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Taking blessings from Prophet (s.a.w.a.)'s pulpit

Hadith No: 1
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani - Fath al-Bari Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
Book of Hajj - Chapter on Those Who Only Touch the Two Yemeni Corners
Volume: (3) - Page Number: (380)
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- (Another Benefit): Some have inferred from the permissibility of kissing the corners the allowance of kissing anyone who deserves veneration, whether human or otherwise. As for kissing the hand of a human, this will be discussed in the Book of Manners. As for others, it was reported that Imam Ahmad was asked about kissing the Prophet's (peace be upon him) pulpit and kissing his grave, and he saw no harm in it. However, some of his followers found the validity of this unlikely and it was reported from Ibn Abi al-Sayf al-Yamani, one of the scholars of Mecca from the Shafi'is, the permissibility of kissing the Qur'an, parts of hadith, and the graves of the righteous. And Allah grants success.

Reference: Fath al-Baari fi Sharh Saheeh al-Bukhari Book 3

Hadith No: 2
Ahmad ibn Hanbal - Al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-Rijal
Volume Five of the book Al-'Ilal wa Ma'rifat al-Rijal
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (492)
3243 - She asked him about a man who touches the Prophet's (peace be upon him) pulpit, seeks blessings by touching it, kisses it, and does the same or something similar at the grave, intending thereby to draw closer to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, and he said: There is no harm in that..

Reference: Al Elal wa Ma'refah al Rejal Book 2

Hadith No: 3
Al-Hakim al-Nisapouri - Al-Mustadrak ala al-Sahihayn
Book of Knowledge - Abu Hurairah used to stand on Fridays beside the pulpit and narrate.
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (108)
374 - Ahmad ibn Salman al-Faqih narrated to us, saying: Isma'il ibn Ishaq al-Qadi narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us, from Asim ibn Muhammad ibn Zaid, from his father, who said: Abu Hurairah used to stand on Fridays beside the pulpit, placing the heels of his sandals in his arms, then grasping the knob of the pulpit, and he would say: Abu al-Qasim (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said, Muhammad (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said, رسول الله (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said, the Truthful, the Trustworthy (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) said. Then he would say during some of this: Woe to the Arabs from an evil that is drawing near! And when he heard the sound of the door of the enclosure moving with the imam's exit, he would sit down. This is a sound hadith according to the criteria of the two shaykhs, and they did not narrate it like this. However, the purpose is not to authenticate the hadith: Woe to the Arabs from an evil that is drawing near, as they have both narrated it. Rather, the aim is to recommend the practice of narrating a hadith from the pulpit before the imam's exit.

Reference: Al-Mustadarak ala al-Saheehain Book 1

Hadith No: 4
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubala
Volume 7 - Malik the Imam - His Birth and Lineage
Part: (8) - Page Number: (54)
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- .... I heard Ibn Abi al-Zubair say: Ibn Abi al-Zubair narrated to us: Malik said, "I saw Ata ibn Abi Rabah enter the mosque, take hold of the pulpit's rincón, and then face the Qibla."

Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 8

Hadith No: 5
Al-Dhahabi - Siyar A'lam al-Nubalā'
Volume 12 - Ahmad ibn Hanbal - His Lineage and Birth
Book: (11) - Page Number: (212)
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- .... Among his etiquettes was: Abdullah ibn Ahmad said: I saw my father take a hair from the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) hair and place it on his lips, kissing it. I think I also saw him place it on his eye, dip it in water, and drink it as a means of seeking healing. I also saw him take the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) bowl, wash it in a handful of water, and drink from it. He drank from the water of Zamzam, seeking healing, and wiped his hands and face with it. I said: Where is the one who is overly strict, denouncing Ahmad when it is established that Abdullah askedhis father about someone touching the pomegranate of the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) pulpit and brushing against the noble chamber? His father said: I do not see anything wrong with that.

Reference: Seyar A'laam al-Nobalaa Book 11

Hadith No: 6
Al-Shawkani - Nail al-Awtar Sharh Muntaka al-Akhbar
Book of Rites - Chapter on Entering Mecca and Related Matters
Chapter on What was Narrated Regarding Touching and kissing the Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad) and What is Said at That Time
Volume: (5) - Page Number: (51) - Footnote: 1
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1959 - .... And there is a narration among the Malikis: he would place his hand over his mouth without kissing it, and some have inferred from the permissibility of kissing the stone and also the muhjīn (staff) that it is permissible to kiss anyone deserving of reverence, whether human or otherwise. It has been reported that Imam Ahmad was asked about kissing the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) pulpit and kissing his grave, and he saw nothing wrong with it. However, some of his companions found such a view unlikely to be correct, and it was reported from Ibn Abi al-Sayf al-Yamani, one of the scholars of Mecca from the Shafi'is, the permissibility of kissing the Quran, parts of Hadith literature, and the graves of the righteous.

