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wrong with you?" He said: "Those people did so
and so to me". Jibreel then said to him: "Would
you like me to show you a sign (from Allâh)?" The
Prophet # said to him: "Yes". Jibreel said to him:
"Look at one of the trees down at the other end of
that valley". And then he said: "Call it". The
Messenger of Allâh # did, and so the tree came
walking and stood before him. Jibreel then said to
him: "Command the tree to go back". Thereupon the
Prophet # commanded it and it went back to its
place. The Messenger of Allâh then said: "That is
sufficient for me "36.
The Messenger of Allâh # calls a palm tree which
responds to his call:
Imam Ahmad narrated on the authority of Ibn
'Abbâs who said: "A man from Banî 'Âmir came to
the Prophet # and said: "O Messenger of Allâh!
Show me (the seal)
which is between your two
shoulders, I am one of the most knowledgeable
people in medicine". The Messenger of Allâh, then
said to him: "Shall I show you a sign?" The man
said: "Yes". The Messenger of Allâh # then looked
at a palm tree and said to the man: "Call that bunch
of dates (on the palm tree)". So, the man did and
the bunch of dates came jumping between his hands.
The Messenger of Allâh then said to it: "Go back",
36 Related by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, 3/113.
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and so it went back to its place. The man then said:
"O Banî 'Âmer (tribe of 'Âmer) I have never in my
life come across a magician who is more skilful in
magic than that man".37 In another narration by
Imâm al-Baihagî, Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The man then
said: "O Banî ‘Âmer! By Allâh I will never belie
him in anything he says". And in another narration
reported also by Imâm al-Baihagî, Ibn 'Abbâs said:
"The bunch of dates came down the palm tree until it
fell on the ground, and kept on jumping until it came
between the hands of the Prophet #. When the
Messenger of Allâh # ordered it to go back, it then
went back to its place on the palm tree. The mar
then said: "I testify that you are the Messenger of
Allâh", and he embraced Islâm".38
D. The weeping of the pulpit on missing the
Prophet
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of
Jâbir Ibn 'Abdullah who said: "The Prophet # used
to stand by the trunk of a date-palm (palm trees were
used as the pillars of the mosque), while delivering a
sermon. When the pulpit was placed for him we
37
Related by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, 1.223.
38
Related by Imam al-Baihagî. Imâm Ibn Kathîr commented on the
narrations saying: "Maybe the man said first that this was an act of
magic, but then realized that it was not so, and then he embraced
Islâm when Allâh Almighty guided him to the truth. And Allâh knows
best ".
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heard that trunk crying like a pregnant she-camel till
the Prophet # got down from the pulpit and placed
his hand over it (he silenced it) "39.
Imam al-Bukhârî also narrated on the authority
of Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah who said that "The Prophet
used to stand by a tree or a date-palm (trunk) on
Friday. Then an Ansârî woman or man said: "O
Allâh's Messenger! Shall we make a pulpit for you?"
He replied: "If you wish". So, they made a pulpit for
him and when it was' Friday, he proceeded towards the
pulpit (to deliver the sermon). The date-palm (trunk)
cried like a child! The Prophet # descended (the
pulpit) and embraced it while it continued moaning like
a child being rendered quiet. The Prophet # said: "It
was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of
religious knowledge given near to it. "40
E. The stones glorify Allâh in the palm of the
Prophet
Imâm al-Baihagî narrated on the authority Abû
Dharr who said: "I saw 'Uthmân 4 one day in a
situation, after which I never mentioned him except
with all that is good. I was a man who used to
follow the Prophet # in his seclusion. One day, I
39
Related by Imam al-Bukharî in the Book of: "al-Jumu'ah (the
Friday prayer".
40 Narrated by Imam al-Bukhârî in his Sahîh "Book of the merits of
the Prophet
(and his companions).
