Building of the minbar (pulpit) of the Prophet ﷺ and the grief of the palm tree he used to lean on

that the Prophet ﷺ used to stand on Fridays, leaning his back against the trunk of a palm tree in the mosque, and he would address the people. Once, a Roman came and said, "Shall I not make something for you to sit on, so it would appear as if you are standing?" So, he made a minbar (pulpit) with two steps, and the Prophet ﷺ sat on the third step.

When the Prophet ﷺ sat on that pulpit, the palm tree trunk moaned like a grieving camel, to the extent that the mosque seemed to shake in sorrow ˹longing˺ for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended from the pulpit and embraced the trunk, which continued to moan. The Prophet ﷺ consoled it until it became still. Then he said, "By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if I had not embraced it, it would have continued moaning like this until the Day of Resurrection, out of longing for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Then he ordered that it be removed, and it was buried.  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُومُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَيُسْنِدُ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَجَاءَهُ رُومِيٌّ فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَصْنَعُ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهِ وَكَأَنَّكَ قَائِمٌ؟ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ مِنْبَرًا لَهُ دَرَجَتَانِ وَيَقْعُدُ عَلَى الثَّالِثَةِ۔

فَلَمَّا قَعَدَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهُ ﷺ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمِنْبَرِ خَارَ الْجِذْعُ كَخُوَارِ الثَّوْرِ حَتَّى ارْتَجَّ الْمَسْجِدُ حُزْنًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ۔ فَنَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمِنْبَرِ فَالْتَزَمَهُ وَهُوَ يَخُورُ۔ فَلَمَّا الْتَزَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَكَنَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ لَمْ أَلْتَزِمْهُ لَمَا زَالَ هَكَذَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ حُزْنًا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ» فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدُفِنَ۔