41. The promise of Allah to protect the Messenger and aid him in delivering the Message of Islam.
● “O Messenger! Convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord. And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allah will protect you from mankind.” [Qur’an 5:67]
Tafseer ibn Kathir elaborates on the above verse: “Allah will protect you from mankind…” means, “You convey My Message and I will protect, aid and support you over your enemies and will grant you victory over them. Therefore, do not have any fear or sadness, for none of them will be able to touch you with harm.” Before this verse was revealed, the Prophet was being guarded by Companions.
42. The complete unity of mankind as one equal race, and his teaching us that there is no place for discrimination in the brotherhood of Islam.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said in his final sermon to the believers: “…All mankind is from Adam and Eve; an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black, nor does a black have any superiority over a white, except by piety and good action.” [Bukhari; Muslim; Tirmidhi; Musnad Imam Ahmad] ●
43. His chest was opened twice by the angels, who poured into it divine purity and wisdom. This happened once during his childhood, and another time on the night of the Mi’raj.
• During his childhood: It has been narrated from Sayyidina Anas ibn Maalik that Jibra’il came to the Messenger of Allah when he was playing with the other boys. Jibra’il took hold of him and threw him to the ground, then he opened his chest and took out his heart, from which he took a clot of blood and said, “This was the Shaytan’s share of you.” Then he washed it in a vessel of gold that was filled with Zam Zam. Then he put it back
together and returned it to its place. The boys went running to his mother – meaning his nurse i.e. Sayyida Haleema – and said, “Muhammad has been killed!” They went to him and his colour had changed. Sayyidina Anas said, “I used to see the mark of that stitching on his chest.” [Muslim]
• On the night of Mi’raj: Sayyidina Abu Dharr narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The roof of my house was opened when I was in Makkah, and Jibra’il came down and split open my chest, then he washed it with Zam Zam water. Then he brought a golden basin filled with wisdom and faith and emptied it into my chest. Then he sealed it…” [Bukhari; Muslim]
44. A spider and pigeons guarded the entrance of Cave Thawr as the Messenger of Allah and Sayyidina Abu Bakr sought refuge there from the kuffaar.
The Quraysh reached the Cave Thawr as the Messnger of Allah ﷺand his beloved friend hid inside. They suggested, “Let us enter the cave,” but Ubayy ibn Khalaf them, “How can we enter? I see a web; it looks as if it was made before the birth of Muhammadﷺ. •There are two pigeons standing there. If there was somebody in there, would they stand there?” So they accepted that the cave was empty, and departed. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa;; Musnad Imam Ahmad; Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id]
45. He restrained and consoled a violent camel which would attack anyone who approached it.
• This camel approached the Messenger of Allahﷺ, bowed before him and then sat beside him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺput a bridle on it, and the camel said to him: “They made me do the heaviest work and now they want to slaughter me. That is why I became wild.” The Messenger asked its owner if this was true. He replied, “Yes.” [Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya walNihaya; Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak]
46. The slow horse of Sayyidina Abu Talha became the fastest of horses after the Messenger of Allahﷺ rode on it.
• One night, there were noises heard outside the city of Madinah, which startled its residents. The people went to investigate but they saw the Messenger of Allahﷺ already returning from the scene. He settled the people, saying, “There is nothing to fear.” He was riding on Sayyidina Abu Talha’s horse which was extremely slow, and had gone before everyone else to investigate the matter. Then he said to Sayyidina Abu Talha, “Your horse is extremely swift and unfaltering.” After that night, no horse was able to catch up with it. [Bukhari; Muslim; Ibn Majah; Abu Dawud; Tirmidhi]
47. Through the Messenger of Allah’sﷺ blessings, the memory of Sayyidina Abu Hurayra became so incredibly sharp that he never forgot anything after that.
Sayyidina Abu Hurayra said to Allah’s Messenger: “I hear many ahadith (narrations) from you but I forget them.” Allah’s Messengerﷺ said, “Spread your rida’ (garment).” So I did accordingly and then he moved his hands as if filling them with something (and emptied them in my rida’), and then he said, “Take and wrap this sheet over your body.” did it, and after that I never forgot any thing. [Bukhari]
48. The angels would guard the Messenger of Allah.ﷺ
• Sayyidina Sa’d b. Abi Waqqas narrates: “At the Battle of Uhud we saw two whitedressed persons on either side of Allah’s Messenger,ﷺ guarding him like sentries. We understood that they were the angels, Jibra’il and Mika’il.” [Bukhari; Muslim; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
49. The Messenger of Allah ﷺhealed the deeply wounded leg of Sayyidina Salama.
During the battle of Khaybar, Sayyidina Salama b. al-Aqwa’s leg was struck and split open by a sword. The Messenger of Allahﷺ breathed onto it, and the leg was healed instantly. [Bukhari; Abu Dawud] ●
50. A child who had been mute all his life began to speak when spoken to by the Messenger of Allah.ﷺ
It is reported that he was an older child but was mute i.e. unable to speak. He went to the Messenger of Allah, who asked the child: “Who am I?” The child, who had been mute from birth, replied: “You are the Messenger of Allah,” and began to speak from then onwards. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 