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saw him sitting on his own, so I entered to sit with
him. Abû Bakr 4 then entered, greeted him and sat
on his right #, and 'Umar 4 came in and sat to the
right of Abû Bakr. Then, 'Uthmân % came and sat to
the right of 'Umar %. The Prophet # had seven or
nine stones in his hand. He took them in his palm,
and they started to glorify (say Tasbîh) Allâh, until
we heard them moaning (like the trunk of the date-
palm). When the Messenger of Allâh
put them
down, they became silent. The Prophet # then took
them and put them in the palm of Abu Bakr, and they
started glorifying Allâh (say Tasbîh) until we heard
them moaning (like the trunk of the date-palm), and
when he put them down they became silent. The
Messenger of Allâh took them again and put them in
the hand of 'Umar, and they started to glorify Allâh,
until we heard them crying like the trunk of the date-
palm, and when he put them down they became
silent. The Prophet
then put them in the had of
'Uthmân, and they started to glorify Allâh until we
heard them moaning like the trunk of the date-palm,
and then he put them down, so they became silent.
The Prophet # then said: "This is the Khilafah
(succession) of Prophethood".
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of Ibn
Mas'ûd who said: "We heard the meal glorifying
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Allâh when it was being eaten (by him)".41
F. The stones salute him
Imâm Muslim reported on the authority of Jâbir
that the Prophet # said: "I recognize a stone in
Makkah, which used to salute me before my advent
as a Prophet and I recognize that stone even now".
G. The Prophet # throws dust into the enemies'
faces in Badr and Hunain:
Imâm Muslim narrated on the authority of
Salamah who said: "We fought by the side of the
Messenger of Allâh at Hunain. When we encountered
the enemy, I advanced and ascended a hillock. A
man from the enemy turned towards me and I shot
him with an arrow. He (ducked and) hid himself from
me. I could not understand what he did, but (all of a
sudden) I saw that a group of people appeared from
the other hillock. They and the Companions of the
Prophet turned back and I too turned back defeated.
I had two mantles, one of which was wrapped
around my waist (covering the lower part of my
body) and the other I put around my shoulders. My
waist-wrapper became loose and I held the two
mantles together. (In this downcast condition) I
passed by the Messenger of Allâh # who was riding
41
Narrated by Imam al-Bukhari in his Sahîh "Book of the merits of
the Prophet 5; (and his companions),
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on his white mule. He said: "The son of Akwa' finds
himself to be utterly perplexed". When the
companions gathered round him from all sides, the
Messenger of Allah # got down from his mule,
picked up a handful of dust from the ground, threw it
into their (enemy) faces and said: "May these faces
be deformed!" There was no one among the enemy
whose eyes were not filled with the dust from this
handful. So, they turned back fleeing and Allâh the
Exalted and Glorious defeated them, and the
Messenger of Allâh # distributed their booty among
the Muslims ".42
In another narration by Imâm Muslim, al-‘Abbâs
said (in a long Hadîth):
"
And the Messenger
of Allâh # who was riding on his mule looked at
their fight with his neck stretched forward and he
said: "This is the time when the fight is raging
hot". Then the Messenger of Allâh # took (some)
pebbles and threw them in the face of the infidels.
Then he said: "By the Lord of Muhammad, the
infidels are defeated. Al-'Abbâs said: "I went round
and saw that the battle was in the same condition in
which I had seen it. By Allâh, it remained in the
same condition until he threw the pebbles. I
continued to watch until I found that their force had
42
Related by Imâm Muslim In the Book of Jihâd.
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been spent out and they began to retreat". 43
As for the battle of Badr the Qur'an says about it
in Surah al-Anfâl (the spoils of war):
. وَمَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللّهَ رَمَى وَلِيُبْلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
مِنْهُ بَلَاءٌ حَسَنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ (١٧)﴾ (الأنفال: ١٧)
"And you (Muhammad) threw not when
you did throw but Allâh threw, that He
might test the believers by a fair trial
from Him". (8:17).
As for what has taken place in the battle of
Hunain, the Qur'ân says:
﴿لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمْ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ کَثِيرَةٍ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنِ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ
كَثْرُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنْكُمْ شَيْئًا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ
ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ (٢٥) ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَعَلَى
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًا لَمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذْبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَذَلِكَ
1
جَزَاءُ الْكَافِرِينَ (٢٦)) (التوبة: ٢٥-٢٦)
"Truly Allâh has given you victory on
many battle-fields, and on the Day of
Hunain (battle) when you rejoiced at
your great number but it availed you
naught and the earth, vast as it is, was
straitened for you, then you turned back
43
Ibid.
