Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ عَنْ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرُبُ إِلَى جِذْعٍ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لَكَ شَيْئًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى يَرَاكَ النَّاسُ وَتُسْمِعَهُمْ خُطْبَتَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَصُنِعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُ دَرَجَاتٍ اللَّاتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمَّا صُنِعَ الْمِنْبَرُ وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْمِنْبَرَ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَهُ خَارَ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى سَكَنَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى صَلَّى إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ وَغُيِّرَ أَخَذَ ذَاكَ الْجِذْعَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ حَتَّى بَلِيَ وَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضَةُ وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا.
English Translation
Zakariyya ibn Adiyy narrated to us: Ubaydullah ibn Amr informed us, from Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Aqil, from At-Tufayl ibn Ubayy ibn Ka'b, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to stand close to a palm-trunk when the mosque was [merely] a roofed shelter, and he would deliver the sermon beside that trunk. A man among his Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, would you like something made for you to stand upon on Friday, so that the people may see you and you may make your sermon heard by them?" He said: "Yes." So three steps were made for him, which are those on the pulpit (minbar). When the pulpit was made and placed in the spot where the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, put it, and when he wished to go to the pulpit, he passed by the trunk, and when he had passed beyond it, the trunk moaned until it cracked and split. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, went back and wiped it with his hand until it grew still, then he returned to the pulpit. Whenever he prayed, he would pray facing it. When the mosque was demolished and altered, Ubayy ibn Ka'b took that trunk, and it remained with him until it decayed, the termites ate it, and it turned to dust.