The words below
have been quoted from the book Mirat-i Kainat. The
sources for the majority of mujizas (miracles)
are given in that book, but we have not written them here. And
those we have written were done as briefly as possible. There
were many evidences to prove that Muhammad (peace be upon him)
was a true prophet. Allah declared:
"I would not have
created anything, if you had not been created."
The
existence of creatures proves not only the existence and the
Oneness of Allah, but it also proves the reality of Muhammad
(peace be upon him) being a true and superior prophet. The karamas
(miracles) which occurred at the hands of saintly
people (awliya) among his ummat (followers) are
completely ascribable to him, too. This is because karamas
are seen in those who are dependent on him and who follow his
true path. Even all the miracles of the past prophets are deemed
to be his miracles because all the Prophets wanted to be among
his followers. In addition, all of them were created from his
divine light. The Qasida-I Burda by Imam-i Busayri [who
passed away in Egypt in 695 A.H. (1295 C.E.)] explains this
reality wonderfully. The miracles of Muhammad (peace be upon
him) have been divided into three groups, according to time. The
first group contains the miracles seen from the time of the
creation of his holy spirit until the time when his prophethood
was announced, which is called "bi'set." The
second group includes those which occurred between the times of
the bi'set and his death. The third group consists of the
ones which occurred after his death and will continue to occur
until the Day of Judgement. The first group is called "Irkhas",
the beginnings. Each group is divided into two parts: the ones
seen and the ones understood by wisdom. His miracles are too
numerous to count or to put a limit upon. The miracles in the
second group were reported to be nearly three thousand.
Eighty-six of the most well known are listed below:
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The greatest mujiza (miracle) of Prophet Muhammad (peace
be upon him) is the Qur'an al-karim. All the poets and
men of letters up to now have admired its versification and
meaning. They have not been able to duplicate its expression.
The eloquence and brevity of the Qur'an al-karim are
unlike the words of human beings. That is, if you added or
omitted a vocable, the harmony in the words and their meanings
would be lost. No one could find a word to substitute. Its
versification is not like the poems of Arab poets. It reports
numerous secret events that happened in the past or will happen
in the future. Those who have heard and read it are unable to
forget the pleasure they experienced. Those reading it do not
become bored with it even though they are tired. Countless
experiments have already proven that hearing or reading the Qur'an
al-karim is good for getting rid of boredom. It has been
witnessed that some people who heard the sound of the Qur'an
al-karim died there on the spot from feeling fear and horror
in their hearts. So many former enemies of Islam became Muslims
as a result of listening to the Qur'an al-karim. Even
though some enemies of Islam and those disbelievers with Muslim
names such as "Muattala," "Malahida," and
"Qaramita" tried to change, spoil and duplicate it,
they could not accomplish their evil desires. The Torah and the
Bible were changed by men, and they have continued to undergo
repeated changes. All the sciences and valuable things which
could not have been determined by way of experimentation, good
morals, the virtues which give superiority to mankind, the good
deeds which cause us to gain happiness in both worlds, knowledge
about the beginning and the end of existence, and all the things
which are harmful or useful for mankind have been reported
either clearly or secretly in the Qur'an al-karim. Only
experts on the Qur'an al-karim can understand its
secrets. All the sciences and secrets existing in the Torah,
Psalms of David and the Bible have been reported in the Qur'an
al-karim. He revealed most of them to his beloved Prophet
(peace be upon him). Hadrat Ali and Hadrat Hussein (may Allah be
pleased with them) were reported to have known most of these
sciences. Reading the Qur'an al-karim produces great
happiness. Allah granted these blessings to his beloved
Prophet's followers. The angels are deprived of this
benefaction. For this reason, they gather and listen to the Qur'an
al-karim at the places where it is being read. All the
commentaries (tafsir books) convey only a small amount of
knowledge concerning the sciences in the Qur'an al-karim.
On the Day of Judgement, Muhammad (peace be upon him) will read
the Qur'an al-karim on a minbar (pulpit) and all
those who hear it will understand all of its content.
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One of the greatest and most renowned miracles of Muhammad
(peace be upon him) was the splitting of the moon into two. This
miracle never fell to the lot of any other Prophet. When
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was fifty-two years old, the
leaders of the disbelievers from the Quraish came up to him and
said, "If you are a prophet, split the moon into two parts.
“Muhammad (peace be upon him) dearly wanted everybody,
especially his relatives and his friends, to covert to Islam. He
prayed raising up his hands. Allah accepted his prayers and
split the moon into two parts. Each half of the moon was seen
above different mountains. The disbelievers said, "Muhammad
performed magic for us." They did not become Muslims.
Poem:
A
dog, looking at the moon barks.
No fault of the moon here.
The dogs always bark.
Couplet:
Lacking
of taste in the mouth indicates an illness.
The most delicious drink tastes bitter to the sick.
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As the Muslims were in the midst of a battle fighting against
the disbelievers, their water ran out. Muhammad (peace be upon
him) dipped his hand into some water, and water began to flow
from between his fingers. The water flowed into a receptacle
that overflowed until he took his holy hand out of the water.
Sometimes eighty, sometimes three hundred, sometimes fifteen
hundred, and in the war of Tabuk, seventy thousand people
and their animals drank this water and used it.
