Hadith 31
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver sermons while leaning against the trunk of a tree. Then, when the pulpit was made (and he ascended it «كما فى رواية البخاري»), that trunk began to weep until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to it and placed his hand upon it.
Hadith 32
أَخْبَرَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
تَمِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ، حَدَّثَنَا
صَالِحُ بْنُ حَيَّانَ، حَدَّثَنِي
ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَطَبَ قَامَ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيامَ، فَكَانَ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ قِيَامُهُ، فَأُتِيَ بِجِذْعِ نَخْلَةٍ فَحُفِرَ لَهُ وَأُقِيمَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ قَائِمًا لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَطَبَ فَطَالَ الْقِيَامُ عَلَيْهِ، اسْتَنَدَ إِلَيْهِ فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَبَصُرَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ كَانَ وَرَدَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَرَآهُ قَائِمًا إِلَى جَنْبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ، فَقَالَ: لِمَنْ يَلِيهِ مِنْ النَّاسِ: لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَحْمَدُنِي فِي شَيْءٍ يَرْفُقُ بِهِ، لَصَنَعْتُ لَهُ مَجْلِسًا يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنْ شَاءَ، جَلَسَ مَا شَاءَ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ، قَامَ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ:
"ائْتُونِي بِهِ"، فَأَتَوْهُ بِهِ، فَأُمِرَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَاقِيَ الثَّلَاثَ، أَوْ الْأَرْبَعَ هِيَ الْآنَ فِي مِنْبَرِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَوَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ رَاحَةً، فَلَمَّا فَارَقَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْجِذْعَ وَعَمَدَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الَّتِي صُنِعَتْ لَهُ، جَزِعَ الْجِذْعُ فَحَنَّ كَمَا تَحِنُّ النَّاقَةُ حِينَ فَارَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَزَعَمَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ سَمِعَ حَنِينَ الْجِذْعِ، رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ: "اخْتَرْ أَنْ أَغْرِسَكَ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ، فَتَكُونَ كَمَا كُنْتَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ أَغْرِسَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْرَبَ مِنْ أَنْهَارِهَا وَعُيُونِهَا فَيَحْسُنُ نَبْتُكَ، وَتُثْمِرُ فَيَأْكُلَ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ مِنْ ثَمَرَتِكَ وَنَخْلِكَ فَعَلْتُ"فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: "نَعَمْ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ مَرَّتَيْنِ"، فَسُأَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: "اخْتَارَ أَنْ أَغْرِسَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ".
Abdullah bin Buraidah narrated from his father: When the Prophet (peace be upon him) delivered the sermon, he would stand and remain standing for a long time, and this became difficult for him. So a date-palm trunk was brought, a pit was dug, and it was placed upright beside him. When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) delivered the sermon, he would stand for a long time leaning against it. A man who had come to Madinah, when he saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) standing by that trunk, said to the person sitting next to him: "If I knew that Muhammad (peace be upon him) would praise me for something that would bring him comfort, I would make for him a seat on which he could stand, and he could sit on it as long as he wished and stand as long as he wished." When this was conveyed to the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said: "Bring him to me." So he was brought before the Prophet (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered him to make a pulpit of three or four steps, which is present in Madinah today. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) found comfort in it. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) moved away from that trunk and began to approach the thing (the pulpit) that had been made for him, the trunk became sad and began to cry with a thin sound like a she-camel. Abdullah bin Buraidah narrated from his father that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) heard the sound of the trunk crying, he returned to it, placed his blessed hand on it, and said: "If you wish, I will leave you planted where you are, and you will remain as you are. And if you wish, I will plant you in Paradise, and you will be watered by the rivers and springs of Paradise, your growth will be good, you will bear fruit, and the friends of Allah will eat your fruit." The narrator thinks that he heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say twice: "«نعم قد فعلت» All right, I will do that." The narrator asked, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "It chose that I plant it in Paradise."
Hadith 33
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that before the pulpit was built, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand leaning against a trunk. When the pulpit was made, that trunk began to weep until we heard its crying. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on it, and it became silent.
Hadith 34
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver sermons while leaning on a wooden post. When the pulpit was made and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat upon it, that piece of wood began to weep like a she-camel. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand upon it, and it became quiet.
Hadith 35
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the wood wept in such a manner as a she-camel cries when her calf is taken away from her.
Hadith 36
أَخْبَرَنَا
زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ
عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنْ
الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ وَيَخْطُبُ إِلَيْهِ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: أَلَا نَجْعَلُ لَكَ عَرِيشًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَتُسْمِعُ مِنْ خُطْبَتِكَ ؟، قَالَ:
"نَعَمْ"، فَصُنِعَ لَهُ الثَّلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ، هُنَّ اللَّوَاتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرِيدُ الْمِنْبَرَ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ، خَارَ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى، صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ أَخَذَ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَلِيَ فَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا.
