سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب الصللاةFrom the Book of Prayer
باب مَقَامِ الإِمَامِ إِذَا خَطَبَ:Chapter: Where the imam stands during the sermon
Hadith 1602
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ الْمِنْبَرَ، فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ، تَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ، حَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ، وَقَالَ: "لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ، لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ" .
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that before the pulpit was built, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver the sermon while leaning against a date-palm trunk. When the pulpit was made and he moved towards it, that trunk began to weep. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) embraced it to his chest, and it became quiet. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I had not embraced it (i.e., held it to my chest), it would have continued to weep until the Day of Resurrection.