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One day, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) went to his
uncle Abbas' home. After he had made his uncle and his children
sit together he covered them up and prayed like this: "O My
Allah! This is my uncle, my father's brother. And these are my ahl-i
bait (family). As I have covered my uncle and his family,
please defend them from the hellish Fire!" After this
prayer, the voice of 'Amin' was heard from the walls
three times.
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One day some people wanted him to perform a miracle. He called
to a tree some distance away from him. That tree came near to
him dragging its roots and greeted him saying, "Ash'hadu
an la ilaha illa'llah wa ash'hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa
Rasuluhu." (I bear witness that there is no god except
Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger and
Prophet of Allah). Then the tree went back to its place.
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During the battle of Khaybar he was given some lamb chops to
eat, but they had been poisoned. A voice was heard from the meat
saying, "O Prophet of Allah! Do not eat me. I have been
poisoned."
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One day, our Prophet, told a man with an idol in his hand:
"Will you convert to Islam if this idol talks to me?"
The idolater said, "I have been worshipping this idol for
fifty years, up to now it has never spoken to me. How can it
talk to you?" Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked: "Who
am I?" A voice was heard from the idol saying, "You
are the Prophet of Allah." The idolater became a Muslim
immediately.
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There was a wooden column erected in the mosque in Medina.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to lean upon that column
during the khutba (sermons). It was called "Hannane."
After some time, a mimbar (pulpit) was built. So, he
stopped leaning upon Hannane, but it began to cry.
Everybody in the mosque heard the column crying. Muhammad (peace
be upon him) came near the column and embraced it. Then it
stopped crying. He said: "If I had not embraced it, it
would have cried until the Day of Judgement." This type of
miracles were seen and reported many times.
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It was witnessed many times how the gravel or the food in his
hand, sounding like bees, would recite the names of Allah.
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A disbeliever came and asked, "How can I know that you are
the Prophet of Allah?" The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)
answered, "Would you believe in me if that bunch of dates
hanging on the tree comes near me when I order it?" He said
that he would. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) called the
bunch of dates, and they hobbled over to him. Then he said:
"Go back to your place." The dates went back to their
original place again. The disbeliever who saw this miracle
became a Muslim immediately.
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In Mecca, a few sheep from a herd were taken away by some
wolves. The shepherds rushed upon them and rescued the sheep. At
that moment, one of the wolves said, "Do you not fear Allah
while taking our food." The shepherd said, "O my God!
What a surprise this is! How can a wolf speak?" The wolf
responded saying: "What is really surprising is that
Allah's Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is performing
miracles in Medina." The shepherd came and reported it to
the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and immediately became a
Muslim.
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While walking out in the countryside, Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him) heard the same voice three times, saying, "O! The
Prophet of Allah!" He looked and saw a deer fastened to a
man sleeping near it. He asked the deer what it wanted. The deer
said, "This man caught me, but I have two babies over there
on the opposite hill. If you free me, I will feed them and come
back again." The Holy Prophet asked, "Will you keep
your words, will you come back?" The deer promised saying,
"I promise for the sake of Allah. If I do not come back the
torment of Allah will be on me." The Holy Prophet freed the
deer. It came back after a while. The Holy Prophet again
fastened it. At that moment, the man woke up and saw the Prophet
and said, "O, Prophet of Allah, what can I do for
you?" He told him: "Set this deer free!" The man
unfastened the rope and set the deer free. The deer kicked up
its heels from the ground cheerfully and said, "Ash'hadu
an la ilaha illa'llah wa annake rasullullah," (I bear
witness that there is no god except Allah and you are the
Messenger of Allah) and went away.
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One day the Prophet asked a peasant to convert to Islam. The
peasant said if the Prophet revived his neighbors dead daughter
he would convert to Islam. They went to her grave. He called the
girl by her name. A voice was heard from the grave and she
appeared. The Holy Prophet asked: "Do you want to come back
to the world?" The girl answered, "O! Prophet of
Allah! I do not want to come back to the world. I am happier
here than I was in my father's house. The next world for a
Muslim is better than this world." The peasant
eye-witnessed these happenings and converted to Islam
immediately.
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Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) cooked a
sheep. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his Companions
ate it. He said: "Do not break its bones!" The Prophet
gathered the bones and put his holy hands upon them and prayed.
Allah revived the sheep.
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A dumb boy, who was quite grown up, was brought to The Holy
Prophet. He asked the boy: "Who am I?" The boy
answered, "You are the Prophet of Allah." Afterwards
he was able to talk until his death.
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After stepping on the egg of a snake, both eyes of a man became
blind. He was brought to The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
He rubbed his holy spittle along his eyes; the blind man
regained his sight, and even though he was eighty years old, he
was able to thread a needle.
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Muhammad bin Hatib says, "I was young. Some boiled water
was poured on me. My body was burned. My father took me to the
Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him). He rubbed his spittle
along the burned places of my body and then prayed. Immediately,
those parts were healed.
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A woman brought her bald son to the Prophet of Allah. He rubbed
his holy hands on his head. The boy healed; his hair started to
grow.
