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Sunan Abi Dawud 1093 — Standing During Friday Khutbah
Giving The Khutbah While Standing
Hadith About the Prophet Standing for the Friday Khutbah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1093
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1093
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ جَالِسًا فَقَدْ كَذَبَ فَقَالَ فَقَدْ وَاللَّهِ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَلْفَىْ صَلاَةٍ .
Jabir bin Samurah Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to deliver the sermon standing, then he would sit down, then stand and preach standing. If anyone tells you he preached sitting, he is lying. I swear by Allah that I offered along with more than two thousand prayers.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1093In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 704English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1088
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1093
This Hadith gives a strong eyewitness statement about the Prophet's Friday khutbah. Jabir b. Samurah said the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم used to deliver the sermon standing, then sit down, then stand and preach standing again. He rejected the claim that the Prophet preached sitting and said he had prayed with him more than two thousand prayers. The core topic is khutbah standing, and the main search phrase is Prophet gave khutbah standing. The Hadith is focused on the posture and order of the sermon. It does not add details about the content of the khutbah here. It mainly protects an observed practice from being misreported.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is described as giving the khutbah while standing.
- The khutbah included sitting between two standing parts.
- Jabir b. Samurah spoke from repeated personal observation.
- The Hadith warns against wrongly reporting the Prophet's practice.
