The Prophet ﷺ used to stand on Friday, when delivering the sermon, beside a wooden post that had two notches in it. The narrator said, "I think it was made of dawm wood." It stood in his prayer area, and he would lean against it.His companions said to him, "Messenger of Allah, the people have grown numerous. Could you have something made for you to stand upon when you deliver the sermon, so the people can see you?"He replied, "As you wish."Sahl said, "There was only one carpenter in Madinah at the time. So I went with that carpenter to Khafiqayn, and we cut this pulpit from a tamarisk tree."He continued, "The Prophet ﷺ then stood upon it, and the wooden post moaned. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Are you not amazed at this post's moaning?' The people turned toward it, alarmed by its moaning, until their weeping grew loud. The Prophet ﷺ then descended and came to it, placing his hand upon it, and it became quiet. The Prophet ﷺ then ordered that it be buried beneath his pulpit, or placed within the ceiling."
أن النبي ﷺ كان يقوم يوم الجمعة إذا خطب إلى خشبة ذات فرضتين، قال: أراها من دوم، وكانت في مصلاه، فكان يتكئ إليها، فقال له أصحابه: يا رسول الله! إن الناس قد كثروا، فلو اتخذت شيئا تقوم عليه إذا خطبت، يراك الناس؟ فقال: ما شئتم، قال سهل: ولم يكن بالمدينة إلا نجار واحد، فذهبت أنا وذاك النجار إلى الخافقين فقطعنا هذا المنبر من أثلة، قال: فقام عليه النبي ﷺ، فحنت الخشبة، فقال النبي ﷺ: ألا تعجبون لحنين هذه الخشبة؟ فأقبل الناس، وفرقوا من حنينها حتى كثر بكاؤهم، فنزل النبي ﷺ حتى أتاها فوضع يده عليها فسكنت، فأمر النبي ﷺ بها فدفنت تحت منبره، أو جعلت في السقف.
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Ibn Saad related it in Tabaqat (1/250), and Bayhaqi in Dalail (2/559), from Abu Bakr bin Abu Uways, who said, Sulayman bin Bilal narrated to me, from Saad bin Saeed bin Qays, from Abbas bin Sahl bin Saad, from his father, and he mentioned it. Its chain is hasan, on account of Saad bin Saeed bin Qays, for he is truthful but has weak memory. However, he is corroborated by Umara bin Ghaziya, from Abbas bin Sahl. Tahawi related it in Mushkil (4196) by way of Ibn Lahia, who said, Umara bin Ghaziya narrated to me with it, but his statement, "so it was buried beneath his pulpit, or it was placed in the ceiling," contains an objectionable element. What is correct is what will come in the hadith of Ubayy bin Kaab .His statement, "so I and that carpenter went to the two khafiqan." The khafiqan are the two horizons, east and west, because night and day flutter within them.And his statement, "so we cut this pulpit from athlah wood." Athlah is the singular of athl, which is a tree of the tamarisk family, and its plural is athlat.