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That he heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The roof of the Mosque was built over trunks of datepalms
working as pillars. When the Prophet (ﷺ) delivered a sermon, he used to stand by one of those
trunks till the pulpit was made for him, and he used it instead. Then we heard the trunk sending a
sound like of a pregnant she-camel till the Prophet (ﷺ) came to it, and put his hand over it, then it became
quiet."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 94
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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." Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 93
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Once `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, said, "Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's
Apostle regarding the afflictions?" Hudhaifa replied, "I remember what he said exactly." `Umar said.
"Tell (us), you are really a daring man!'' Hudhaifa said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'A man's afflictions (i.e.
wrong deeds) concerning his relation to his family, his property and his neighbors are expiated by his
prayers, giving in charity and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.' " `Umar said, "I
don't mean these afflictions but the afflictions that will be heaving up and down like waves of the
sea." Hudhaifa replied, "O chief of the believers! You need not fear those (afflictions) as there is a
closed door between you and them." `Umar asked, "Will that door be opened or broken?" Hudhaifa
replied, "No, it will be broken." `Umar said, "Then it is very likely that the door will not be closed
again." Later on the people asked Hudhaifa, "Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He said. "Yes,
`Umar knew it as everyone knows that there will be night before the tomorrow morning. I narrated to
`Umar an authentic narration, not lies." We dared not ask Hudhaifa; therefore we requested Masruq
who asked him, "What does the door stand for?" He said, "`Umar." Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 95