The Messenger of Allah possesses many manifest miracles and signs
demonstrating [his veracity], reaching thousands and they are well
known.
From amongst them was the Qur'an, the manifest and clear miracle and
brilliant proof, falsehood cannot approach it from before it or behind
it. It is a revelation from One Who is All-Wise and Praiseworthy. It
incapacitated the most eloquent of people in the most eloquent of times
to produce a single chapter that would be comparable to it, even if the
whole of creation were to gather for that purpose. Allah, the Exalted
says,
"Say: If the whole of mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce
the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if
they assisted each other." [Al-Israa' (17): 88]
It challenged them to this despite their large numbers, their eloquence
and their severe enmity, and it challenges them to this day.
As for the other miracles, it is not possible to enumerate them all due
to their huge number and renewing and increasing nature. However, I will
mention some examples:
The splitting of the moon, water flowing from between his fingers,
increasing the quantity of food and water, the glorification of the
food, the palm tree yearning for him, stones greeting him, the talking
of the poisoned leg [of roasted sheep], trees walking towards him, two
trees that were far apart coming together and then parting again, the
barren [and therefore dry] sheep giving milk, his returning the eye of
Qatidah bin an-Nu`man to its place with his hand after it had slipped
out, his spitting lightly into the eye of Ali when it had become
inflamed and its being cured almost immediately, his wiping the leg of
`Abdullah bin `Atiq whereupon he was immediately cured.
His informing of the places of death of the Day of Badr saying, 'this is
the place of such polytheists on the and-such a person.' His informing
of his killing Ubayy bin Khalaf, that a group of his nation would
traverse an ocean and Umm Haram would be amongst them and this occurred.
That all that was drawn together for him of the ends of the earth and
displayed to him would be opened for his nation, that the treasures of
the Chosroes would be spent by his nation in the Way of Allah, the
Mighty and Magnificent. That he feared for his nation that they would be
tempted by the wealth and allurement of this world and that the
treasures of the Persians and Romans would be ours and that Suraqah bin
Malik would wear the trousers of Chosroes.
He informed us that Hasan bin `Ali would reconcile between two large
warring parties of the Muslims, that Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas would live such
that nations would benefit by him and others would be harmed. That
an-Najashi had died on this particular day while he was in Ethiopia and
that al-Aswad al-`Ansi had been killed on this particular day while he
was in Yemen.
That the Muslims would fight the Turks who were described as having
small eyes, wide faces and small, chiselled noses and that Yemen, Syria
and Iraq would be conquered by the Muslims.
He informed us that the Muslims would comprise three armies, an army in
Syria, and army in Yemen and an army in Iraq. That they would conquer
Egypt, a land whose [unit of land measurement] was the Qirat, that they
should deal with their people well for they have protection [being
Copts] and ties of kinship [through Hajar]. That Awais al-Qarni would
come to you from the auxiliaries of Yemen, he would be afflicted with
leprosy and it would be healed except for the space of a dirham, and he
indeed arrived during the rule of `Umar.
He informed us that a group of his nation would always be upon the truth
and that mankind would become many in number and that the Ansar would
diminish in number and that the Ansar would not be given their due [with
regards distribution of wealth and leadership]. That mankind would keep
on asking questions until they would say, "Allah created the
creation..." [Referring to the hadeeth, "the people would continue
asking until they say, 'this is Allah Who created everything…but who
created Allah?'" (al-Bukhari and Muslim)]
He informed us that Ruwayfi` bin Thabit would live a long life, that
Ammar bin Yasir would be killed by the transgressing group, that this
nations shall divide into sects and that they would fight each other.
He informed us that a fire would emanate from the land of Hijaz and the
likes of this. All of this occurred exactly as he (sallallahu `alayhe wa
sallam) said it would.
He said to Thabit bin Qays, "You will live being praised... and you will
die as a martyr", and he lived being praised and was martyred at
al-Yamamah. He said to `Uthman, "He would be afflicted by a severe
trial." [The meaning of severe trial is his being imprisoned in his
house and his being killed by the transgressors.]