Tufail narrated from his father, Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), that when the roof of the (Prophet's) Mosque was supported by trunks, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray beside a date-palm trunk and would lean on it while delivering the sermon. One of his companions said, "Shall we not make a place for you to sit, upon which you may stand so that people can see you and hear your sermon?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted it, so a pulpit with three steps was made, and it was placed where he ordered. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and proceeded towards the pulpit, passing by the trunk, it began to cry like a bull, bursting with sobs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on it, and it became quiet. He then proceeded to the pulpit. He used to pray beside that trunk, and when the Prophet's Mosque was renovated, Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) took the trunk, and it remained with him until it decayed, termites ate it, and it crumbled into pieces.
Hadith 37
حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ
مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ
أَبِي الْوَدَّاكِ، عَنْ
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
"يَخْطُبُ إِلَى لِزْقِ جِذْعٍ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ رُومِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَصْنَعُ لَكَ مِنْبَرًا تَخْطُبُ عَلَيْهِ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُ مِنْبَرًا هَذَا الَّذِي تَرَوْنَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَامَ عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ، حَنَّ الْجِذْعُ حَنِينَ النَّاقَةِ إِلَى وَلَدِهَا، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَضَمَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَسَكَنَ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُحْفَرَ لَهُ وَيُدْفَنَ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was delivering a sermon while leaning against a trunk, when a Roman man came to him and said, "Shall I make a pulpit for you on which you can stand and deliver the sermon?" So he made a pulpit for him, which you see today. The narrator said: When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on that pulpit to deliver the sermon, the trunk began to weep like a young she-camel cries with a thin voice. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) descended and went to the trunk, embraced it, and it became quiet. He ordered that a pit be dug and it be buried.
Hadith 38
أَخْبَرَنَا
مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا
الصَّعْقُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ
الْحَسَنَ، يَقُولُ: لَمَّا أَنْ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ جَعَلَ
"يُسْنِدُ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ وَيُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ"، فَكَثُرُوا حَوْلَهُ، فَأَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: "ابْنُوا لِي شَيْئًا أَرْتَفِعُ عَلَيْهِ"، قَالُوا: كَيْفَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ؟، قَالَ: "عَرِيشٌ كَعَرِيشِ مُوسَى"، فَلَمَّا أَنْ بَنَوْا لَهُ، قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: حَنَّتْ وَاللَّهِ الْخَشَبَةُ، قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ! هَلْ تُبْتَغَى قُلُوبُ قَوْمٍ سَمِعُوا ؟ قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ: يَعْنِي هَذَا.
Sa’iq narrated that I heard Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) say: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) arrived in Madinah, he used to deliver sermons with his (blessed) back leaning against a piece of wood. When the number of people increased, he thought that everyone should hear his voice, so he ordered, “Make something upon which I can stand.” It was asked, “O Messenger of Allah! What kind of thing should we make?” He said, “Make a canopy like that of Musa (Moses), peace be upon him.” When that canopy was made, Hasan said: By Allah, that piece of wood wept. Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) also said: Glory be to Allah, can the hearts of a people be found who heard it? Abu Muhammad Imam Darimi said: That is, they heard that sound.
Hadith 39
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that before the pulpit was built, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to deliver the sermon leaning against a trunk. Then, when the pulpit was made and he turned towards it, that trunk began to weep. The Prophet (peace be upon him) embraced it, and it became quiet. He said: "If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to weep until the Day of Resurrection."
Hadith 40
A similar narration is also reported from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith 41
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that the “trunk” by which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand, began to weep. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to it, placed his blessed hand upon it, and it became quiet.
Hadith 42
أَخْبَرَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
عُمَرُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا
عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْحَاق بْنُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ: يَقُومُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، فَيُسْنِدُ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ مَنْصُوبٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ، فَجَاءَهُ رُومِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَصْنَعُ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ ؟ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ مِنْبَرًا لَهُ دَرَجَتَانِ، وَيَقْعُدُ عَلَى الثَّالِثَةِ، فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمِنْبَرِ، خَارَ الْجِذْعُ كَخُوَارِ الثَّوْرِ حَتَّى ارْتَجَّ الْمَسْجِدُ حُزْنًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الْمِنْبَرِ، فَالْتَزَمَهُ وَهُوَ يَخُورُ، فَلَمَّا الْتَزَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، سَكَنَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: "أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ
لَوْ لَمْ أَلْتَزِمْهُ، لَمَا زَالَ هَكَذَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ حُزْنًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ"، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَدُفِنَ.
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand for the sermon on Friday, he would lean his back against a trunk in the mosque. A Roman man came to him and said, "Shall I make something for you on which, even if you are sitting, it will appear as if you are standing?" So he made a pulpit, on the first two steps of which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand, and on the third he would sit. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on it, that trunk began to moan like a bull in the sorrow of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the mosque began to resound. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to it and embraced it, and it became silent. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, if I had not embraced it, it would have continued to cry in the separation of Allah's Messenger until the Day of Resurrection." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered and the trunk was buried.