5/10. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 544b — The Prophet’s Pulpit and Prayer Teaching
The permissibility of taking one or two steps while praying, and that is not disliked if done for a reason. The permissibility of the Imam praying in a place that is higher than the people praying behind him, if that is done for a reason, such as teaching them how to offer prayers, and other than that.
Hadith About the Prophet’s Pulpit and Learning Prayer
Sahih Muslim : 544b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 544b
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيُّ الْقُرَشِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَازِمٍ، أَنَّ رِجَالاً، أَتَوْا سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ أَتَوْا سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ فَسَأَلُوهُ مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ مِنْبَرُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَسَاقُوا الْحَدِيثَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ .
Abu Hazim Narrated from:
They (the people) came to Sahl b. Sa'd and they asked him of what thing the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was made, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 544bIn-book reference : Book 5, Hadith 57USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 4, Hadith 1112
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 544b
Sahih Muslim 544b is another report about the Prophet’s pulpit and the prayer teaching connected to it. Abu Hazim reported that people came to Sahl b. Sa’d and asked what the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم was made from. The narration then says the rest of the hadith is similar to the fuller report. Its value is that it preserves the same event from another route: people asked about the pulpit, and the answer connected the pulpit to the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم teaching. For search terms like Prophet pulpit hadith, Sahih Muslim 544b, and learn prayer from the Prophet, this narration supports the same core topic.
What we learn from this hadith
- People asked Sahl b. Sa’d about the material of the Prophet’s pulpit.
- The report is tied to the same pulpit narration.
- The narration supports the teaching of learning prayer from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
