What Was Narrated Concerning The Sermon For 'Eid
Darussalam · Volume 2
(5) The Chapters OfEstablishing The PrayerAnd The SunnahRegarding ThemSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1284 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 408
Source no. 1284 · Volume 3 · Page 284
Hasan
حسن التعليق على ابن ماجة
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1284. It was narrated that Ismâ'il bin Abu Khâlid said: "I saw Abu Kâhil, and he was a Companion, and my brother narrated to me that he said: 'I saw the Prophet ﷺ delivering the sermon atop his she-camel, and an Ethiopian was holding onto its reins.'" (Hasan)
1284 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا كَاهِلٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَنْهُ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «يَخْطُبُ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ وَحَبَشِيٌّ آخِذٌ بِخِطَامِهَا»
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This sermon was delivered on the occasion of the Farewell pilgrimage. The 'Ethiopian' mentioned in the Hadith was in fact the Companion popularly known as Bilâl Al-Habashi ﷺ. It is alright for an eminent personality to let a common citizen render some sort of a service for him. We learn from the Hadith that (i) it is in order to deliver a speech from atop a mount, etc. (ii) it may be stated here that there is no hint of cruelty to the animals in this case, and (iii) we may deduce from this Sunnah, that it would be in order to raise a stage for delivering the speech in order to facilitate the people's viewing of the speaker.