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The books Sunnan (traditions of the Holy Prophet) by
Tirmizi and Nasai state: "A blind man came up to the
Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) and said: "O! Prophet
of Allah! Pray to Allah so that I can see." He said:
"Perform a perfect ablution. Then recite this: 'O! My
Allah! I'm begging you. I want something from you by means of
your dear Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). O! My dearest
Prophet Muhammad! I'm begging my Allah by means of you. I want
Him to accept my prayer for your sake. O my Allah! Make this
exalted Prophet an intercessor for me! Please, accept my prayer
for his sake!" The man did what he was told to do. His eyes
started seeing right away. Muslims have always recited this
prayer to attain their aims.
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The Prophet was traveling in a desert with Abu Talib. Abu Talib
said that he was very thirsty. The Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him) dismounted from his animal and asked Abu Talib:
"Are you thirsty?" When he answered, "Yes!"
he knocked his holy heel upon the ground. Water sprang out of
the ground. He declared: "O! My uncle, drink this
water!"
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During the war of Hudaybiya, they camped near a dry well. The
soldiers complained of being thirsty. Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him) asked for a bucket of water. He performed his ablution
with that bucket and spat into it. Then he ordered the soldiers
to pour the water into the dry well. He asked for an arrow and
then shot it into the well. Afterwards, everybody witnessed the
dry well becoming filled with water.
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During another war, soldiers complained of being thirsty. The
Prophet of Allah sent two soldiers to look for water. They saw a
woman on a camel with two leather water-bottles and brought her
to the Prophet. Muhammad (peace be upon him) wanted some water
from the woman. He ordered them to pour her water into a
receptacle. Afterwards all the soldiers came and filled their
water receptacles and skin bags with water. The woman was given
some dates and her skin bag of water was filled with the water.
He declared: "Your water has not been decreased. Allah gave
us the water."
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While he was preaching a khutba (sermon) on the pulpit in
Medina, somebody said, "O! Prophet of Allah (peace be upon
him)! Due to the lack of water, our. children, animals and farms
are perishing. Help us!" He raised up his hands and prayed.
Although there were no clouds in the sky, clouds gathered and it
began to rain immediately before he had time to rub his hands on
his face. It continued to rain for some days. While he was
preaching a sermon on the pulpit again, the same man said,
"O! Prophet of Allah! We will perish because of the heavy
rain." The Prophet of Allah smiled and said: "O! My
Allah! Grant mercy to your other creatures too!" The
weather cleared up and the sun appeared.
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Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I
ran into heavy debt. I reported it to the Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him). He came to my garden and walked around a
pile of dates three times. He said to me: "Tell your
creditors to come here!" Each one of them was given his due
and nothing decreased from the original pile of dates.
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A woman sent some honey to him as a present. He accepted the
honey and sent back the empty pot. But when she took her pot she
saw that it was full of honey. The woman came back to the
Prophet and asked, "O! Prophet of Allah. Why didn't you
accept my present? I wonder, what is my sin?" He answered:
"We have accepted your present. The honey you see in your
pot is the blessing given by Allah for your present." The
woman ate the honey with her children for months. It never
decreased. One day, they inadvertently put the honey into
another pot. In the new pot the honey was eventually used up.
They reported this to the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him).
He declared: "If it had been left in the pot I sent, they
could have eaten it until the end of the world; it would not
have decreased at all."
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Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says, "I
brought a few dates to the Prophet of Allah. I asked him to
bless them by prayer so that they would become prolific. He
prayed and said, "Take them with you. Put them into a pot.
When you want to eat some, put your hand into it and take some
out. Do not take them out by pouring your pot out." I
carried that bag of dates with me day and night and ate them
until the time of Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).
I also let my companions eat them and gave handfuls of them as
alms. I lost them on the day Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased
with him) was martyred." (which was after 25 years).
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The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) could speak the
languages of all the animals, just like the Prophet Solomon. It
was seen many times that some animals would come up to him and
complain about their owners and others. The Holy Prophet (peace
be upon him) used to report this to his Companions. During the
battle of Hunain he ordered a white mule named "Duldul,"
upon which he was riding: "Kneel down!" When Duldul
knelt down, he took a handful of sand and scattered it on the
disbelievers.
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It was witnessed many times that the Prophet of Allah (peace be
upon him) had the power of divination. This type of miracle
consists of three aspects. The first aspect concerned the events
before his time. His answers to the disbelievers' questions
about those past events caused many enemies of Islam to become
Muslim. The second aspect was related to the events of his own
time. The third aspect dealt with describing the things that
will happen in the world until the Day of Judgement and the life
in the hereafter. Some of his miracles from the second and third
aspects are written below: During the very first days of the
invitation to Islam, some of the companions of the Prophet
immigrated to Ethiopia after suffering from the hands of the
disbelievers. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) as well as
all of his Companions who did not leave Mecca were banned from
all kinds of social activities, such as having relations with,
buying from, selling to, and conversing with anyone except
Muslims for three years. The polytheists of the Quraish wrote a
testament declaring their decision and agreement and hung it on
the wall of al-Kabat-al-Muazzama. Allah, the Almighty,
caused a little worm [wood borer] named Arza to eat that written
voucher. The little worm ate it completely except the small part
where Bismik-Allahumma: (In Thine name. O! my Allah) was
written. This event was explained to our Prophet (peace be upon
him) by Angel Gabriel. Then our Prophet (peace be upon him) told
it to his uncle Abu Talib. The next day Abu Talib went to see
the prominent ones from among the disbelievers. He told them the
Lord of Muhammad had sent a message to him. Abu Talib added,
"If his report is true, will you please let the Muslims go
wherever they want, and to see and talk to everybody as they did
before? If what he said is not true, I will not keep him under
my protection any more." This suggestion was accepted by
the leaders of the Quraish. A very large group of people
gathered and went to the Ka'aba (in Mecca). Their written
voucher was taken down and opened. It was eye-witnessed that it
had been eaten completely except for the part on which the word Bismik-Allahumma:
(In Thine name. O! my Allah) was written. Ambassadors of the
Persian King Husrav came to Medina. One day, he called them and
said: "Tonight, his son killed your Kesra." A
few days later, it was reported that Kesra was killed by
his son. [Persian shahs were called Kesra.]
