ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْجِذْعَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ إِنَّمَا سَكَنَ عَنْ حَنِينَهُ بِاحْتِضَانِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ إِيَّاهُ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to deliver his sermon on Fridays leaning against a wooden pillar. When the number of people increased, he said, "Build a pulpit for me." So they built him a pulpit with two steps. When he stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon, the wooden pillar longed for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Anas said, "I was in the mosque and I heard the wooden pillar longing like a young child until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came down to it and embraced it, and it became calm." Hasan used to cry when he narrated this Hadith and then say, "O servants of Allah! The wooden pillar longs eagerly for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ out of its desire for his place near Allah. And you are the ones who are most deserving to long for meeting him."  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَى جَنْبِ خَشَبَةٍ يُسْنِدُ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ «ابْنُوا لِي مِنْبَرًا» فَبَنَوْا لَهُ مِنْبَرًا عَتَبَتَانِ فَلَمَّا قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ لِيَخْطُبَ حَنَّتِ الْخَشَبَةُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ «وَأَنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَمِعْتُ الْخَشَبَةَ حَنَّتْ حَنِينَ الْوَلَدِ فَمَا زَالَتْ تَحِنُّ حَتَّى نَزَلَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاحْتَضَنَهَا فَسَكَنَتْ» قَالَ وَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ بَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْخَشَبَةُ تَحِنُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَوْقًا إِلَيْهِ لِمَكَانِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَأَنْتُمْ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَشْتَاقُوا إِلَى لِقَائِهِ»