Reference: Nayl al-Awtaar Sharh Muntaqa al-Akhbaar Book 5

Hadith No: 7
Ibn Abi Shaybah - Al-Musannaf
The Book of Hajj - When he arrives in Mecca, he should not settle in the place from which he emigrated
Volume: (4) - Page Number: (557)
2553 - Regarding the pulpit of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), Abu Bakr narrated to us, saying: Zayd ibn al-Habbab narrated to us, who said: Abu Mawdud narrated to me, from Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Qusayt, who said: "I saw a group of the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) that when the mosque was empty for them, they would stand by the cornel of the pulpit and touch it and pray." He said: "And I saw Yazid doing that."

Reference: Al-Musannaf Book 4

Hadith No: 8
Al-Qadi Iyad - Al-Shifa bi-Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa
Part Two - Regarding What is Obligatory for Humanity of His Rights (peace be upon him)
Chapter Four: On the Ruling of Praying for Him and Saluting Him, the Obligation of This, and Its Virtue (peace be upon him)
Section Nine: On the Ruling of Visiting His Grave (peace be upon him) and the Virtue of Those Who Visit Him and Salute Him, and How to Salute and Pray
Volume: (2) - Page Number: (445)
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- .... Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Faqih said: "And one of the things that has always been characteristic of those who perform Hajj is to pass through the city of Medina and intend to pray in the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) and seek blessings through seeing his garden (his tomb), his pulpit, and his grave, his sitting place, the touches of his hands, the places where his feet stood, and the pillar he would lean against, where Gabriel would descend with revelation to him, and to honor him and those who populated it from among the Companions and Imams of the Muslims, and to reflect on all of this."
- .... Ibn Umar was seen placing his hand on the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) seat from the pulpit and then placing it on his face.
- .... And Ibn Qusayt and al-Utbi narrated: "The companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) would, if the mosque was empty, touch the pomegranate on the pulpit that was closest to the grave with their right hands," and then face the Qibla in prayer.

Reference: Al-Shifa bi Ta'reef Huqooq al-Mustafa Book 2

Hadith No: 9
Ibn Sa'd - al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah al-Sharifah - Mention of the Pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (195/196)
- Muhammad ibn Isma'il ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, saying: Ibn Abi Dhii'b narrated to me, from Hamzah ibn Abi Ja'far from Ibrahim ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari, that he saw Ibn Umar placing his hand on the seat of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) from the pulpit, and then placing it on his face.

Reference: Al-Tabaqaat al-Kubra Book 1

Hadith No: 10
Ibn Sa'd - al-Tabaqat al-Kubra
Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah al-Sharifah - Mention of the Pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (195/196)
- Abdullah ibn Muslimah ibn Qa'nab al-Harithy and Khalid ibn Makhlad al-Bajaly told us, saying: Abu Mawdud Abdulaziz, a freedman of Hawzayl, narrated to us from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt, who said: "I saw some people from the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) that when the mosque was empty, they would take hold of the bald dome of the pulpit that faced the grave with their right hands, then turn toward the Qiblah and pray." Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'd mentioned that Abdullah ibn Muslimah referred to the bald dome, but Khalid ibn Makhlad did not mention it.

Reference: Al-Tabaqaat al-Kubra Book 1

Hadith No: 11
Ibn Asakir - Tarikh Damishq (History of Damascus) - Letter M
6033 - Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith ibn Khalid ibn Sakhr ibn ...
Volume: (51) - Page Number: (192/193)
- Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Jallab narrated to us, saying: Al-Harith ibn Abi Usamah narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Sa'd narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Umar narrated to us, saying: Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith al-Taymi narrated from his father, who said: I saw Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and Ibn Umar holding onto the pulpit's pomegranate and then turning away.

Reference: Tarikh e Damishq Book 51

Hadith No: 12
Al-Salihi al-Shami - Subul al-Huda wa al-Rashad fi Seerat Khayr al-Ibad
The Compilation of Chapters on his (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) visitation after his death and its Virtue - Chapter Four: On the Etiquettes of Visiting him (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) - Section
Volume: (12) - Page Number: (398)
- .... It is narrated that Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man placing his hand on the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) grave, and he forbade him, saying: "We did not used to recognize this as a proper way to approach him," and others mentioned similar sentiments. In the book al-Ilal wa al-Su'alat by Abdullah ibn al-Imam Ahmad, from his father, there is a narration from Abu Ali al-Suwan, in which Abdullah said: "I asked my father about a man touching the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) pulpit, seeking blessings by doing so, kissing it, and doing the same at the grave, hoping for the reward of Allah, the Almighty. He replied: There is no harm in it."
- .... As for others, it was reported that Imam Ahmad was asked about kissing the Prophet's (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) pulpit and kissing his grave, and he did not see anything wrong with it.

Reference: Sobol al-Huda wa al-Rashaad fi Seerah Khair al-'Ibaad Book 12