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ahmad:21260 – ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray towards a trunk, and the mosque was made of branches. He used to deliver his sermon next to that trunk. Some of his companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall we not prepare something for you to stand on on Fridays, so that you can see the people and the people can see you, and so that the people can hear your sermon?" He replied: "Yes." So they made for him three steps, and the Prophet ﷺ stood on them, just as he used to stand before. The trunk then leaned towards him, and he said to it: "Be still." Then he said to his companions: "This trunk loves me. If you wish, I can have it planted in Paradise so that the righteous can eat from it, or if you wish, I can leave it as it is and choose the Hereafter over this world." When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, the trunk was given to Ubay ibn Ka'b and he kept it until it decayed on the ground.

Translation: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray towards a trunk, and the mosque was made of branches. He used to deliver his sermon next to that trunk. Some of his companions said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we not prepare something for you to stand on on Fridays, so that you can see the people and the people can see you, and so that the people can hear your sermon?" He replied, "Yes." So they made for him three steps, and the Prophet ﷺ stood on them, just as he used to stand before. The trunk then leaned towards him, and he said to it, "Be still." Then he said to his companions, "This trunk loves me. If you wish, I can have it planted in Paradise so that the righteous can eat from it, or if you wish, I can leave it as it is and choose the Hereafter over this world." When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, the trunk was given to Ubay ibn Ka'b and he kept it until it decayed on the ground.  

أحمد:٢١٢٦٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ سَالِمٍ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الشَّاشِيُّ فِي سَنَةِ ثَلَاثِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي الرَّقِّيَّ أَبَا وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ وَكَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جَنْبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ فَقَالَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى تَرَى النَّاسَ أَوْ قَالَ حَتَّى يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ وَحَتَّى يَسْمَعَ النَّاسُ خُطْبَتَكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَصَنَعُوا لَهُ ثَلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كَمَا كَانَ يَقُومُ فَصَغَى الْجِذْعُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اسْكُنْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ هَذَا الْجِذْعُ حَنَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْكُنْ إِنْ تَشَأْ غَرَسْتُكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فيَأْكُلُ مِنْكَالصَّالِحُونَ وَإِنْ تَشَأْ أُعِيدُكَ كَمَا كُنْتَ رَطْبًا فَاخْتَارَ الْآخِرَةَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ دُفِعَ إِلَى أُبَيٍّ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى أَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُحَدِيثُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

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ahmad:21248 – Zakariyyā b. ʿAdī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAqīl > al-Ṭufayl b. Ubay b. Kaʿb from his father

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray facing the trunk of a date- palm tree when the mosque was still a hut, and he used to deliver the sermon leaning on that trunk. A man from among his Companions said: ‘Would you like us to make you something upon which you can stand on Fridays so that the people will be able to see you and hear your sermon?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ So he made three steps for him, as a pulpit. When they put the pulpit in place, they put it in the place where it stands now. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to stand on the pulpit, he passed by the tree trunk from which he used to deliver the sermon, and when he went beyond the trunk, it moaned and split and cracked. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came down when he heard the voice of the trunk, and rubbed it with his hand until it fell silent. Then he went back to the pulpit and when he prayed, he prayed facing it. When the mosque was knocked down (for renovation) and (the pillars, etc.) were changed, Ubayy bin Ka’b took that trunk and kept it in his house until it became very old and the termites consumed it and it became grains of dust.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1414)   

أحمد:٢١٢٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ وَتُسْمِعَهُمْ خُطْبَتَكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَصُنِعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ اللَّاتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ خَارَ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ وَغُيِّرَ أَخَذَ ذَاكَ الْجِذْعَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَلِيَ وَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا