حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ مَعْنَاهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2401
It was narrated from 'Ammar bin Abi 'Ammar from Ibn 'Abbas (RA), and from Thabit al-Bunani from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to deliver the khutbah leaning on a tree trunk. When he started to use the minbar, he moved to the minbar, and the trunk made a sorrowful sound until he came to it and embraced it, then 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