Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 33909 — What Allah the Exalted gave Muhammad

Abu Hazim said: People came to Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: What was the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made of? He said: No one remains who knows about it better than I do. He said: It was of the tamarisk of the forest, and it was prepared for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) by so-and-so, the freed slave of such-and-such a woman. the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lean against a trunk in the mosque, and when he delivered the sermon he would afterwards face it and pray. When the pulpit was ready and he sat on it, the trunk began to cry. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to it and steadied it in the ground until it became calm. In the narration of Abu Hazim the word "fawattadahu" (he steadied it) does not occur.