[Machine] There was a palm tree trunk in the mosque that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lean his back on when it was Friday or when there was an issue he wanted to address the people about. They said, "Should we not make something for you, O Messenger of Allah, like a pulpit proportional to your level of standing?" He said, "No, you do not have to do that." So they made for him a pulpit with three steps. He sat on it and the trunk moaned like a young camel out of love for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so he embraced it and stroked it until it calmed down.  

كَانَ جِذْعُ نَخْلَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يُسْنِدُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَيْهِ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ جُمُعَةٍ أَوْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ فَقَالُوا أَلَا نَجْعَلُ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ شَيْئًا كَقَدْرِ قِيَامِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَصَنَعُوا لَهُ مِنْبَرًا ثَلَاثَ مَرَاقِي قَالَ فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَخَارَ الْجِذْعُ كَمَا تَخُورُ الْبَقَرَةُ جَزَعًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَالْتَزَمَهُ وَمَسَحَهُ حَتَّى سَكَنَ