[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to stand up and extend his standing when he would give a sermon. It was difficult for him to stand for long periods, so a tree trunk was brought for him and a hole was dug for it, and a stand was set up beside it for the Prophet ﷺ to lean on. So, when the Prophet ﷺ would give a sermon, he would lean on it and rest. Once, a man who had just arrived in Medina saw him standing next to that tree trunk, and he said to the people with him, "If I knew that Muhammad praises me for something that I do, I would make him a seat to sit on, and if he wants to, he can sit, and if he wants to, he can stand." When the Prophet ﷺ heard about this, he said, "Bring him to me." They brought the man to him, and he was told to make these three or four platforms, which are now in the pulpit of the mosque in Medina. The Prophet ﷺ found comfort in them. When the Prophet ﷺ left the trunk and turned towards the platforms that were made for him, the trunk moaned and groaned like a camel when it is separated from its young.  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا خَطَبَ قَامَ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ فَكَانَ يَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ قِيَامُهُ فَأُتِيَ بِجِذْعِ نَخْلَةٍ فَحُفِرَ لَهُ وَأُقِيمَ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ قَائِمًا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا خَطَبَ فَطَالَ الْقِيَامُ عَلَيْهِ اسْتَنَدَ إِلَيْهِ فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَبَصُرَ بِهِ رَجُلٌ كَانَ وَرَدَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَرَآهُ قَائِمًا إِلَى جَنْبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ فَقَالَ لِمَنْ يَلِيهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَحْمَدُنِي فِي شَيْءٍ يَرْفُقُ بِهِ لَصَنَعْتُ لَهُ مَجْلِسًا يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ شَاءَ جَلَسَ مَا شَاءَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ قَامَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «ائْتُونِي بِهِ» فَأَتَوْهُ بِهِ فَأُمِرَهُ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ لَهُ هَذِهِ الْمَرَاقِيَ الثَّلَاثَ أَوِ الْأَرْبَعَ هِيَ الْآنَ فِي مِنْبَرِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَوَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي ذَلِكَ رَاحَةً فَلَمَّا فَارَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْجِذْعَ وَعَمَدَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الَّتِي صُنِعَتْ لَهُ جَزِعَ الْجِذْعُ فَحَنَّ كَمَا تَحِنُّ النَّاقَةُ حِينَ فَارَقَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