Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver sermons while leaning against a trunk. When he arranged for a pulpit, that trunk began to weep. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to it and embraced it, and then it became silent. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to weep until the Day of Resurrection."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver the sermon leaning against a date-palm trunk. An Ansari woman, whose slave was a carpenter, said: O Messenger of Allah! My slave is a carpenter, should I order him to make a pulpit for you so that you may deliver the sermon standing on it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why not." So she had a pulpit made. When Friday came and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon, that trunk began to cry like a child. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When that trunk lost the remembrance (i.e., the words of the sermon), it began to cry."