It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: When the mosque was made of palm trunks and branches, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray beside one of the palm trunks and would deliver the sermon standing next to it. One companion submitted: O Messenger of Allah! If you permit, we can prepare something for you upon which you can stand and deliver the Friday sermon, so that everyone can see you and you can easily make your address heard by all. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: That is fine. So a pulpit with three steps was made for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When the pulpit was ready and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had it placed in its spot, he passed by that trunk to go to the pulpit, and the trunk began to cry profusely until it split apart. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned to it, placed his blessed hand upon it until it became calm. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards the pulpit. Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray, he would pray near that trunk. When the mosque was demolished and its structure changed, that trunk was taken by Ubayy ibn Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him); it remained with him until it decayed, termites ate it, and it crumbled into pieces.

(Second chain of narration) In this it is stated that the companions prepared a pulpit with three steps for you. When the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up to deliver the sermon as usual, that trunk began to weep at being separated from you. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to it: Be silent. Then the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to the companions: This trunk has wept at my separation. The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to it: Be silent. If you wish, I will plant you in Paradise so that the righteous may eat your fruit, and if you wish, I will restore you to freshness as before. So it preferred the Hereafter over the world. When the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away, that trunk was handed over to Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him. It remained with him until it was eaten away by termites.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lean against a date-palm trunk among the pillars of the mosque while delivering the sermon. When a pulpit was prepared for him and he stood upon it, that trunk began to cry restlessly like a she-camel. Its sound was heard by everyone present in the mosque. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) descended from the pulpit and embraced the trunk to his chest, whereupon it became silent.

(Second chain of narration) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to deliver sermons standing beside a date-palm trunk. An Ansari woman, whose slave was a carpenter, said to him: O Messenger of Allah! I have a slave who is a carpenter; should I have him make a pulpit for you to deliver sermons from? The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Yes, why not. Sayyiduna Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, says: When, on the day of Jumu’ah, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, stood on the pulpit to deliver the sermon, the trunk beside which he used to stand began to weep like a child. The Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: It wept because it was deprived of the blessing of the remembrance of Allah that used to take place near it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that before the pulpit was prepared, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stand near a pillar and deliver the sermon. When the pulpit was prepared and he (peace and blessings be upon him) moved there, that trunk began to weep. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came near it and embraced it to his chest, and it became silent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If I had not embraced it to my chest, it would have continued to weep until the Day of Resurrection.