Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ السَّمَّانُ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَامِ الْمَدِينِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنِ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى جِذْعٍ إِذْ كَانَ الْمَسْجِدُ عَرِيشًا وَكَانَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ إِلَى جَانِبِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَكَ مِنْبَرًا تَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ حَتَّى يَرَى النَّاسُ خُطْبَتَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَ دَرَجَاتٍ هِيَ الَّتِي عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ الْمِنْبَرُ وَوُضِعَ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَدَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَقُومَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمِنْبَرِ فَمَرَّ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاوَزَ الْجِذْعَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَخْطُبُ إِلَيْهِ وَيَقُومُ إِلَيْهِ خَارَ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعُ حَتَّى تَصَدَّعَ وَانْشَقَّ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الْجِذْعِ فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَكَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى مَعَ ذَلِكَ مَالَ إِلَى الْجِذْعِ يَقُولُ الطُّفَيْلُ فَلَمَّا هُدِمَ الْمَسْجِدُ وَغُيِّرَ أَخَذَ أَبُوهُ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ ذَلِكَ الْجِذْعَ فَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى بَلِيَ وَأَكَلَتْهُ الْأَرَضُ وَعَادَ رُفَاتًا.
English Translation
Sa'id ibn Abi ar-Rabi' as-Samman narrated to us: Sa'id ibn Salamah ibn Abi al-Husam al-Madini informed me: Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Aqil ibn Abi Talib narrated to us, from At-Tufayl ibn Ubayy, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray facing a palm-trunk when the mosque was [merely] a roofed shelter, and he would deliver the sermon to the people beside that trunk. A man among his Companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, shall I make you a pulpit to stand upon on Friday, so that the people may see your sermon?" He said: "Yes." So he made for him three steps, which are those on the pulpit. When the pulpit was finished and placed in the spot where the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, put it, it occurred to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to stand upon that pulpit. So he passed by [the trunk] toward it, and when he passed beyond the trunk by which he used to deliver the sermon and stand, that trunk moaned until it cracked and split. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came down when he heard the sound of the trunk and wiped it with his hand, then returned to the pulpit. And whenever he prayed, along with that he would lean toward the trunk. At-Tufayl said: When the mosque was demolished and altered, his father Ubayy ibn Ka'b took that trunk, and it remained with him in his house until it decayed, the termites ate it, and it turned to dust.