مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2237

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to deliver the khutbah leaning on a tree trunk, before the minbar was set up. When he minbar was set up and he moved it, the tree trunk made a sorrowful sound. So he came to it and embraced it, and it calmed down. He said, "If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection."

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020