English translation
1080. Abū Ḥāzim bin Dīnār reported: "Some men came to Saḥl bin Sa’d As-Sā’dī, asking him about
the Minbar (in the Prophet's Masjid) and what it was made out of, for they had been arguing about it. So he said: 'By Allāh, I know what it was made out of, and I saw it the first day it was made, and the first day that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sat on it. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had sent someone to so-and-so' — a woman whom Sahl had named — 'saying: "Order your slave, the carpenter, to make for me some wooden planks that I may sit on while addressing the people." So she ordered him to do so, and he made it from Tarfā',[1] from Al-Ghābah.[2] So he brought it to her, and she sent it to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, who commanded that it be put in this particular place. And I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ praying on it, saying the Takbīr, and going into Rukū' while on it, then he descended and stepped back, and prostrated at the base of the Minbar, then returned (on top of it). When he had finished, he turned to face the people and said: "O people, I have done this so that you may imitate me and learn my prayer." (Sāhīh)
Arabic text
1080 - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيُّ الْقُرَشِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّ رِجَالًا أَتَوْا سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ، وَقَدْ امْتَرَوْا فِي الْمِنْبَرِ مِمَّ عُودُهُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ مِمَّا هُوَ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ أَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ وُضِعَ، وَأَوَّلَ يَوْمٍ جَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى فُلَانَةَ - امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ سَمَّاهَا سَهْلٌ -، أَنْ مُرِي غُلَامَكِ النَّجَّارَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ لِي أَعْوَادًا أَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِذَا كَلَّمْتُ النَّاسَ، فَأَمَرَتْهُ، فَعَمِلَهَا مِنْ طَرْفَاءِ الْغَابَةِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَرْسَلَتْهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَوُضِعَتْ هَاهُنَا، فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَكَبَّرَ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ الْقَهْقَرَى، فَسَجَدَ فِي أَصْلِ الْمِنْبَرِ، ثُمَّ عَادَ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّمَا صَنَعْتُ هَذَا لِتَأْتَمُّوا بِي، وَلِتَعْلَمُوا صَلَاتِي»