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in flight. Then Allâh did send down His
calmness on the Messenger # and on the
believers, and sent down forces (angels)
which you saw not, and punished the
disbelievers. Such is the recompense of
disbelievers ". (9:25-26).
H. The Prophet # pointed to the idols and they fell
on their faces:
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of
'Abdullah 4% who said: "When the Prophet # entered
Makkah on the day of the Conquest, there were 360
idols around the Ka'bah. The Prophet # started
striking them with a stick he had in his hand and was
saying: "Truth has come and Falsehood will neither
start nor will it reappear".44
4. The miracles related to animals:
A. The story of the camel which fled:
Imam Ahmad narrated on the authority of Jâbir
Ibn 'Abdullah who said: "We returned from one of
our journeys with the Prophet #, until we reached a
garden, which belongs to Bânî an-Najjâr. When we
tried to enter the garden, there was a camel. No one
enters the garden except that the camel attacks him.
When the people mentioned this to the Prophet #,
44
Related by Imam al-Bukhârî in the Book of 'Maghâzî".
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he went inside the garden and called the camel who
came putting his snout on the ground, until he knelt
down in front of the Prophet #. The Prophet # then
said: "Bring me a halter ", thereupon he tied him
up and gave him back to his owner. The Prophet 3
then turned to the people and said: "There is
nothing -which exists - in between the heaven and
the earth, except that it knows that I am the
Messenger of Allâh, except for those disobedient
among the Jinn and mankind".
B. The story of the camel which wept and
complained to the Prophet
Imâm Abû Dawud narrated on the authority of
'Abdullah Ibn Ja'far who said: "One day I was
riding behind the Prophet #, and he told me secretly
about a matter, which I should not mention to
anybody at all. What the Messenger of Allâh # liked
most to hide behind (while relieving
himself) was an
elevated piece of land or a winding group of palm
trees. One day, he went inside a garden which
belonged to one of the Ansâr and there was a camel
, which upon seeing the Messenger of Allâh # started
weeping and tears fell from its eyes. The Prophet
went to the camel and rubbed his ear, and so the
camel became quiet and stopped crying. The
Messenger of Allâh # asked "Who is the owner of
this camel?" A young man from the Ansâr came and
said: "It is mine O Messenger of Alâh". The Prophet
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then said to him: "Don't you fear Allah regarding
this dumb animal, which Allâh gave you as your
own property? The camel complained to me that
you do not give him enough food and that you force
him to work until he gets too tired".45
C. The Messenger of Allâh # is informed about the
poisoned sheep:
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of
Abû Hurairah who said: "When Khaibar was
conquered, Allâh's Messenger # was presented with
a poisoned (roasted) sheep. Allâh's Messenger
said: "Collect for me all the Jews present in this
area". (When they were gathered) Allâh's Messenger
# said to them: "I am going to ask you about
something; will you tell me the truth?" They
replied: "Yes, O Abul-Qâsim!" Allâh's Messenger #
said to them, "Who is your father?" They said,
"Our father is so and so". Allâh's Messenger # said:
"You have told a lie, for your father is so and so".
They said: "No doubt, you have said the truth and
done the correct thing". He again said: "If I ask
you about something; will you tell me the truth?"
They replied, "Yes, O Abul-Qasim! And if we should
tell a lie you will know it as you have known it
regarding our father". Allâh's Messenger # then
asked: "Who are the people of the (Hell) Fire?"
45
Related by Imâm Abû Dawûd in his Sunan in the Book of "Jihad".
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They replied, "We will remain in the (Hell) Fire for
a while and then you (Muslims) will replace us in
it." Allâh's Messenger # said to them, "You will
abide in it with ignominy. By Allâh, we shall never
replace you in it at all." Then he asked them again:
"If I ask you about something; will you tell me the
truth?" They replied, "Yes" He asked: "Have you
put the poison in this roasted sheep?" They replied:
"Yes". He asked, "What made you do that ?" They
replied, "We intended to learn if you were a liar in
which case we would be relieved from you, and if
you were a prophet then it would not harm you.
