Sahih al-Bukhari 917
Book 11: Friday Prayer · Hadith 41
Hadith text
Narrated Abu Hazim bin Dinar:Some people went to Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi and told him that they had different opinions regarding the wood of the pulpit. They asked him about it and he said, "By Allah, I know of what wood the pulpit was made, and no doubt I saw it on the very first day when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took his seat on it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for such and such an Ansari woman (and Sahl mentioned her name) and said to her, 'Order your slave-carpenter to prepare for me some pieces of wood (i.e. pulpit) on which I may sit at the time of addressing the people.' So she ordered her slave-carpenter and he made it from the tamarisk of the forest and brought it (to the woman). The woman sent that (pulpit) to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who ordered it to be placed here. Then I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) praying on it and then bowed on it. Then he stepped back, got down and prostrated on the ground near the foot of the pulpit and again ascended the pulpit. After finishing the prayer he faced the people and said, 'I have done this so that you may follow me and learn the way I pray
Abu Hazim bin Dinar bataate hain: Kuch log Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi ke paas gaye aur bataya ke unme mimbar ki lakdi ke baare mein ikhtilaaf hai. Unhone poocha, aur Sahl ne kaha: "Allah ki qasam, mujhe pata hai mimbar kis lakdi se bana tha, aur mujhe yaad hai jab Allah ke Rasool ne pehli baar usme baitha. Allah ke Rasool ne falaan Ansari aurat (Sahl ne unka naam liya) ko bulwaya aur kaha: 'Apne badhai gulam ko hukum do ke mere baithne ke liye kuch lakdi ke tukde (yaani mimbar) taiyaar kare taake main logon se khitaab karte waqt uspar baith sakoon.' Usne apne badhai gulam ko hukum diya, usne jungle ki jhau lakdi se ise banaya aur (aurat ko) laakar diya. Aurat ne (mimbar) Allah ke Rasool ke paas bhijwaya, jinhone ise yahan rakhne ka hukum diya. Phir maine Allah ke Rasool ko usme namaz padhte dekha, phir usme ruku kiya. Phir peeche hate, neeche utre aur mimbar ke paaon ke qareeb zameen par sajda kiya, phir dobara mimbar par chadhe. Namaz khatam karke, logon ki taraf mud kar farmaya: 'Maine yeh isliye kiya taake tum meri pairvi karo aur mera namaz padhne ka tareeka seekho.'"
Sahih al-Bukhari 917 · Book 11, Hadith 41