Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah fi al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (68)

Jilbab al-Marah al-Muslimah fi al-Kitab wa al-SunnahNasir al-Din al-Albani

He was asked, “Did you attend the ʿĪd prayer with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” He replied, “Yes. Had I not been placed up front because I was still a boy, I would not have witnessed it. The Prophet came to the banner that stood by the house of Kathīr ibn al-Ṣalt and performed the prayer.¹ Then Allah’s Messenger ﷺ dismounted—I can still picture him signaling with his hand for the men to sit, and then walking straight through their ranks. After that he approached the women, Bilāl accompanying him. He recited, ‘O Prophet, when believing women come to you pledging that they will not associate anything with Allah…’ (Q 60:12). He continued the verse to its end, and when he had finished he asked, ‘Are you committed to that?’ Only one woman answered him—none of the others spoke—saying, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’

He then admonished them, reminded them, and instructed them to give charity. Bilāl spread out his cloak and said, ‘Come forward—may my father and mother be ransomed for you!’ I saw the women reaching with their hands and throwing their contributions into it—in another narration: they began dropping their anklets and rings—until they filled Bilāl’s cloak. Then the Prophet and Bilāl went off to his house.”

(1) I remark: The report hints that he preached from an elevated spot, most likely while mounted on his riding animal that day. I did not say “on the minbar (pulpit),” because delivering the Eid sermon from the minbar is unknown to the scholars, as Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, and others have affirmed. Rather, he used to preach standing on the ground, as in Jabir’s first narration (p. 60): “Then he stood up leaning on Bilal….” Ibn al-Qayyim states in Zad al-Maad 1/445: “There was no minbar for him to ascend, nor was the Madinah minbar ever brought out; he would address them while standing on the ground.” He then cites Jabir’s hadith, the present report of Ibn Abbas, and another narration of Jabir similar to that of Ibn Abbas, and concludes (1/447): “This shows that he delivered the sermon either on a minbar or on his mount; perhaps a minbar had been built for him—"

"قيل له: شهدت العيد مع النبي ﷺ؟ قال: نعم، ولولا مكاني من الصغر ما شهدته حتى أتى العلم الذي عند دار كثير بن الصلت فصلى [قال: فنزل١ نبي الله ﷺ كأني أنظر إليه حين يجلس الرجال بيده ثم أقبل يشقهم] ثم أتى النساء ومعه بلال [فقال: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتُ يُبَايِعْنَكَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُشْرِكْنَ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا﴾ ، فتلا هذه الآية حتى فرغ منها ثم قال حين فرغ منها: "أنتن على ذلك؟ "، فقالت امرأة واحدة لم يجبه غيرها منهن: نعم يا نبي الله قال:] فوعظهن وذكرهن وأمرهن بالصدقة [قال: فبسط بلال ثوبه ثم قال: هلم لكن فداكن أبي وأمي] فرأيتهن يهوين بأيديهن يقذفنه، "وفي رواية: فجعلن يلقين الفتخ والخواتم" في ثوب بلال ثم انطلق هو وبلال إلى بيته".

١ قلت: فيه إشارة إلى أنه خطب على شيء مرتفع، فلعله كان يومئذ على راحلته. وإنما لم نقل: "على المنبر"؛ لأن خطبته على المنبر في العيد غير معروف عند العلماء؛ كما جزم بذلك ابن القيم والحافظ وغيرهما، وإنما كان يخطب قائمًا على الأرض كما في حديث جابر الأول "ص٦٠": "ثم قام متوكئًا على بلال....". قال ابن القيم في "زاد المعاد" "١/ ٤٤٥": "ولم يكن هنالك منبر يرقى عليه، ولم يكن يخرج منبر المدينة، وإنما كان يخطبهم قائمًا على الأرض". ثم ساق حديث جابر، ثم حديث ابن عباس هذا، وحديثًا آخر لجابر مثل حديث ابن عباس، ثم قال: "١/ ٤٤٧": "وهو يدل على أنه كان يخطب على منبر أو على راحلته، ولعله كان قد بني له =