"46
D. The story of the camel of Jâbir:
Imam al-Bukhârî related on the authority of
Jâbir who said: "While I was riding a (slow) and
tired camel, the Prophet # passed by and beat it and
prayed for Allâh's Blessings for it. The camel
became much faster than it had ever been before.
The Prophet # then said: "Sell it to me for one
Uqiyah (of gold)". I said: "No". He again said:
"Sell it to me for one Uqiyah of gold". I sold it and
stipulated that I should ride it to my house. When we
reached (Madînah) I took that camel to the Prophet
# and he gave me its price. I returned home but he
sent for me (and when I went to him) he said: "I will
46
Related by Imam al-Bukharî in the Book of "Medicine".
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not take your camel. Take your camel as a gift ".47
The Prophet # rides the slow horse of Talhah
which becomes very fast:
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of
Anas who said: "The Prophet # was the best and the
bravest amongst the people. Once the people of
Madînah became terrified at night, so they went in
the direction of the noise (that terrified them). The
Prophet # met them (on his way back) after he had
found out the truth. He was riding an unsaddled
horse belonging to Abû Talhah (which was a slow
horse) and a sword was hanging around his neck,
and he was saying: "Don't be afraid! Don't be
afraid!" He further said, "I found it (i.e. the horse)
very fast, " or said, "This horse is very fast".48
E. The blessing of the Prophet # gives power to the
donkey of Halîmah as-Sa'diyah (his wet nurse):
When Halimah took the Prophet # when he was
a baby to breast feed him, she had already come to
Makkah with a fatigued and very slow donkey. But
when she decided to take the Prophet # back to her
tribe (of Banî Sa'd), she sat on the same donkey with
the blessed child, but then she was ahead of all
those who had come with her to Makkah. They were
47
Related by al-Bukharî in the Book of "conditions".
48
Related by al-Bukharî in the Book of "Jihad".
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astonished at the speed of her donkey. Not only that,
but his mercy # started to show on her animals,
which started to give plenty of milk at a time when
all the animals in that area had started to dry up,
due to lack of rain. The people of her tribe asked if
they were pasturing their sheep somewhere else,
apart from the known places, which they were
accustomed to use.
F. The wolf who testified that Muhammad # is the
Messenger of Allâh:
Imam Ahmad related on the authority of Abû
Sa'îd al-Khudrî who said: "A wolf attacked a sheep
and took it away, but the shepherd ran after the wolf
and grabbed it from him. The wolf sat down and
said: "Don't you fear Allâh? How could you grab
from me a sustenance which Allâh has given me? The
Shepherd then said: "How strange! A wolf talking
like a man!" The wolf then said to him: "Shall I tell
you something which is even stranger? Muhammad
# in Madinah is telling people the news of the
previous times in history". The shepherd then came
leading his sheep until he entered Madinah, and he
left his sheep on one side of Madinah. He then came
to the Prophet # and told him about the wolf. The
Messenger of Allâh # asked someone to announce
among the people that: "A prayer is to be offered in
congregation (i.e. to say As-Salatu Jâmi'ah)". The
Prophet # then came out and said to the shepherd:
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"Tell them (what happened with the wolf)". The
shepherd then told the people about what happened
with the wolf. The Prophet # then said: "He is
truthful. I swear by Whom my soul is in His hand,
the hour (Day of Judgment) will not be established
until the wild animals talk to man, and the man is
spoken to by the tip of his lash and by his shoelace,
and his thigh tells him about what his wife did after
he left her"49.
