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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on the Day of Friday

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 509

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Direction The Imam Faces When Delivering The Khutbah

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 509

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُوفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

إِذَا اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ اسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ بِوُجُوهِنَا ‏

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated:

"When Allah's Messenger descending the Minbar he would face our direction."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 509).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُوفِيُّ ) الرُّوَاجِنِيُّ صَدُوقٌ رَاضِي حَدِيثُهُ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ مَقْرُونٌ بَالَغَ اِبْنُ حِبَّانَ فَقَالَ يَسْتَحِقُّ التَّرْكَ ( أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ ) الْكُوفِيُّ نُزِيلُ بُخَارَى كَذَّبُوهُ مِنْ الثَّامِنَةِ مَاتَ سَنَةَ 180 ثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ كَذَا فِي التَّقْرِيبِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( اِسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ بِوُجُوهِنَا ) قَالَ اِبْنُ الْمَلَكِ أَيْ تَوَجَّهْنَاهُ , فَالسُّنَّةُ أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ الْقَوْمُ الْخَطِيبَ وَالْخَطِيبُ الْقَوْمَ اِنْتَهَى. قَالَ أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ الْمَدَنِيُّ فِي شَرْحِ التِّرْمِذِيِّ أَيْ لَا بِالتَّحَلُّقِ حَوْلَ الْمِنْبَرِ لِمَا سَبَقَ مِنْ الْمَنْعِ عَنْهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمْعَةِ بَلْ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 509
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 509
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 509

Other versions

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 472

Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ascended the Minbar (to give the Friday Khutbah), we used to face him. [at-Tirmidhi reported it through a weak chain of narrators].

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: { كَانَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-]إِذَا [ 1‏ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ اسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ بِوُجُوهِنَا } رَوَاهُ اَلتِّرْمِذِيُّ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 1414

‘Abdallah b. Mas'ud said, “When the Prophet sat down on the pulpit we faced him.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, and said this was a tradition he knew only among the traditions of Muhammad b. al-Fadl who was weak and whose traditions were not accepted.

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ اسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ بِوُجُوهِنَا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

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