English translation
956. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ used to proceed to the Musallā (praying place) on the days of 'Eid-al-Fitr and 'Eid-al-Adhā; the first thing to begin with was the Salāt (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 them, advise them and give them orders. And after that if he wished to send an army for an expedition, he would do so; or if he wanted to give an order he would do so, and then depart. The people followed this legal way till I went out with Marwān, the governor of Al-Madīna, for the Salāt (prayer) of 'Eid-al-Adhā or 'Eid-al-Fitr. When we reached the Musallā, there was a pulpit made by Kathīr bin Aṣ-Ṣalt. Marwān wanted to get up on that pulpit before Aṣ-Ṣalt. I caught hold of his clothes but he pulled them and ascended the pulpit and delivered the Khuṭba (religious talk) before the Salāt (prayer). I said to him, "By Allāh, you have changed (the Prophet's legal way)." He replied, "O Abū Sa'īd! Gone is that which you know." I said, "By Allāh! What I know is better than what I do not know." Marwān said, "People do not sit to listen to our Khuṭba after Aṣ-Ṣalt (prayer), so I delivered the Khuṭba before Aṣ-Ṣalt (prayer)."