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The Prophet (ﷺ) used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the
pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet (ﷺ) went to it, rubbing his hand
over it (to stop its crying).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 92
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Once during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the people of Medina suffered from drought. So while the
Prophet was delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The horses and
sheep have perished. Will you invoke Allah to bless us with rain?" The Prophet (ﷺ) lifted both his hands
and invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds that
gathered together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the Mosque) wading through the
flowing water till we reached our homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same man or
some other man stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The houses have collapsed; please invoke
Allah to withhold the rain." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) smiled and said, "O Allah, (let it rain) around us and
not on us." I then looked at the clouds to see them separating forming a sort of a crown round Medina.
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The Prophet (ﷺ) used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said. "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! 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 datepalm
cried like a child! The Prophet (ﷺ) descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued
moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It was crying for (missing) what it used to
hear of religious knowledge given near to it."