He said about a person amongst the Muslims who had just fought a severe
fight that
"He would be from amongst the denizens of the Fire", and later he
committed suicide. Wabisah bin Ma`bad came to him in order to ask him
about righteousness and sin upon which he asked, "Have you come to ask
about righteousness and sin?"
He said to `Ali, az-Zubair and al-Miqdad, "Go to the garden of Khakh for
indeed there is Dha`inah" who has a book with her. [Dha`inah is the
woman with whom Hasib al-Balta`ah (radhiAllahu `anhu) sent a letter to
the people of Mecca in order to inform them of the plans of the
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhe wa sallam) to fight them. It was
concerning this that the first verses of Surah Mumtahinah were revealed.
The garden of Khakh is a place falling between Mecca and Madinah. Refer
to Bukhari [no. 3983] and Muslim [no. 2494] and Tafsir ibn Kathir
[4/344]]
They found her there but she initially denied having the book and then took it out from within her braids.
He said to Abi Hurayrah, when Satan had stolen some dates, "Indeed he
shall return" and he did. He said to his wives, "The most prolific of
you in giving charity will be the quickest of you to join me." and it
was so [Zaynab bint Jahsh (radhi Allahu `anha) was the most prolific of
them in giving charity and was the first to die. Refer to Muslim [no.
2452].]
He said to 'Abdullah bin Sallam, "You will remain upon Islam until you die."
He (sallallahu `alayhe wa sallam) supplicated for Anas that his wealth
and sons increase and that he should live a long life and it was so. He
lived for more than one hundred years and not one of the Ansar was
richer than he and one hundred and twenty of his children had already
been buried before the arrival of al-Hajjaj [to Basrah]. This is
detailed further in Sahih Bukhari and others. [Bukhari no. 1982]
He supplicated that Islam be strengthened through 'Umar bin al-Khattab
or Abu Jahl, and Allah strengthened it through `Umar (radiyAllahu
`anhu). He supplicated against Suraqah bin Malik and the feet of his
horse sank into the earth and he was thrown off, he called out asking
for safe conduct and was granted it, then he asked the Prophet to make a
supplication for him.
He supplicated that Allah remove feeling the bitter cold and heat from
`Ali and so never did he feel cold or hot. He supplicated for Hudhayfah,
the night that he sent him to spy on the Confederates, that he not feel
the cold and he did not until he had returned. He supplicated for ibn
`Abbas that Allah grant him understanding of the religion and it was so.
He supplicated against `Utbah bin Abi Lahb... that Allah cause a dog
from amongst his dogs to overcome him and he was killed by a lion at
az-Zarqa`. [This is how it is in all of the printed editions; perhaps
the author means `Utaybah bin Abi Lahb for this description fits him. As
for `Utbah, he accepted Islaam in the year of the Conquest of Mecca.]
He supplicated for the descent of rain when they asked him to at the
time of drought. There was not a single cloud in the sky, and then when
he had supplicated, the clouds gathered like mountains and it rained
until the next Friday. It rained so much that they had to come back and
ask him to supplicate and stop the rain, so he supplicated and the rain
stopped and they walked out into the glaring sun.
He (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) supplicated for Abu Talhah and his
wife, Umm. Sulaym, that he bless them in the night they had spent
together and she became pregnant and gave birth to `Abdullah. He had
nine children and all of them were scholars.
He supplicated for the mother of Aba Hurayrah (radhi Allahu `anhu) that
she be guided and Aba Hurayrah left to find her performing the ritual
bath because she had accepted Islam. He supplicated for Umm Qays bint
Muhsin, the sister of `Ukkasha, that she live a long life and we do not
know of another woman who lived as long as she did. This was reported by
an-Nasa'i the chapter concerning washing the deceased.
On the Day of Hunain he threw a handful of dirt at the disbelievers and
said, "May the faces be disfigured", and Allah, the Exalted, vanquished
them, filling their eyes with dirt. He once went out to one hundred of
the Quraysh who were waiting to do something horrible to him and he put
dirt on their head and went on his way without their seeing him.
By Imam an-Nawawi
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