Hazrat Abu Saeed narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to deliver sermons while leaning against a date-palm trunk. Then a Roman man came to him and said, "Shall I make a pulpit for you on which you can stand and deliver sermons?" So he made this pulpit for him which you see. When he (the Prophet) stood on it and delivered the sermon, the trunk began to weep like a she-camel weeps for its young. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came down and went to it, and embraced it to his chest, and it became quiet. Then he ordered for a place to be dug for it and for it to be buried there.