Sunan Ibn Majah
Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة فيها
Chapter 85
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْخُطْبَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ
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Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us: Mamar informed us, from Ubaydullah ibn Umar, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar. And Yahya ibn Khalaf Abu Salamah narrated to us: Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, from Ubaydullah, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar: The Prophet used to deliver two sermons, sitting for a while between them. Bishr added: He delivered them standing.
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The clause that he delivered the sermons standing is explicitly attributed to Bishr in the source.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Musawir al-Warraq, from Jafar ibn Amr ibn Hurayth, from his father, who said: I saw the Prophet delivering a sermon from the pulpit, wearing a black turban.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Walid narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us: Simak ibn Harb said: I heard Jabir ibn Samurah say: The Messenger of Allah used to deliver sermons standing. He would sit for a short while, then stand again.
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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us: Waki narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us. Both said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Simak, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: The Prophet used to deliver sermons standing. Then he would sit. Then he would stand and recite some verses and remember Allah. His sermon was moderate, and his prayer was moderate.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman ibn Sad ibn Ammar ibn Sad narrated to me: My father narrated to me, from his father, from his grandfather: When the Messenger of Allah delivered a sermon during wartime, he did so holding a bow; when he delivered the Friday sermon, he did so holding a staff.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Ibn Abi Ghaniyah narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, from Abdullah: He was asked whether the Prophet used to deliver sermons standing or sitting. He said: Do you not recite, “And they left you standing”? Abu Abdullah said: This report is uncommon; no one narrates it except Ibn Abi Shaybah alone.
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The final sentence is a source-critical note attributed to Abu Abdullah, not part of Abdullah statement.
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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Amr ibn Khalid narrated to us: Ibn Lahiiah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Muhajir, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn Abdullah: When the Prophet ascended the pulpit, he would offer greetings of peace.
Chapter 86
مَا جَاءَ فِي الاِسْتِمَاعِ لِلْخُطْبَةِ وَالإِنْصَاتِ لَهَا
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Shababah ibn Sawwar narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Dhib, from al-Zuhri, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet said: If you tell your companion to be quiet on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon, you have engaged in idle talk.
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Muharriz ibn Salamah al-Adani narrated to us: Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi narrated to us, from Sharik ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Namir, from Ata ibn Yasar, from Ubayy ibn Kab: The Messenger of Allah recited Tabarak—the surah beginning with that word—on a Friday while standing, and reminded us of the Days of Allah. Abu al-Darda or Abu Dharr nudged me and said, When was this surah revealed? I have heard it only now. I gestured to him to be quiet. When they had left, he said, I asked you when this surah was revealed, but you did not tell me. Ubayy said, You have nothing from your prayer today except the idle talk you engaged in. He went to the Messenger of Allah and told him about it and what Ubayy had said. The Messenger of Allah said, Ubayy spoke the truth.
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The surah is called Tabarak in the source; it is rendered by that opening word, with its common identification as Surah al-Mulk given only as a gloss. The narrator is unsure whether Abu al-Darda or Abu Dharr nudged him.
Chapter 87
مَا جَاءَ فِيمَنْ دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَالإِمَامُ يَخْطُبُ
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Amr ibn Dinar, who heard Jabir; and Abu al-Zubayr, who heard Jabir ibn Abdullah, said: Sulayk al-Ghatfani entered the mosque while the Prophet was delivering a sermon. He said to him, Have you prayed? Sulayk said, No. The Prophet said, Then pray two rakahs. As for Amr, he did not mention Sulayk.
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The source explicitly notes that Amr version does not name Sulayk; this difference is preserved.
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah informed us, from Ibn Ajlan, from Iyad ibn Abdullah, from Abu Said, who said: A man came while the Prophet was delivering a sermon. He said to him, Have you prayed? The man said, No. He said, Then pray two rakahs.
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Dawud ibn Rushayd narrated to us: Hafs ibn Ghiyath narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah; and from Abu Sufyan, from Jabir. They said: Sulayk al-Ghatfani came while the Messenger of Allah was delivering a sermon. The Prophet said to him: “Did you pray two rakahs before you came?” He said, No. He said: “Then pray two rakahs, and make them brief.”
Chapter 88
مَا جَاءَ فِي النَّهْىِ عَنْ تَخَطِّي النَّاسَ، يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ
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Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Abd al-Rahman al-Muharibi narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Muslim, from al-Hasan, from Jabir ibn Abdullah: A man entered the mosque on Friday while the Messenger of Allah was delivering a sermon and began stepping over people. The Messenger of Allah said: “Sit down. You have caused harm and arrived late.”
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Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Rishdin ibn Sad narrated to us, from Zabban ibn Faid, from Sahl ibn Muadh ibn Anas, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever steps over people necks on Friday will be made into a bridge to Hell.”
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The image of being made a bridge to Hell is retained literally.
Chapter 89
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْكَلاَمِ بَعْدَ نُزُولِ الإِمَامِ عَنِ الْمِنْبَرِ
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Jarir ibn Hazim narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas ibn Malik: When the Prophet descended from the pulpit on Friday, people would speak to him about their needs.
Chapter 90
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Hatim ibn Ismail al-Madani narrated to us, from Jafar ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Ubaydullah ibn Abi Rafi, who said: Marwan appointed Abu Hurayrah as governor over Medina, then he went to Mecca. Abu Hurayrah led us in the Friday prayer and recited Surah al-Jumuah in the first rakah and, in the last, “When the hypocrites come to you.” Ubaydullah said: I caught up with Abu Hurayrah after he had finished and said to him, You recited two surahs that Ali used to recite in Kufa. Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah recite them.
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The source uses sajdah for the first prayer unit and al-akhirah for the last; these are rendered as the first and last rakahs.
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan informed us: Damrah ibn Said informed us, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, who said: Al-Dahhak ibn Qays wrote to al-Numan ibn Bashir: Tell us what the Prophet used to recite on Friday alongside Surah al-Jumuah. He replied that the Prophet used to recite the opening words, Has the story of the Overwhelming Event reached you?
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The Quranic phrase is translated by its opening words; it refers to Surah al-Ghashiyah.
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Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: Al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, from Said ibn Sinan, from Abu al-Zahiriyyah, from Abu Inabah al-Khawlani: The Prophet used to recite on Friday, “Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,” and “Has the story of the Overwhelming Event reached you?”
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The two Quranic passages are translated by their opening words; they are Surah al-Ala and Surah al-Ghashiyah.
Chapter 91
مَا جَاءَ فِيمَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنَ الْجُمُعَةِ رَكْعَةً
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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Umar ibn Habib informed us, from Ibn Abi Dhib, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah and Said ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet said: “Whoever catches one rakah of Friday prayer should pray another rakah with it.”
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us; they said: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever catches one rakah of the prayer has caught it.”