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One day to his wife Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) he
declared: "Abu Bakr and your father will govern my ummat
(followers)." With these words, he announced the good news
that Hadrat Abu Bakr and Hafsa's father, Hadrat Omar, would be khalifas
in the future.
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Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) was charged with the
duty of keeping the dates given as zakat (charity tax).
He saw someone stealing the dates and captured him. He told him
that he would take him to the Prophet. The thief implored for
mercy saying that he was very poor and had a lot of children.
Hadrat Abu Huraira set him free. The following day the Prophet
of Allah called Abu Huraira and said: "What did the man
whom you left last night do?" When Abu Huraira answered, he
declared: "He deceived you. He will come again." He
came again the following night and he was captured again. He
said imploringly: "Leave me for the sake of Allah,"
and Hadrat Abu Huraira let him go free again. When he came again
for the third night, this time his plea was of no use. The thief
said: "If you spare me, I'll teach you a few thing that
will be useful for you." His proposal was accepted by Abu
Huraira. The thief said: "If you recite Ayat-Al Kursi (Verse
2:255 of the Holy Qur’an) just before you go to bed at night,
Allah will protect you and Satan cannot come near you."
Then the thief went away. When the Prophet of Allah was told
what happened the following day, he declared: "Now, he told
the truth; however, he is a liar. Do you know who you talked to
for three nights?" He answered that he did not know. Our
Prophet declared: "That person was Satan."
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Some soldiers were sent to a place called Muta to fight against
the troops of the Roman Emperor. While the Prophet was on the mimbar
(pulpit) in Medina, he reported that four commanders from among
his followers had been martyred one after the other in Muta.
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While he was seeing Muaz Ibn Cabal (may Allah be pleased with
him) off to Yaman to govern there, he accompanied him as far as
the outskirts of Mecca and gave him a lot of advice and
declared: "We shall not see each other until the Day of
Judgement." While Muaz was in Yaman the Prophet of Allah
passed away in Medina.
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While in the throes of death pains, he said to his daughter
Fatima: "You will be the first of my relatives to come to
me." No one among his relatives died before Hadrat Fatima
(may Allah be pleased with her), who died six months after his
death.
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To a person called Kays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with
him), he said: "You will lead an easy life and die as a
martyr." He was martyred in the fight against Musseylemetool
Kezzab in Yemame when Hadrat Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased
with him) was the khalifa. He also foretold that Hadrat
Omar, Hadrat Uthman and Hadrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with
them) would be martyred.
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He announced the good news that the countries of the Persian
Emperor Kesra and Roman Emperor Kaiser would be captured
by the Muslims and their treasures would be spent in the way of
Allah.
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He predicted that many of his ummat (followers) will go
to war by sea and that Ummi Hiram, a female Muslim (may Allah be
pleased with her), will be present in that war. When Hadrat
Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was the Khalifa,
the Muslims went to the island of Cyprus by ship and fought the
unbelievers. The above-mentioned lady was together with them.
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One day the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) was sitting on
a high place. He looked at the people around him and said:
"Can you also see what I have seen: I swear that I see the fitnas
(disorder, rebellion) which will occur between your houses and
in the streets." On the day when Hadrat Uthman was martyred
and again during the time of Yazid, many great disturbances
occurred in Medina. A great many people were killed in the
streets.
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One day he foretold that one of his wives would rebel against
the Khalifa. When Hadrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with
her) laughed at his words, he declared: "O Humayra! Do not
forget my words! Perhaps you will be that woman." Then he
looked at Hadrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said:
"If the verdict of this case depends on you, treat her
mildly." Thirty years later, Hadrat Aisha fought Hadrat Ali
and was captured by Hadrat Ali. Hadrat Ali sent her from Basra
to Medina respectfully.
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Once, he said to Hadrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him)
[who passed away in Damascus in 60 A.H. (680 A.D.)]), "If
you rule my followers in the future, give rewards to those who
do useful things. Forgive those who will do harmful things.
"Hadrat Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) governed
Damascus for twenty years during the khalifate of Hadrat Uthman
(may Allah be pleased with him), and later he was the khalifa
for twenty more years as well.
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One day, he declared: "Muawiyah can never be
defeated." During the war of Siffin, Hadrat Ali (may Allah
be pleased with him) said: "If I had heard this tradition,
I would not have fought with Muawiyah" (may Allah be
pleased with him).
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To Ammar bin Yaser (may Allah be pleased with him) he said:
"Those who are rebellious and wicked will kill you."
He was martyred while he was fighting against Hadrat Muawiyah
(may Allah be pleased with him) on Hadrat Ali's side.
