Al-Tirmidhī likewise transmitted the report (1) through Maḥmūd ibn Ghaylān from ʿUmar ibn Yūnus with the same chain, adding: “Authentic, though uncommon through this route.”
Another isnād from Anas:
Al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū Bakr al-Bazzār said in his Musnad: “Hudbah related to us; Ḥammād related to us, from Thābit, from Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ—(and Ḥabīb ibn al-Shahīd, from al-Ḥasan, from the Prophet ﷺ) (2)—that the Prophet used to preach while leaning against the trunk of a date-palm. When the pulpit was built he moved over to it, whereupon the trunk moaned. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to it, embraced it, and it quieted, saying:
‘Had I not embraced it, it would have continued to moan until the Day of Resurrection.’ (3)”
Ibn Mājah recorded the same wording from Abū Bakr ibn Khallād, from Bahz ibn Asad, from Ḥammād ibn Salamah, from Thābit, from Anas; and from Ḥammād, from ʿAmmār ibn Abī ʿAmmār, from Ibn ʿAbbās. This chain satisfies Muslim’s criteria for authenticity.
Yet another route from Anas:
Imām Aḥmad said: “Hāshim narrated to us; al-Mubārak narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said:
Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered the Friday sermon he would rest his back against a wooden post. When the congregation grew large he said, ‘Build me a pulpit’—so that they could all hear him. They built two steps for him, and he moved from the post to the pulpit.
Anas ibn Mālik later recounted that he heard the post crying with the yearning of one bereft. ‘It kept on wailing,’ he said, ‘until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ descended from the pulpit, walked over to it, and embraced it; only then did it fall silent.’ (4)”
This version is unique to Aḥmad.
Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī also reported it through Shaybān ibn Farrūkh, from Mubārak ibn Faḍālah, from al-Ḥasan, from Anas, adding:
“Whenever al-Ḥasan narrated this ḥadīth he would weep and say, ‘Servants of Allah! A mere piece of wood yearned for the Messenger of Allah out of longing for him and for the rank he holds with Allah—so you are even more deserving of longing to meet him.’” (5)
Al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū Nuʿaym (6) likewise transmitted the narration through al-Walīd ibn Muslim, from Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khiyāṭ, from Anas ibn Mālik, with the same content.