On the authority of his father, who said: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, reciting from the pulpit: {And they will call out: O Malik} [az-Zukhruf 43:77](1).

In this chapter, there is also a narration from Abu Hurayrah and Jabir ibn Samurah.

The hadith of Ya'la ibn Umayyah is a good, authentic, and singular hadith, and it is the hadith of Ibn 'Uyaynah.

Some scholars of knowledge have chosen that the imam should recite verses from the Qur'an during the sermon.

Ash-Shafi'i said: If the imam delivers the sermon and does not recite anything from the Qur'an in it, he must repeat the sermon.

14 - Chapter: On facing the imam when he delivers the sermon

515 - 'Abbad ibn Ya'qub al-Kufi narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn 'Atiyyah narrated to us, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from 'Alqamah,

from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took his place upon the pulpit, we would face him with our faces(2).

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(1) An authentic hadith, recorded by al-Bukhari (3230), (3266), and (4819), Muslim (871), Abu Dawud (3992), and an-Nasa'i in "al-Kubra" (11479).
(2) Its chain is defective; Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn 'Atiyyah is accused of lying.
It was also recorded by Abu Ya'la (5410) and Abu Nu'aym in "al-Hilyah" 5/45 via the route of Muhammad ibn al-Fadl, with this chain.
The hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri recorded by al-Bukhari (921) suffices in its place, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sat =