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For Hasan, who was the son of his daughter Fatima, he declared:
"This son of mine is very blessed. Allah will make him the
means by which peace is established between two great armies of
Muslims." When Hasan was ready to fight against Muawiyah
(may Allah be pleased with him) with a great army, he ceased to
do so and gave the khalifate, which was his right, to Hadrat
Muawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) in order to prevent
disorder and the killing of many Muslims.
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Abdullah Bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) drank the
blood of Hadrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) while he was being
cupped. When Hadrat Muhammad saw this he declared: "Do you
know what human beings are going to do to you? You will also do
a lot of things for mankind. The Hell Fire will not burn
you." When Abdullah Bin Zubair called himself the khalifa
in Mecca, Abdulmalik bin Marwan sent Hajjat to Mecca with a
great army. He captured Abdullah and killed him.
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After looking at the mother of Abdullah Ibn Abbas (may Allah be
pleased with him) he said: "You will have a son. Bring him
to me when he is born." When they brought the baby, he
recited the adhan and the iqama into his ears and
rubbed his holy spittle along the child's mouth and gave him the
name "Abdullah" and then handed the baby to its
mother, and then said: "Take away the father of the khalifas."
When the father of the child, Hadrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased
with him), heard this he came up to the Prophet of Allah and
asked the meaning of those words. He answered: "Yes, I said
so. That child is the father of the khalifas. A person
from among his descendants will perform salat with Seffah,
Mahdi and Hadrat Jesus." A large number of khalifas
governed the Abbasid State. All of them were the descendants of
Abdullah Ibn Abbas.
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Once he declared: "Lots of people called Shiah (Shiite)
will appear among my ummat. These people will be outside
of the Islamic Religion."
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He prayed a great deal for his companions. The good results of
his prayers were seen by them. Hadrat Ali (may Allah be pleased
with him) says, "The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him)
wanted to send me to Yaman as a judge. I told him 'O! Prophet of
Allah (peace be upon him), I do not know how to judge! He put
his holy hand on my chest and prayed "O! My Allah! Make his
heart know the true things. Make him always tell the
truth." I used to understand who was correct among those
who came to me with complaints, and I used to judge in a just
way.
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Those ten persons who received the good news of going to
paradise by Hadrat Muhammad are called "Ashara-i
Mubashshara." Among them, for Sad bin Wakkas (may Allah
be pleased with him), he prayed: "O! My Allah! Cause his
arrows to hit their targets and accept his prayers!" After
that every prayer of Sad bin Wakkas was accepted and each arrow
he shot hit the enemy.
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Putting his holy hands on the forehead of the son of his uncle,
Abdullah bin Abbas, he prayed: "O! My Allah! Make him a
great savant in religion, make him the owner of knowledge. Grant
him the knowledge of the Qur'an al-karim." After
that, he became the greatest savant of that time in all
sciences, especially in Qur'anic commentary, Islamic traditions
and Islamic law. The Companions of the Prophet and their
students used to learn everything from him. He was called Tarjuman-ul
Qur'an, Bahrul-ilm and Raisul Muffessirin. Islamic countries
were filled with his students.
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For Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), one of his
servants, he prayed: "O! My Allah! Give him lots of
children and property. Give him a long life. Forgive his
sins." In time, he became rich. His trees and vineyards
gave fruit every year. He had more than one hundred children. He
died at the age of one hundred and ten. While he was dying he
said: O my Allah! You have accepted and granted three of the
prayers that were made for me by Your beloved Prophet! I wonder
if you have accepted the fourth one, too. He heard a voice:
"I have accepted the fourth one, too. Take it easy."
50-
For Malik bin Rabia (may Allah be pleased with him) he made this
prayer: "Have a lot of children!" He had eighty sons.
51-
When the famous poet called Nabiga read some of his poems, the
Prophet of Allah prayed for him saying, "May Allah preserve
your teeth." When Nabiga was one hundred years old, his
teeth were white, and bright like strung pearls.
52-
For Urva bin Cu'd, he prayed: "O! My Allah! Make his
business successful." Urva Said: All my trading affairs
done after that were profitable. I never lost money.
53-
One day, his daughter Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her)
came up to him. Her face was pale because of hunger. By putting
his hand on his daughter, he prayed: "O! My Allah, who
feeds the hungry people, do not make Muhammad's daughter Fatima
hungry." Immediately Fatima's face became healthy and
refreshed. She never felt hungry again until her death.
54-
He prayed for Abdurrahman bin Awf, a companion blessed with the
news of going to heaven, to have abundance. His property
increased so much that he became a well-known rich man.
55-
"Every Prophet's prayer is accepted. Every Prophet prayed
for his followers in the world. I pray that Allah gives me
permission to intercede for my followers on the Day of Judgement.
I hope my prayer will be accepted. I shall intercede for all of
them except those who are disbelievers," said our Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him).
56-
Having gone to some villages near Mecca, he attempted to convert
them to Islam. They did not accept. He prayed that a famine
would befall them just like the one witnessed in Egypt during
the time of the Prophet Joseph (peace be upon him). In that year
such a great famine occurred that those people had to eat
carcasses.
