Volume 5, Book 57, Number 53:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
A man came to Sahl bin Sad and said, “This is so-and-so,” meaning the Governor of Medina, “He is
calling ‘Ali bad names near the pulpit.” Sahl asked, “What is he saying?” He (i.e. the man) replied, “He
calls him (i.e. ‘Ali) Abu Turab.” Sahl laughed and said, “By Allah, none but the Prophet called him by
this name and no name was dearer to ‘Ali than this.” So I asked Sahl to tell me more, saying, “O Abu
‘Abbas! How (was this name given to ‘Ali)?” Sahl said, “‘Ali went to Fatima and then came out and
slept in the Mosque. The Prophet asked Fatima, “Where is your cousin?” She said, “In the Mosque.”
The Prophet went to him and found that his (i.e. Ali’s) covering sheet had slipped of his back and
dust had soiled his back. The Prophet started wiping the dust off his back and said twice, “Get up! O
Abu Turab (i.e. O. man with the dust).”
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Volume 4, Book 52, Number 274:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
The people asked Sahl bin Sad As-Sa’ idi “With what thing (medicine) was the wound of Allah’s
Apostle treated?” He replied, “There is none left (living) amongst the people who knows it better than.
‘Ali used to bring water in his shield and Fatima (i.e. the Prophet’s daughter) used to wash the blood
off his face. Then a mat (of palm leaves) was burnt and its ash was inserted in the wound of Allah’s
Apostle.”
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 306:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
I heard Sahl bin Sad saying, “A woman brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having
edging). I asked, ‘Do you know what a Burda is?’ They replied in the affirmative and said, “It is a
cloth sheet with woven margins.” Sahl went on, “She addressed the Prophet and said, ‘I have woven it
with my hands for you to wear.’ The Prophet took it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it
as a waist sheet. One of us said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Give it to me to wear.’ The Prophet agreed to give
it to him. The Prophet sat with the people for a while and then returned (home), wrapped that waist
sheet and sent it to him. The people said to that man, ‘You haven’t done well by asking him for it
when you know that he never turns down anybody’s request.’ The man replied, ‘By Allah, I have not
asked him for it except to use it as my shroud when I die.” Sahl added; “Later it (i.e. that sheet) was
his shroud.”
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 307:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
Some men came to Sahl bin Sad to ask him about the pulpit. He replied, “Allah’s Apostle sent for a
woman (Sahl named her) (this message): ‘Order your slave carpenter to make pieces of wood (i.e. a
pulpit) for me so that I may sit on it while addressing the people.’ So, she ordered him to make it
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from the tamarisk of the forest. He brought it to her and she sent it to Allah’s Apostle . Allah’s Apostle
ordered it to be placed in the mosque: so, it was put and he sat on it.
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 374:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
Sahl bin Sa’d was asked about the (Prophet’s) pulpit as to what thing it was made of? Sahl replied:
“None remains alive amongst the people, who knows about it better than I. It was made of tamarisk
(wood) of the forest. So and so, the slave of so and so prepared it for Allah’s Apostle . When it was
constructed and place (in the Mosque), Allah’s Apostle stood on it facing the Qibla and said ‘Allahu
Akbar’, and the people stood behind him (and led the people in prayer). He recited and bowed and
the people bowed behind him. Then he raised his head and stepped back, got down and prostrated
on the ground and then he again ascended the pulpit, recited, bowed, raised his head and stepped
back, got down and prostrate on the ground. So, this is what I know about the pulpit.”
Ahmad bin Hanbal said, “As the Prophet was at a higher level than the people, there is no harm
according to the above-mentioned Hadith if the Imam is at a higher level than his followers during
the prayers.”
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Volume 1, Book 4, Number 244:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi, was asked by the people, “With what was the wound of the Prophet
treated? Sahl replied, “None remains among the people living who knows that better than I. ‘Ah used
to bring water in his shield and Fatima used to wash the blood off his face. Then straw mat was
burnt and the wound was filled with it.”