No. 6775

Shaqiq reported: We were sitting at the door of Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) waiting for him (to come out and deliver a sermon to us). It was at this time that there happened to pass by us Yazid b. Mu'awiya an-Nakha'i. We said: Inform him ('Abdullah b. Mas'ud) of our presence here. He went in and Abdullah b. Mas'ud lost no time in coming out to us and said: I was informed of your presence here but nothing hindered me to come out to you but the fact that I did not like to bore you (by stuffing your minds with sermons) as Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) did not deliver us sermon on certain days fearing that it might prove to be boring for us.

No. 6776

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah through other chains of transmitters.

No. 6777

Shaqiq b. Wi'il reported that 'Abdullah used to give us sermon on every Thursday. A person said: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, we love your talk and so we yearn (to listen to you) and earnestly desire that you should deliver us lecture every day. Thereupon he said: There is nothing to hinder me in giving you talk (every day) but the fact that you may be bored. Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) did not deliver sermons on certain days (fearing that we might be bored).