Day: January 20, 2024

243. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ knew of hidden wealth of his uncle Sayyidina Abbas. When Sayyidina Abbas was taken captive, his goods were confiscated. He told the Messenger of Allah that he had no money. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ reminded him about the money he had left concealed with Umm al Fadl, whereupon Sayyidina Abbas exclaimed, “None except Umm al Fadl and I knew where it was.” Then Sayyidina Abbas became a Muslim. [Qadi Iyaadh, al-Shifa] ●

244. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ knew about Chosroes’ death before the news had even arrived.
• Before the news had arrived via messenger, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told a Persian envoy named Fayruz that Chosroes had passed away. When the messenger arrived with the news, Fayruz read the letter and embraced Islam. [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]

245. Sayyidina Anas b. Malik had children and grand-children numbering over a hundred, due to the prayer of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Sayyidina Anas reported: “My mother Umm Anas (also called Umm Sulaym) came to the Messenger of Allah. She prepared my lower garment out of the half of her headdress and (with the other half) she covered my upper body, and said: ‘Messenger of Allah ﷺ, here is my son Unais; I have brought him to you for serving you. Invoke blessings of Allah upon him.’ Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘O Allah, make an increase in his wealth and progeny.”” Sayyidina Anas said: “By Allah, my fortune is huge, and my children and grand-children are now more than one hundred.” [Sahih Muslim] • Hafiz ibn Kathir also relates that Sayyidina Anas b. Malik had a garden which would produce fruit twice every year. ●

246. The beauty of the Qur’an which Allah sent down to him deeply affects pure hearts. Qadi Iyaadh says: “As for those who believe, they experience fear and are in rapture of its awe. It is like a magnet, attracting the listener and its reciter. It is a source of joy that causes the heart to incline to it and also a confirmation. Allah says, “The skins of those who fear their Lord tremble; and thereafter their skins and hearts soften to the Remembrance of Allah.” [Qur’an 39:23] [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa] ●

247. Utba b. Rabi’ah’s unbelieving heart trembled upon hearing the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite Qur’an.
• On one occasion, Utba b. Rabi’ah went to the Messenger of Allah to speak to him about a recent revelation that that spoke against the pagan belief of his tribe. So, the Messenger of Allah began to recite the chapter that begins “Ha Meem” [Qur’an; Surah 41]. Utba could not bear to hear it and put his hand over the Messenger of Allah ‘s mouth, and begged him to stop. It is also reported that he listened, and in so doing he put his hands behind his back and leant on them until the Messenger of Allah reached the verse of prostration, whereupon the Messenger of Allah prostrated. Utba did not know how to deal with the situation and immediately got up, returned to his family and declined to go out to his tribesmen. His fellow tribesmen came to him and he apologized telling them, “By Allah, he recited some words to me, and by Allah, I have never heard anything like them; I just did not know what to say.” [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]

248. The Qur’an confirms the truth of the Messenger of Allah; none of the unbelievers were able to disprove it.
• Allah says in the Qur’an: “Say: ‘If the abode of the Hereafter is with Allah for you especially, to the exclusion of all other people, then long for death if you are truthful.”
But they will never long for it.” [Qur’an 2:94-95] Shaykh Abu Isaac az-Zajjaj commented on this verse saying, “This verse contains the greatest proof and also the clearest indication of the soundness of the Message of Allah. This is because Allah told the Jews to “long for death” and then informs them “but they will never long for it”, so none of them sincerely longed for death. The Messenger of Allah spoke of this by saying, “By the One in whose hand is my soul, not a single man from amongst them could say it without choking on his saliva.” Allah turned the hearts of the Jews against longing for death. He cast tremendous fear into them thereby signifying that His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, was indeed truthful, and that which He had sent down to him was without doubt authentic. [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]

249. After the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, Sayyida Umm Sulaym had nine sons who all grew up as huffaadh (memorisers) of the Qur’an. • [Sahih Muslim]

250. The name ‘Muhammad’ was completely unknown until shortly before the Messenger of Allah’s birth.
● Qadi Iyaadh writes, “Neither Arabs nor non-Arabs knew of the name ‘Muhammad’ until shortly before the Messenger of Allah’s birth, when they heard the news that a person bearing this name had been selected to be a Prophet. When the news of his name became known, six Arabs named their son ‘Muhammad’ in the hope that it would be their son who would be the chosen one, but Allah had selected His Message to be placed with Muhammad ibn Abdullah.” Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam! [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]

251. Allah has placed His own attributes within the Messenger of Allah, and made him a “truthful ambassador for creation.”
• Referring to the verse “Whosoever obeys the Messenger, indeed he has obeyed Allah.” [Qur’an 4:80], Imam Jafar b. Muhammad as-Sadiq said, “Allah was aware that His creation would be incapable of pure obedience to Him so He informed us in this order: the Messenger, then Allah – so it would be realized one would never be able to aspire to the achievement of pure obedience to Him. Therefore between Himself He placed a human, adorning him with His own attributes of the Kind and Merciful. He made him a truthful ambassador for creation and decreed that when a person obeys him, they are in fact obeying Allah, and when someone complies with him, they are also complying with Allah. [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]

252. The honour of the righteous is due to the honour bestowed upon the Messenger of Allah.
● Imam Jafar as-Sadiq said regarding the meaning of the verse “Peace be upon you, Companions of the Right!” [Qur’an 56:91] is because of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and the
cause of their peace is the great honor bestowed upon Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]