57-
Utayba, the son of his uncle, Abu Lahab, did not believe Hadrat
Muhammad and annoyed him very much although he was the
son-in-law of the Prophet of Allah. He divorced his holy
daughter Ummu Gulsum Khatoon and said bad things. Being deeply
worried about this, he prayed, saying "O! My Allah! Send
one of the dogs to him!" While they were on their way to
Damascus for trading, one evening when he was sleeping among his
friends, a lion came and sniffed them one by one. When it
approached Utayba, it grabbed him and tore him into pieces.
58-
A person was eating with his left hand. He said: "Eat with
your right hand." The person lied and said: "My right
hand does not move." He declared: "May your right hand
no longer move." Until his death, he could not move his
right hand up to his mouth.
59-
He sent a letter to the Persian King Husrev Parviz to convert
him to Islam. Vile Husrev tore the letter into pieces and killed
the envoy that brought the letter. When the Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him) heard this, he was deeply sorry and prayed:
"O! My Allah! Tear up his property as he tore up my
letter." Husrev was stabbed with a dagger by his son,
Sherawaih. While Hadrat Omar was the khalifa, the Muslims
conquered the entire country of Persia, and Husrev's descendants
and property disappeared.
60- While the Prophet
of Allah (peace be upon him) was making amr-i maruf
(calling people to Islam) and Nahy-i Munkar (prohibiting
disbelief) and giving good advice in the city, the vile Hakem
bin ‘As, who was the father of Mervan, coming after him, used
to open and close his eyes, pucker his face, and thus ridicule
the Prophet. When the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) saw
his bad behavior, after turning back, he declared: "Remain
in the way you show yourself!" Hakem's face and eyes
remained moving until he died.
61-
Allah saved His beloved Prophet from many calamities. Abu Jahl
was the greatest enemy of the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon
him). Once when he held up a large stone in order to hit the
Prophet's holy head, Jahl saw two snakes on the shoulders of the
Prophet of Allah. Suddenly the stone dropped down from his hands
and he ran away.
62-
When the Prophet was performing his prayer beside the Ka’ba
(in Mecca), the vile Abu Jahl said, "It is time!" he
wanted to kill the Prophet with a knife, but suddenly he ran
away. When his friends asked him why he was afraid, he answered:
"I saw a canal that was full of fire between Hadrat
Muhammad and me. A lot of people were waiting for me. If I had
walked one more step, they would have thrown me into the fire. I
became very frightened. When the Muslims heard this and asked
the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) he declared: "The
angels of Allah would have caught and torn him into
pieces."
63-
While the prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) was lying under a
tree alone during the Kattan war in the third year of the
Hegira, a disbelieving wrestler called Dasur came up to him with
a sword in his hand and said, "Who will rescue you from
me?" When the Prophet of Allah answered: "Allah will
rescue me," the angel called Gabriel appeared as a human
being and hit the chest of the disbeliever. Having fallen to the
ground, the disbeliever's sword dropped from his hand. Taking
the sword into his hand, the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon
him) said: "Who will rescue you from me?" The
disbeliever begged by saying, "Except you, there is no
blessed person who will rescue me?" The Holy Prophet
released and forgave him. After that, the disbeliever converted
to Islam and caused many other people to convert to Islam.
64-
In the fourth year of the Hegira, while the Prophet of Allah
(peace be upon him) was talking to his Companions under the wall
of a Jewish fortress in "Bani Nadr," from above
a Jew wanted to drop a big mill stone on his head. When he
touched the stone, both of his hands were crippled.
65-
In the ninth year of the Hegira countless people who came from
distant places were converting to Islam. Two disbelievers called
Amir and Erbed joined them and tried to kill the Prophet of
Allah. While Amir was saying that they wanted to embrace Islam,
Erbed wanted to unsheathe his sword from behind, but he could
not do it. When Amir signalled to ask him why he was waiting,
the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) declared: "Allah
saved me from your harm." When they left, Amir asked Erbed
why he had not kept his word. He answered: "What could I
do? Whenever I wanted to unsheathe my sword, I saw you between
him and me. A few days later, the sky, although it was clear,
filled with clouds immediately. Then lightning struck and both
Erbed and his camel died.
66-
Once, after the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) had
performed his ablution and had put on one of his leather shoes,
he then extended his hand to take the other one, but a bird
captured the shoe and shook it off in the air. A snake fell down
out of it. After that, the bird put the shoe on the ground.
Henceforth, shaking shoes before putting them on has become a
tradition.
67-
The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) had appointed some
guards who were to look after him in the deserts and in the
wars. When the sixty-seventh verse in Chapter Maida was revealed
with the meaning: "Allah saves you from the harm of human
beings," he gave up doing this. After that, he used to walk
about alone among his enemies and sleep alone. He never felt
afraid.
68-
Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) had a
handkerchief given to him by the Prophet (peace be upon him).
The Prophet of Allah wiped his holy face with it. Anas also used
to wipe his face with it, and when it was dirty he used to leave
it in a fire. The fire never burned the handkerchief, but it
burned the dirt and the handkerchief would become clean.
69-
The Prophet of Allah drank some water from the bucket of a well
and poured the remaining water back into the well. Henceforth, a
wonderful scent used to rise from that well.
70-
A disease called urtiker (urticaria) appeared on the body of
Utbe in Farkat (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet
(peace be upon him) had him take off his clothes and spat on his
holy hands; he then rubbed his hands on the patient's body. The
sick person recovered. His body emitted a wonderful scent. That
state continued for a long time.
