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toward the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Anas said: “I was in the mosque, and I heard the post moaning like a grief-stricken camel; it kept moaning until he came down to it, embraced it, and it fell silent!”
الْخَشَبَةُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ،
قَالَ أَنَسٌ:
وَأَنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَسَمِعْتُ الْخَشَبَةَ تَحِنُّ حَنِينَ الْوَالِهِ، فَمَا زَالَتْ تَحِنُّ حَتَّى نَزَلَ إِلَيْهَا فَاحْتَضَنَهَا فَسَكَتَتْ! "