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ahmad:2236 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The prophet ﷺ used to give speeches to a stump before he had a pulpit. When he obtained a pulpit and turned towards it, it missed him, so he went to it and embraced it, and it calmed down. He said, "If I had not embraced it, it would have kept lamenting until the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:٢٢٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ وَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ حَنَّ عَلَيْهِ فَأَتَاهُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ قَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ṭabarānī
ibnmajah:1415 – Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī > Bahz b. Asad > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās > Thābit > Anas

“If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection.”  

ابن ماجة:١٤١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ ذَهَبَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَأَتَاهُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ فَقَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:2400 – Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās And Thābit al-Bunānī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The following passage in Arabic translates to:

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver his sermons to the trunk of a date palm tree. When the minbar (pulpit) was established, he turned towards the minbar. The trunk longed for him until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ embraced it and it became quiet. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If I had not embraced it, it would have cried until the Day of Resurrection.'"  

أحمد:٢٤٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعِ نَخْلَةٍ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَنَّ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

ahmad:3430 – Abū Kāmil And Yūnus > Ḥammād > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

“If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1415)   

أحمد:٣٤٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ وَيُونُسُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ فَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ حَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَوَقَالَ لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

darimi:1604 – Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

“If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1415)   

الدارمي:١٦٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ 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»  

darimi:39 – al-Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

“If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1415)   

الدارمي:٣٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ وَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ حَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ وَقَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

tabarani:12841 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmmār b. Abū ʿAmmār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to give a sermon to a trunk before he would ascend the pulpit, and when he took the pulpit and turned towards it, the trunk longingly yearned for him, so he embraced it and it became quiet. And he said, "If I hadn't embraced it, it would have mourned until the Day of Resurrection."  

الطبراني:١٢٨٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمَّا اتَّخَذَ الْمِنْبَرَ وَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ حَنَّ الْجِذْعُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ فَسَكَنَ» وَقَالَ «لَوْ لَمْ أَحْتَضِنْهُ لَحَنَّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»