Sahih Muslim Book - 7, Hadith - 2025

وَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو رِفَاعَةَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ غَرِيبٌ جَاءَ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ دِينِهِ لاَ يَدْرِى مَا دِينُهُ - قَالَ - فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَتَرَكَ خُطْبَتَهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَىَّ فَأُتِىَ بِكُرْسِىٍّ حَسِبْتُ قَوَائِمَهُ حَدِيدًا - قَالَ - فَقَعَدَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَجَعَلَ يُعَلِّمُنِى مِمَّا عَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ أَتَى خُطْبَتَهُ فَأَتَمَّ آخِرَهَا.

Abu Rifa'ah said: "I came to the Prophet (s.a.w) while he was delivering a Khutbah and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, here is a stranger who has come to ask you about his religion, for he does not know what his religion is.' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) turned to me and left his Khutbah. He came to me, and a chair was brought, I thought its legs were made of iron. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) sat on it and started telling me of what Allah had told him, then he went back and completed his Khutbah."