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Abdullah, Masood's son narrates, "A tree announced the presence of the jinn to the Prophet that, that the jinn were listening to him."

And also the hadith of Anas who said, "When Gabriel saw the Prophet was saddened, said, 'Would you like it if I showed you a sign?' He replied, 'Yes'. So the Messenger of Allah looked at a tree at the end of the valley and said (to Gabriel), 'Call that tree'. Whereupon the tree came walking until it stood in front of him. Then he ordered it to return so it returned to its place." There is also a similar narration reported by Omar.

Abbas' son tells of the time when a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah and asked, "How can I be sure that you are a Prophet?" The Messenger of Allah said, "If I call upon that branch of this tree to obey me, will you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?" Then, the Messenger of Allah called to the branch to come down, and it started to come down and then fell before the Prophet and thereafter returned to its place (after bearing witness), whereupon the Bedouin became Muslim.

Omar's son, Jabir, Masood's son, Yal'a Murra's son, Anas, Abbas' son, and many others are in complete agreement to the aggregation of these miracles. These miracles and more were reported by the Tabien (second generation) as they were able to gather them and consequently they became well established narrations.

The Longing of the Palm Trunk to the Prophet

This famous event in which the palm trunk wailed on account of its separation from the Prophet has been widely reported and is very well known. It has been transmitted by at least ten of the Companions.

Jabir, Abdullah's son tells us that the Prophet's Mosque was built from the trunks of palm-trees with a roof laid over them. During sermons, the Prophet would lean against one of its trunks, but when a pulpit was built for him they heard the trunk cry out with a sound similar to that of a camel.

Anas tells us that the mosque shook with the trunk's wailing, and Sahl informs us that the congregation wept profusely when they saw what was happening. Both Al-Muttalib and Ubayy said, "It nearly split and burst apart, then the Prophet went to it and placed his hand upon it and it became quiet."

The Prophet told his followers, "This trunk wails because it remembers what it lost."