The Prophet ﷺ used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said. "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Shall we make a pulpit for you?" He replied, "If you wish." So they made a pulpit for him and when it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The datepalm cried like a child! The Prophet ﷺ descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet ﷺ said, "It was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of religious knowledge given near to it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3584)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُومُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَى شَجَرَةٍ أَوْ نَخْلَةٍ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَوْ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تَجْعَلُ لَكَ مِنْبَرًا؟ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَاجْعَلُوهُ فَجَعَلُوا لَهُ مِنْبَرًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ ذَهَبَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَصَاحَتِ النَّخْلَةُ صِيَاحَ الصَّبِيِّ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَضَمَّهَا إِلَيْهِ كَانَتْ تَئِنُّ أَنِينَ الصَّبِيِّ الَّذِي يَسْكُتُ قَالَ كَانَتْ تَبْكِي عَلَى مَا كَانَتْ تَسْمَعُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ عِنْدَهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