It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver the sermon beside the trunk of a date-palm, leaning his blessed back against it. It was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah! Islam has now reached its completion, the people have become many, and delegations come to you from distant lands. If you were to order something to be made on which you could (stand and) be seen by everyone (that would be better)." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a man: "Can you make a pulpit (minbar)?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is your name?" He said: "So-and-so." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are not the man for this task." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called another man and said: "Can you make a pulpit?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him the same thing he had said to the first, and he said: "Yes, in sha' Allah (if Allah wills)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is your name?" He said: "Ibrahim." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Set about making it." So when he had made the pulpit and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended it, that date-palm trunk cried out like the crying of a she-camel, and the people of the mosque heard its sound (or he said: the people of Madinah heard it). He (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit and embraced the trunk, and it became quiet. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose Hand is my soul! Had I left it (in that state), it would have kept crying until the Day of Resurrection," or (he said:) "it would have kept crying for as long as I left it."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from al-Jurayri except Shaybah Abu Qilabah."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 5211
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف جدًّا، فيه العلاء بن مسلمة الرواس متروك
Hadith Takhrij«قال ابن حجر: في إسناده العلاء بن مسلمة الرواس وهو متروك «فتح الباري شرح صحيح البخاري، ج 2، ص 462»» «قال الهيثمي: لم يروه عن الجريري إلا شيبة قلت ولم أجد من ذكره ولا الراوي عنه «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 2، ص 182»» «قال ابن حجر: سند فيه متروك «سنن النسائي بشرح جلال الدين السيوطي، ج 2، ص 58»» «أخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 449، 918، 2095، 3585، 3584، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 6508، والنسائي فى «المجتبى» برقم: 1395 / 1، والنسائي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 1722، والدارمي فى «مسنده» برقم: 33، 34، 35، 1603، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 1417، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 5778، 5780، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 14335، 14359، 14426، 14503، 14692، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 1068، 2177، وابن حجر فى «المطالب العالية» برقم: 708 / 4، وعبد الرزاق فى «مصنفه» برقم: 5254، 5253، 5654، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 32407، والطحاوي فى «شرح مشكل الآثار» برقم: 4180 م، 4180، 4183، 4184، 4181، 4182، 4185، 4189، 4186، 4187، 4188، 4190، 4194، 4191، 4192، 4193، 4195، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 591، 5499، 5950»