Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا خَطَبَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ يُسْنِدُ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى خَشَبَةٍ فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ النَّاسُ قَالَ ابْنُوا لِي مِنْبَرًا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُسْمِعَهُمْ فَبَنَوْا لَهُ عَتَبَتَيْنِ فَتَحَوَّلَ مِنْ الْخَشَبَةِ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْخَشَبَةَ تَحِنُّ حَنِينَ الْوَالِدِ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَتْ تَحِنُّ حَتَّى نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْمِنْبَرِ فَمَشَى إِلَيْهَا فَاحْتَضَنَهَا فَسَكَنَتْ.
English Translation
Hashim told us, al-Mubarak told us, from al-Hasan, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delivered the Friday sermon, he used to lean his back against a piece of wood. When the people increased in number, he said, "Build me a pulpit," wanting them to be able to hear him. So they built him one with two steps, and he moved from the wood to the pulpit. He said: Anas ibn Malik informed me that he heard the wood moan like the moaning of a parent. He said: It kept moaning until the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came down from the pulpit and walked to it and embraced it, and it grew still.