“The Prophet (ﷺ) was preaching, then Al-Hasan and Al-Husain came, wearing red shirts and stumbling in them. The Prophet (ﷺ) came down, interrupting himself, and picked them up, then he went back to the minbar and said: ‘Allah has spoken the truth: Your wealth and your children are only a trial (At-Taghabun 64:15). I saw […]
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite a great deal of remembrance, engage little in idle talk, make the prayer long and keep the khutbah short, and he would not refrain from walking with a widow or poor person and tending to their needs.”
“I sat with the Prophet (ﷺ) and I did not see him deliver the khutbah except standing, and he sat, then he stood up and delivered the second khutbah.”
He asked Ibn Shihab about ghusl on Friday. He said: “It is a sunnah; Salim bin ‘Abdullah told me, narrating from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) spoke about it from the minbar.”
While he was standing on the minbar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever among you comes (to prayer) on a Friday, let him perform ghusl.”
“I heard Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri say: ‘A man who appeared shabbily came on a Friday, while the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering the Khutbah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘Have you prayed?” He said: ‘No.” He said: ‘Pray two rak’ahs.’ And he urged the people to give in charity. They gave clothes, and […]
“While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering the khutbah on Friday, a man came and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Have you prayed?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: Stand up and pray.’”
“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the Minbar, and Al-Hasan was with him. He would turn to the people sometimes and turn to him (Al-Hasan) sometimes, and he said: ‘This son of mine is a leader (Sayyid) and Allah may make peace between two large groups of Muslims through him.’”
Abu Hurairah said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘If you say to your companion: Listen attentively on a Friday when the Imam is delivering the khutbah, then you have engaged in idle talk.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: ‘There is no man who purifies himself on Friday as he is commanded, then comes out of his house to the Friday prayer, and listens attentively until he finishes his prayer, but it will be an expiation for what came before it the week before.”