Friday, July 18, 2008

The Prophet’s Miracles


The split of the moon


Ibn Kathir said, the most miraculous of all is the cleavage of the moon. Allah says:

" the Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder ( the people of Mecca requested the Prophet Mohammad " peace be upon him " to show them a miracle so he showed them the splitting of the moon ). And if they see a sign, they turn away and say: 'This is continuos magic'.

The moon was split into two in the sky. One piece went behind mount Hira and the other one went to it's other side, leaving the mountain in between, while the people thought it was magic. So when those who were traveling reached Mecca, they were asked about the moon issue and they narrated that they saw, from then on it became clear to the people of Mecca that the cleavage of the moon was genuine, real and true.


The Hadith about the Stone’s Greeting the Prophet


Jaber Bin Samra reported that Prophet Muhammad said: "I know a stone in Makah that was greeting me before legation, I know it now ". It is said that it’s the black stone and some said it is another one. Narrated by Muslim and At Trinity

And Abdullah bin Masoud said :” When I was walking in Makah I used to see a stone I know, every time the Prophet passed over it I heard the stone saying :” Peace be upon you, Messenger of Allah.”


The Miracles Performed by the Prophet
with his Sanctified Palm


On the authority of Abu Zayd ibn Akhtab (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) passed his hand on my face then invoked Allah for me."

Azrah said, that (Abu Zayd ibn Akhtab) lived one hundred and twenty years, and had only few grey hairs.' Narrated by Al-Tirmithi, considered as a “Hasan” Hadith by Al-Hakim and Al-Dhahabi agreed with him.


On the authority of Jaber ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "When boys passed by the Prophet (peace be upon him), he would pass his hands on one or both of their cheeks. When I passed by him, he passed his hand on one of my cheeks. My cheek which the Prophet (peace be upon him) had passed his hand on, looked better than the other one." Narrated by At-Tabarani and its origin is in Sahih Muslim.

On the authority of Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): "I attended a session for Allah's Messenger who then was holding a handful of gravel then the gravel said: 'Subhan Allah' i.e., All Praised be to Allah). Abu Bakr, Omar, `Uthman and `Aly were among us. All those who were in the session heard the gravel's Tasbih (saying:'Subhan Allah' i.e., All Praise be to Allah)" Narrated by Al-Tabarani and the “Isnad” (Chain of narrations) of At-Tabarani is “Sahih” right with reliable narrators.


This is well-expressed by Sheikh Jamal Addien Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Yusuf As-Sarsari who said in a poem:

While mountains praised Allah responding to Dawood (David),
And titanic iron became flexible,
Hard rocks turned flexible, and gravel praised Allah in his palm.
While springs of water gushed forth by Moses' staff,
Water gushed forth from Muhammad's palm



The Angles’ Protection over the Prophet

Abu Huraira reported that Abu Jahl asked some of the Polytheists whether Muhammad prays in front of all people. They told him: Yes. So Abu Jahl swore by their idols (Allat and Aluzza) that If he would see him praying, he would trample his neck, or cast dust on his face. He came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) when he was praying and tried to trample his neck. He came near the Prophet, but turned upon his heels and tried to repulse something with his hands. It was said to him: What is the matter with you? Abu Jahl said: There is between me and him a ditch of fire and terror and wings. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: If he were to come near me the Angels would have torn him to pieces. Then Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse:

-Nay! Verily, man does transgress all bounds (in disbelief and evil deed, etc.).
-Because he considers himself self-sufficient.
-Surely! Unto your Lord is the return.
-Have you (O Muhammad ) seen him (i.e. Abu Jahl) who prevents,
-A slave (Muhammad) when he prays?
-Tell me, if he (Muhammad) is on the guidance (of Allah)?
-Or enjoins piety?
-Tell me if he (the disbeliever, Abu Jahl) denies (the truth, i.e. this Qur'an), and turns away?
-Knows he not that Allah does see (what he does)?
-Nay! If he (Abu Jahl) ceases not, We will catch him by the forelock,
-A lying, sinful forelock!
-Then, let him call upon his council (of helpers),
-We will call the guards of Hell (to deal with him)!
-Nay! (O Muhammad)! Do not obey him (Abu Jahl). Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah!

The Mountain of Uhud's Shaking

Have you ever heard that a solid body fell in love? It is normal that a human likes the appearance of a wall because of its beauty, but it is very strange that a wall expresses its love for a human.
Aly ibn abi Taleb (may Allah be pleased with him) said : “After the invasion of Uhud a lot of Muslims left away from Uhud as seventy of the best of companions of the Prophet have been martyred in its shed and valley.
And when the Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him] went to Uhud with Abu Bakr, Omar, and Uthman {in a version other than that omar and aly were with the Prophet}[ may Allah be pleased with them], he prayed for the martyrs of Uhud. Uhud waged suddenly, then the Messenger of Allah [PBUH] smiled and lift his pure leg hitting the mountain, and said ( stop).
Why did the mountain wage and why did it stop after the hit??
When the mountain felt the touch of the Messenger’s feet on his rocks, it began to chill in a happy way. Then it stopped for the sake of him.


A Wonderful Relation with a Tree Trunk

Allah's Messenger used to deliver sermons standing by an old palm tree trunk. When a pulpit was made for him he used it instead. The trunk then started moaning with a sound heard by all the attendants in the mosque. Allah's Messenger ( peace be upon him ) went down the pulpit interrupting his sermon, held the trunk and said "Calm down, calm down trunk, if you wish I could plant you and you would turn green and would be fruitful till the day of judgment or if you wish I could burry you and you would be my partner in the hereafter. The trunk replied "I want to be buried and to be your companion in the hereafter”. Anas Ibn Malik (May Allah be Pleased with Him) said: when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him ) died we used to say " O Allah's Messenger a trunk which you left yearned your absence, now that you left us, aren’t our hearts supposed to yearn for you.

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