Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam ‘ala Rasulillah
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah (Radi-Allahu ‘anhu):
The Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) used to stand by a tree or a
date-palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said. “O Allah’s
Apostle! Shall we make a pulpit for you?” He replied, “If you wish.” So
they made a pulpit for him and when it was Friday, he proceeded towards
the pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The date-palm cried like a
child! The Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) descended (the pulpit)
and embraced it while it continued moaning like a child being
quietened. The Prophet (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, “It was
crying for (missing) what it used to hear of religious knowledge given
near to it.”
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