G. The Hadîth of the deer which seeks the
protection of the Prophet
Al-Hâfiz Abû Na'îm al-Asbahânî (May Allâh
bestow His mercy upon him) related on the authority
of Umm Salamah ( the wife of the Prophet #) who
said: "While the Prophet # was sitting somewhere in
the desert, there was a voice calling out to him: "O
Messenger of Allâh! O Messenger of Allâh!" The
Prophet # then turned round, but could not see
anybody. The voice then called again, so the Prophet
followed the source of the voice and there was a
female gazelle tied up firmly. Beside the gazelle there
was a Bedouin wrapped in his garment and sleeping
in the sun. The gazelle said to the Prophet #: "This
Bedouin caught me and I have two fawns in that
mountain over there. Could you please untie me so
that I could go to suckle them and then come back to
49
Related by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad, 3/83-84.
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my bond. The Prophet # then said to her: "Would
you really come back?" The gazelle then said: "May
Allâh torture me with the worst torment if I don't".
The Prophet # then untied her, and so she went to
suckle her young and then came back. While the
Prophet # was tying her, the Bedouin woke up and
said: "O Messenger of Allâh, may I ransom you with
my mother and father, I caught her earlier. Do you
need her?" The Prophet # then said: "Yes". The
Bedouin then said: "It is yours". The Messenger of
Allâh # untied her, and she set off running in the
desert joyfully, beating the earth with her feet and
saying: 'I testify that there is not God except Allâh
and that you are the Messenger of Allâh".
H. The story of the bird:
Imam al-Baihagî related on the authority of Ibn
Mas'ûd on the authority of his father who said:
"Once we went out on a journey with the Prophet .
We passed by a tree and saw two little birds in a
nest, and so we took them. The mother of the little
birds came to the Prophet # flapping her wings. The
Prophet # then said: "Who has grieved this bird by
taking away her little ones?" We replied: "We did".
The prophet # thereupon said: "Give them back to
her". We put the little birds back in the nest, but she
didn't come back.
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5. The miracles related to the companions of the
prophet
A. The story of the two men whose sticks lit the way
for them:
Imam al-Bukhârî narrated on the authority of
Anas 4 who said: "Once two men from the
companions of the Prophet # went out of the house
of the Prophet # on a very dark night. They took
with them two things that resembled lamps lighting
the way in front of them, and when they parted, each
of them had those two things (lamps) till they
reached their homes "50
Imâm 'Abdur-Razzaq narrated on the authority
of Anas who said that: "Usaid Ibn Hudair51 and
'Abbâd Ibn Bishr52 went to the Prophet # to ask him
about something. By the time they went out of the
house of the Prophet # it was nighttime, and it was a
very dark night. Each had a stick in his hand, and
the stick of one of them lit the way for them and they
50
Narrated by Imam al-Bukharî in his Sahîh "Book of the merits of
the Prophet
(and his companions),
51 He is one of the Ansar, who embraced Islam after the first pledge
of al-'Aqabah. He fought in the battle of Uhud and the following
battles. He died in Sha'bân, on the year 20 AH. 'Umar 4> carried
his coffin until he was buried in al-Baqî', in al-Madinah.
52
He is also one of the al-Ansar who fought in the battle of Badr
and was killed as a martyr in the battle of al-Yamâmah.
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walked accompanied by its light. When they parted,
the other stick started also to light the way for the
other one, and so each of them continued to walk in
the light of his stick until they reached their homes".
B. The man whose fingers lit the way for him:
mâm al-Bukhârî narrated in his book "at-Târîkh (the
History)", on the authority of 'Amro al-Aslami53 who
said: "We were with the Prophet # on a very dark
night. When we parted, my fingers lit up, so that
even the people who were with me, gathered their
riding animals, depending on their light".
C. The miracle of Tamîm ad-Darî who pushed away
the fire which appeared in al-Harrah (a mountain
at the side of Madinah):
Imam al-Baihagî related on the authority of
Mu'âwiyah Ibn Harmal who said: "'Umar 4% came
to Tamîm ad-Dârî54 and said to him: "Get up to push
away this fire". Tamîm then said: "O Amir al-
53
He was the guide of the Prophet
¿ on his way to al-Hudaibiyah.