71-
Salman-i Farisi, (may Allah be pleased with him), having left
Iran, set off on a journey over many different countries in
order to find the true religion. While on the way to Arabia with
a caravan, which belonged to a tribe named Bani Kalb, in a place
named Wadi-ul-qura, he was betrayed and sold as a slave to a
Jew. And, in turn, this man sold him as a slave to another Jew,
his relative, from Medina. He felt great pleasure to hear that
the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) had entered Medina. He
was a Christian scholar. He had come to Arabia to see and
believe in the final Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him)
because he had been advised by his last guide who was also a
great scholar. That scholar taught him the distinguishing
features of The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), so he knew
that The Holy Prophet would never accept alms, but that he would
accept presents. He also knew that there existed a prophetical
seal between his two shoulders, and that he would perform many mujizas
(miracles). Salman-i Farisi brought some dates to The Holy
Prophet to give as alms. The Holy Prophet never ate any of them.
He also brought as many as twenty-five dates on a plate as a
present. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) ate from the
plate; all his Companions (Sahabat-al-kiram) ate, too.
The number of the stones of the dates eaten was as many as one
thousand. So, he eye-witnessed a miracle of The Holy Prophet. On
the next day, while they were in a burial ceremony, he thought
about seeing the prophetical seal of Muhammad (peace be upon
him). The Holy Prophet intuitively understood what he thought.
He pulled his holy shirt up and showed the (Muhr-i Nubuwwat).
At that moment, Salman-i Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him)
became a Muslim. After some years, it was decided that he was
going to be freed on the condition that he pay sixteen hundred dirhams
(2.8 lbs) of gold and three hundred palm trees. The Holy Prophet
(peace be upon him) heard about this. He planted 299 palm trees
with his holy hands. Those trees began to give fruit on the same
day they were planted. One of the trees had been planted by
Hadrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). This tree did not
give any fruit. Pulling it out The Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him) (peace be upon him) planted it again with his holy hands.
This one also gave fruit immediately. He gave Salman (may Allah
be pleased with him) a gold piece as big as an egg that was
obtained in a war. Salman told the Prophet it was too little and
that it did not weigh sixteen hundred dirhams. After
taking the gold into his holy hands, he gave it back to Salman.
He said: "Take this to your owner!" He paid his debt
to his owner with half of it and half of it was left to Salman.
72-
One day while the Prophet (peace be upon him) was performing
prayer, Satan came up and tried to break his prayer. The Holy
Prophet (peace be upon him) caught him with his holy hands. He
released him after Satan had promised not to come and disturb
his prayer again.
73-
Abdullah bin Ubey bin Selul, who was the leader of the munafiqs
(hypocrite) in Medina called The Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him) just before dying and begged him, "Please, make the
shirt you are wearing a shroud for me." Since he used to
give whatever was asked of him he gave his shirt to Abdullah.
The Prophet even performed his funeral prayers, Admiring this
generosity of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) one
thousand hypocrites in Medina converted to Islam.
74-
Valid Ibn Mugira, As In Vail, Haris Ibn Kays, Esvad Ibn Yagus
and Ibn Muttalib, disbelievers from among the Quraish, worried
the Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) more than the others.
Gabriel (peace be upon him) brought the ninety-fifth ayat
(verse) with the meaning: "We punish those who mock
you," and signalled to Velid's foot, to the heel of the
second one, to the nose of the third one, to the head of the
fourth one, and to the eyes of the fifth one. An arrow entered
deeply into Valid's foot. But he was too proud to take it out;
to him it seemed a humiliating thing. The iron in the arrow
entered his blood vessel there and caused sciatica. A thorn
entered As's heel. It became very swollen. Haris's nose
continuously bled. Esvad struck his head on a tree while he was
joyfully resting under it and the other, Esvad, became blind.
Finally, all of them died.
75- The head of the
Dos Tribe, Tufayl, had converted to Islam in Mecca before the
Hegira. He wanted a sign from The Holy Prophet (peace be upon
him) (peace be upon him) in order to convert his tribe to Islam.
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed: "O! My Allah!
Grant him a sign." When Tufayl went back to his tribe, a
light shone between his two eyebrows. Tufayl said, "O! My
Allah! Take this sign from my face and put it on another part of
my body." He thought to himself, if some people see this on
my face, they will think I have been punished for leaving their
religion. His prayer was accepted and that light was taken away.
It shone like a candle at the end of his whip that was in his
hand. In the course of time, the people in his tribe converted
to Islam.
76-
There was a very beautiful woman among the Bani Naccar tribe in
Medina. A jinn, after falling in love with her, used to come to
her home. One day, after the Prophet (peace be upon him) had
moved to Medina, the woman noticed that the jinn was sitting on
the wall in front of her house. Therefore, she asked the jinn
why he gave up coming into her house. He answered: Fornication
and all other harams have been forbidden by the Prophet
of Allah (peace be upon him).
77-
In the war called Biri Mauna, after breaking their word, the
disbelievers martyred seventy of the Prophet's Companions. One
of them was Amir Ibn Fuhayra, who was a freed slave of Hadrat
Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and one of the first
converts to Islam. After the disbelievers had bayoneted him, he
was taken to heaven by angels right before the eyes of the
disbelievers. When The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) was
informed about this, he declared: "The angels of paradise
have buried him, and they have taken his spirit up to
paradise."
