ruku’, then descended backwards and performed sajdah, and the people also performed sajdah. Then he صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ascended the pulpit again, then descended, until he completed the prayer, and said: O people! I did this so that you may follow me and learn the way I perform prayer. Someone asked Sayyiduna Sa’d رضي الله عنه: What is the matter of the trunk, as people say certain things about it? He said: Yes, whatever is narrated about it, that indeed happened.