54
He is from Banî 'Adî. He was a Christian and then he embraced
Islâm in the ninth year of Hijrah. He used to pray a lot at night, and
one night he got up to pray and he kept on reading a verse from the
Qur'an and crying until the morning. The verse was : "O do those
who earn evil deeds think that We shall hold then equal with those
who believe .... " (45:21). He used to live in Madînah, but then he
moved to Syria and remained there until he died after 'Uthman dée
was killed.
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Mu'minîn (Chief of the believers), and who am I?
'Umar 4%
insisted that he get up and finally he did.
They both set off towards the place where the fire
was, and I (Ibn Harmal) followed them. When they
reached the fire, Tamîm kept on pushing it away with
his hands until it entered one of the mountains, and
Tamîm went after it. 'Umar then said: "The one who
saw is not like the one who didn't". He said it three
times. "
D. The story which Anas told about "al-'Alâ' Ibn
al- Hadramî":
Imam al-Baihagî related on the authority of Anas
who said: "'Umar Ibn al-Khattab
prepared an
army, which was led by "al-'Alâ' Ibn al-Hadramî"55.
Anas continues, I was in that army, and when we
reached the spot we were heading for, we discovered
that the enemy had destroyed all the water wells. It
was very hot, and so we, and our animals, became
extremely thirsty. It was a Friday, and so when the
sun started to come down, al-'Alâ' gathered us and
prayed two Rak'as and then raised his hands
(invoking Allâh), but there were no clouds in the sky.
55 He was originally from Hadramout (south of Arabia). The
Prophet appointed him as the governor of Bahrain. The Prophet
died while he was still in charge of Bahrain, and Abû Bakr and
'Umar kept him in his position and he died during the Khilafah of
'Umar.
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hands down than the wind started to blow and
clouds gathered and it started to rain until all the
roads became flooded with water, and we drank until
we quenched our thirst and gave water to our riding
animals. Then we encountered our enemy, who had
already crossed a small gulf in the sea until they
reached an island. Al-'Alâ' stood by the gulf and
said: "O Allâh, The Exalted, The Most Glorious, The
Forbearing, The Most Generous. And then he said:
"Cross in the name of Allâh". Anas continues: "We
crossed and the water was so shallow that even the
feet of our animals did not get wet. It did not take us
too long, before we gained victory over our enemy.
We killed some, took others as war captives, and
started on our way back. When we reached the gulf
on the way back, al-'Alâ' repeated what he had first
said, and so we crossed again, and the water did not
even get the feet of our animals wet.
Anas continues: "It was not too long before he
died. So, we dug a grave for him, washed him and
buried him. A man then came along, and asked:
"Who is that?" We answered him: "He is the best of
all people, he is Ibn al-Hadramî. The man then said:
"This land rejects the dead bodies, so it would be
better if you transfer him to another land, one or two
miles away, which does not do so. We replied: "We
can not leave our companions to be eaten by wild
animals", and so we re-dug the grave. When we
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animals", and so we re-dug the grave. When we
reached the spot where he was buried, our
companion was not there, but the grave was
glittering with light as far as you can see. So, we
put the rubble back into the grave and left.
E. An army which walks on the water:
Imam al-Baihagâ related on the authority of al-
A'mash who said: "We reached The Tigris river (at
the battle of al-Madâ'in) and the Persians were on
the opposite bank of the river. A Muslim man said:
"In the name of Allâh", and he entered the water
with his horse, which started to run over the water.
The rest of the army then said: "In the name of
Allâh" and broke into the water like him, and here
they were all running (with their horses) and walking
over the water. The Persians then looked at them and
said: "Crazy people! Crazy people!" and they fled.
The Muslims then started to see if they had missed
anything, and it was only a cup, which had been
hung by the saddle of one of the warriors. Then they
started to divide the war booty (which the enemy had
left behind) between themselves. "56
56 This miracle took place during the conquest of "al-Mada'in", and
the leader of the army was "Sa'd Ibn Abî Waqqas"., and he was one
whose prayer and Dua' were heard and answered. Sa'd appointed
'Asem Ibn 'Amro as a leader over one detachment of Muslims.
'Asem said: "Who would come with me to be the first to cross this
sea?" Sixty of the most brave Muslims came along to cross with
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