78-
The disbelievers having captured a Sahaba (companion of
the Holy Prophet) called Habib, took him to Mecca and hung him
there. They left him hanging with the thought that the
disbelievers will see him and be pleased. He was left there
hanging for forty days. His body neither became rotten nor
putrefied. Fresh blood continuously came out of his body. After
hearing about this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent two
men, Zubair bin Awwam and Miqdad bin Aswadi (peace be upon
them), there secretly, and they took him down from the gallows.
While they were bringing him to Medina, seventy horsemen were
seen behind them. The two men left Habib on the ground in order
to save themselves. At that moment, the ground was split and
Habib disappeared. Witnessing this event, the disbelievers
turned back and went away.
79-
Sad bin Muaz (may Allah be pleased with him) was wounded in the
battle of Uhud. After a while, he died. The Holy Prophet
(peace be upon him) reported that seventy thousand angels were
present during his funeral prayers. While his grave was being
dug, a wonderful scent was emanating from his grave.
80-
In the seventh year of the Hegira, The Holy Prophet (peace be
upon him) sent letters to Nejashi, the emperor of Ethiopia; to
the Roman emperor, Heraclius; to the Persian King, Husrev; to
the Byzantine governor in Egypt, Mukavvas; to the Byzantine
governor of Damascus, Haris; and to Semame, the Sultan of Oman.
Thus he invited all of them to become Muslim. The envoys that
took those letters did not know the languages of the places they
would go to. However, the following morning, they started
speaking those languages.
81-
Zayd Bin Haris (may Allah be pleased with him), one of the
greatest Sahabas (companion of the Holy Prophet), was
going to a distant land. The mule rider, whom he had hired,
wanted to kill him. Getting permission, Zayd bin Haris performed
two rakats of salat. Then he said: "Ya
Arhamerrahimin," (O! Most Gracious and Most Merciful)
three times. As he said each one, a voice saying, "Do not
kill him!" was heard. The mule rider went out thinking that
there was somebody outside, and then came back in. After the
third recitation, a cavalryman with a sword in his hand appeared
and killed the mule rider. Then turning to Zaid, he said,
"When you began to say, "Ya! Arhamarrahimin,"
I was in the seventh heaven. When you said it for the second
time, I reached the first heaven. At the moment you recited it
for the third time, I was here and rescued you." Zaid
understood that he was an angel.
82-
A Sahaba (companion of the prophet) named Safina, who was
freed by The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)'s wife, Ummu
Salama (may Allah be pleased with her), and served the Prophet
loyally, was captured by disbelievers during the war against the
Romans. He escaped from them and on his way back he met an
astonishing lion. He told the lion he was the servant of
Muhammad (peace be upon him) and what had happened to him. The
lion rubbed himself on Safina and said, "Walk with
me!" They walked together until Muslim soldiers were seen.
Then, the lion left him.
83-
A man called Cahcahi Gaffari rebelled against the Khalifah,
Hadrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). He broke over his
knees the baton that The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) (peace
be upon him) used to carry. After a year, he developed the
disease anthrax on his knees and died.
84-
Hadrat Muawiya (may Allah be pleased with him), who had come to
Medina for pilgrimage, wanted to take the Minbar-i Sharif
(the pulpit of Hadrat Muhammad) to Damascus, in order to be
blessed. When they began to move the minbar (pulpit), the
sun was eclipsed. In the darkness the stars were seen. Hadrat
Muawiya gave up the idea.
85-
In the battle of Uhud, one of the eyeballs of Abu Katade
(may Allah be pleased with him) was plucked out and fell on his
cheek. He was brought to The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
After putting the eyeball back into its place with his holy
hand, he prayed, saying: "O! My Allah! Make his eye
beautiful." This eye was more beautiful than the other one.
He used to see more clearly with that eye. Once one of the
grandsons of Abu Katade came to the Khalifah, Omar bin
Abdulaziz. Omar asked: "Who are you?" By way of a
poem, he answered that he was the grandson of that man whose eye
had been replaced by The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). When
the Khalifah heard this poem he praised Allah and gave
him presents.
86-
Iyas bin Seleme says, "In the Haybar War, The Holy Prophet
(peace be upon him) sent me to call Ali (may Allah be pleased
with him). Ali had a pain in his eyes. By holding his hand, I
led him with difficulty. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)
spat on his blessed fingers and rubbed them on the eyes of Ali.
Putting the flag in Ali's hand, he sent him to Khaybar to fight.
The gate, which up until that time could not be opened, was
dismantled by Ali, and all the Sahabas (companions)
entered the castle.
Many, many mujizas
(miracles) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are
written in the books Shawahid-un-nubuwwa by Molla
Abdurrahman Jami (rahima-hullahu ta'ala) and Huccetullahi
alal- alamin by Yusuf-i Nabhani. The book Shawahid-un-
nubuwwa is written in the Persian Language. It was also
translated into Turkish.
Source:
Islam and Christianity;
Waqf Ikhlas publications; http://www.hizmetbooks.org
e-mail: prince_zedz@hotmail.com
© 2001 (Zed).
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