Sunan ad-Darimi 36
✧ What the Prophet ﷺ honored more than the pulpit of Hunayn
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أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنِ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ وَيَخْطُبُ إِلَيْهِ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَلَا نَجْعَلُ لَكَ عَرِيشًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَتُسْمِعُ مِنْ خُطْبَتِكَ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» فَصُنِعَ لَهُ الثَّلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ هُنَّ اللَّوَاتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُ الْمِنْبَرَ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ خَارَ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ» قَالَ فَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ أَخَذَ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَلِيَ فأكلتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا
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Chain of narrators
- Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī
- ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr
- ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl
- al-Ṭufayl b. Ubay b. Kaʿb
- his father
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray facing a trunk and deliver sermons by it when the mosque was a trellis. One of his companions said to him, 'Shall we not make for you a trellis on which you can stand so that the people can see you on Friday and hear your sermon?' He said, 'Yes.' So three steps were made for him, the ones that are on the pulpit. When the pulpit was made and placed in the position where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed it, he said, 'When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came heading to the pulpit, he passed by it. When he moved beyond it, the trunk bellowed until it split and cracked. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned to it and wiped it with his hand until it became still, then he went back to the pulpit.' He said, 'When he prayed, he prayed facing it. When the mosque was demolished, Ubayy b. Ka'b took that trunk, and it remained with him until it decayed and was eaten by termites and turned to dust.'
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- One of the distinguished Companions (min fuḍalāʾ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 19 AH, or 20 AH, or 22 AH, or 30 AH, or 32 AH, or 33 AHأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍمن فضلاء الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 81 and 90 AHالطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍثقةعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), with some laxity (layyin) in his hadith; it is said that his memory changed towards the end of his life.d. after 140 AH, or 142 AH, or 145 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍصدوق في حديثه لين ، ويقال : تغير بآخرهعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), sometimes made errors (wahm)d. 180 AH or 181 AHعُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍوثقة فقيه ، ربما وهمعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), eminent, memorizesd. 211 AH, or: 212 AHزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّثقة جليل ، يحفظأخبرنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AHالدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن
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