On the authority of Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, deliver the Friday sermon standing, then he sat down for a sitting during which he did not speak, then he stood up and delivered another sermon. So whoever tells you that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to deliver the sermon sitting down has lied.(1)

35 - Chapter: On the recitation in the second sermon and the remembrance of Allah therein

1418 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, from 'Abd al-Rahman, who said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Simak, from Jabir ibn Samurah, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to deliver the sermon standing, then he would sit, then he would stand and recite verses and remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. And his sermon was moderate, and his prayer was moderate.(2)

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(1) Authentic through other witnesses, and this chain is hasan because of Simak, who is Ibn Harb. Isra'il is Ibn Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq al-Sabi'i. It is found in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1735). It has preceded under number (1415).

(2) Part of it is authentic and the rest is authentic through other witnesses, and this chain is hasan like the previous one. 'Abd al-Rahman is Ibn Mahdi, and Sufyan is Ibn Sa'id al-Thawri. It is found in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (1802), where the author's shaykh 'Amr ibn 'Ali was paired with Muhammad ibn Bashshar. Ahmad (21038) and Ibn Majah (1106) also narrated it via the path of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi, with this chain. It was also narrated in full and in abridged form by Ahmad (20813), (20878), (20920), (20928), (20973), (21025), (21034), and (21035), and by Ibn Majah (1106), and by 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad in his additions to his father's "Musnad" (20949), through multiple paths from Sufyan al-Thawri, with it. His statement: "His sermon was moderate and his prayer was moderate" was narrated by Ahmad (20846) via the path of Za'idah ibn Qudamah, and by Muslim (866): (42) via the path of Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah, both from Simak, with it. Abu Dawud (1107) narrated it via the path of Shayban Abu Mu'awiyah, from Simak, with it, with the wording: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not prolong the exhortation on Friday; rather, they were only brief words. Ahmad (21026) narrated it via the path of Tamim ibn Tarafah, from Jabir ibn Samurah, with it, and its chain is authentic. =