the yearning palm-trunk
الجذع الحنّان
The palm-trunk the Prophet ﷺ leaned on while preaching before the minbar was made, which yearned when he left it. Later generations popularly held that a lead-fastened wooden piece in the pillar facing the Rawda was a remnant of it — Ibn Jubayr saw people kissing and blessing themselves by a visible piece set in a column — but al-Samhudi disputes this, judging it likelier a remnant of the staff of the prayer station, and records that 'Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a ordered its removal in 855 AH 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Overview
The trunk of the palm tree against which the Prophet used to preach before the pulpit was made; it yearned for him when he left it. 2
What became known later
It became known that a piece of wood fixed with lead in the pillar of the noble prayer hall, opposite the Rawda, was a remnant of it. Ibn Jubayr, in his travel account, mentions that people used to kiss a visible piece of it in a pillar and seek blessing by wiping it. 2
Al-Samhudi's view
Al-Samhudi disputed this and preferred that the piece came from the Standing Staff, not from the trunk. He mentioned that Izz al-Din ibn Jama'a ordered it removed in 855 AH. 2
Sources
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p. 393-394
- Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print), p.393-394
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islam.museum contributors. “the yearning palm-trunk”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/jadh-al-nabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.