so, glory be to Allāh! What is the difference between delivering the sermon before the prayer and sitting during it, when both are contrary to the sunnah?! Fourthly, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Bannā mentioned Aḥmad's concise ḥadīth: "He delivered the sermon standing on his feet" in the "Chapters on Friday Prayer" of his great book "al-Fatḥ al-Rabbānī fī Tartīb Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal al-Shaybānī" (6/88) because he said in its referencing: "I have not found it except in Imām Aḥmad's collection, and its chain is good." It would have been more appropriate for him to include it in "The Two ʿĪds" if he had recalled some of the earlier narrations, especially those in "Musnad al-Imām Aḥmad," which he arranged according to fiqh chapters. It is assumed that he would have been aware of them, but Allāh has spoken the truth: *"And you do not will except that Allāh wills, Lord of the worlds."* (Al-Takwīr, 29)

- "He had forbidden us from eating the meat of our sacrifices beyond three days, (he said): So I went on a journey and then returned to my family, and this was a few days after the Eid al-Aḍḥā, (he said): My wife brought me a dish with some dried meat in it, so I asked her: Where did you get this dried meat? She said: From our sacrifices, (he said): So I said to her: Did not the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) forbid us from eating it beyond three days? She said: He has permitted it for the people after that, (he said): I did not believe her until I sent to my brother Qatādah ibn al-Nuʿmān - who was a participant in the Battle of Badr - to ask him about that. He sent back to me: Eat your food, for she has spoken the truth, the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) has permitted it for the Muslims." It was narrated by Aḥmad (4/15) from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq who said: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī narrated to me