- When one of the Companions encountered a lion in the wilderness, he proclaimed
his allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it caused him no harm. • Sayyidina Safina, a servant of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ was on his way to complete a task set by the beloved Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He set off and on the way encountered a lion in the wilderness. Sayyidina Safina said to the lion, “I am the servant of Allah’s Messenger!” The lion left without doing anything or harming him. According to another narration, Sayyidina Safina lost his way when returning from a task, then enoucntered the lion which actually also showed him the way. [Imam al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak; Imam alAsqalani, al-Matalib al-‘Aliya; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id; Imam Abu Nu’aym, Hilyat al-Awliya; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
- Masjid al-Aqsa was shown to him in a vision as the Quraysh questioned him heavily about its details.
● When the Quraysh heard about the night of al-Mi’raj, those who had seen Masjid alAqsa before asked the Messenger of Allah, “Can you describe Masjid al-Aqsa to us?” The Messenger of Allah, at this point, had become tired of their doubts and questioning. Just then, Allah showed him a vision of Bayt al Muqaddis. The Messenger of Allah said: “While looking at it, I described every detail one by one. They even asked me, “How many doors does Bayt al Muqaddis have?” I had not counted its number of doors. When I saw Bayt al Muqaddis across from me, I began to look at it, count each of its doors and told them the number.” Thereupon, the polytheists said, “By Allah, you described it accurately, and perfectly.” Nevertheless, they still did not become Muslims. [Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam ibn Jawzi, al-Wafa; Imam Dhahabi, Tarikhu’l-Islam]
- The fire which Zoroastrians kept ablaze for a thousand years went out on the night of the Prophet’s birth.
● The fire that had been kept ablaze for a thousand years in Istahrabad and that was worshipped by Zoroastrians went out at the night of the Prophet’s birth. [Qadi Iyaad’s alShifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa]
- A small bird in the Messenger of Allah’s house would never move in his presence, out of respect.
Sayyida A’isha narrates: “There was a domestic animal in our house like a pigeon. When the Messenger of Allah was at home, it stood without moving. And when the Messenger of Allah left home, the bird would began to move around constantly.” It shows, the bird was listening to the Messenger of Allah, and waiting in silence in his presence in complete earnestness. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh alShifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id]
- A lizard in the hands of a Bedouin testified to the truth of the Messenger of Allah. Sayyidina Umar narrates, “A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah. He was holding a lizard. He said: ‘If this reptile testifies to you, I shall believe in you; otherwise I will not.’ The Messenger of Allah asked the lizard, and it testified to his Prophethood clearly.” [Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya] ●
225. The Lake of Sawa, which was deemed holy by Zoroastrians, sank into ground on the night the Prophet was born.
• [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam Bayhaqi, Dala’il alNubuwwa; Imam Suyuti, Khasa’is al-Kubra]
226. The blessed saliva of the Messenger of Allah healed the severe burns of a small child.
• A child called Muhammad b. al-Hatib had been scalded by a pan of boiling water and his whole arm was burnt. The Messenger of Allah touched the arm, spreading his blessed saliva over it; it was immediately healed. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak]
227. A newborn baby, later known as Mubarak al-Yamama, spoke and testified to the Messenger of Allah.
Soon after being born, a famous person called Mubarak al-Yamama was taken to the Messenger of Allah. On his turning to the baby, it started to speak, saying, “I testify that you are the Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet exclaimed, “May Allah bless you!” The child never spoke again in his infancy, and later became famously known as “Mubarak al-Yamama” (the blessed one, Yamama) since he had been the object of this miracle of the Messenger of Allah, and of his prayer. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Hafiz ibn Kathir, alBidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam Suyuti, Kanzu’l-Ummal]
228. Due to the Messenger of Allah’s prayer, Sayyidina Urwa b. Abi al-Ja’da’s trade reached a miraculous level of profit and success.
• It is related that the Messenger of Allah prayed that Sayyidina Urwa b. Abi al-Ja’da might thrive profitably at trade. Sayyidina Urwa said: “Sometimes I would go to the marketplace in Kufa and come home in the evening having made a forty-thousand fold profit.” Imam Bukhari says: “If he took earth in his hand, he still would make a profit from it!” [Bukhari; ibn Majah; Musnad Imam Ahmad; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
229. Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said: “He sent you as the last Prophet but He described you before all…”
• Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, after the Messenger of Allah passed away: “He sent you as the last Prophet but He described you before all. For that, He says: ‘When We took from the Prophets their covenant and from you and from Noah and Abraham and Moses…’ [Qur’an 33:7] [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Imam Ghazali’s Ihya ‘Ulum al-Deen]
230. Sheep would bow to the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik tells of the occasion when the Messenger of Allah, accompanied by Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina Umar and an Ansari, went into a garden belonging to another Ansari. There were some sheep in the garden. When they saw the Messenger of Allah, the sheep bowed to him.
231. The Messenger of Allah planted trees of extreme blessing which paid for the freedom of Sayyidina Salman al-Farsi.
Sayyidina Salman al Farsi had converted to Islam but had been sold to Jews in Madinah. He wanted to buy himself out of his bondage but they placed a high price upon him. The Jews told him that he would be set free upon the payment of three hundred planted sapling palm-trees that were tied and bore fruit. In addition, they demanded that he pay forty pieces of gold. One day, he was blessed to meet the Messenger of Allah. He told him of his circumstances whereupon the Messenger of Allah planted the trees for
him with his own blessed hands – all except for one which someone else planted, and all flourished except that one tree. Each of the trees except that one bore fruit that same year. When the Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him, learned of the tree, he uprooted the sapling, replanted it and it took root and bore fruit.
As for the gold, the Messenger of Allah gave Sayyidina Salman the amount of gold equal to the size of a chicken’s egg, but first he put it in his blessed mouth. Forty pieces of gold were weighed from it for the Jewish masters, and still the gold did not reduce in amount. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 