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Miracles Of Muhammad (SAW)
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Melad-ul-Nabi (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam)
Some of the Miracles of
the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam)
A number of
miracles were bestowed upon and performed by Prophet Muhammad (peace and
blessings be upon him) to establish the proof of his Prophethood. The greatest
miracle bestowed upon him was the revelation of the Qur'an. The Qur'an is
miraculous in a number of aspects: Its linguistic perfection and inimitability,
its validation by recent historical, archaeological, and scientific discoveries,
its prophecies and so on. Unlike the miracles of other prophets before him, the
miracle of the Qur'an is eternal. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon
him) also provided us with a number of true prophecies.
Below are
accounts of the some of the other miracles of Prophet Muhammad (peace and
blessings be upon him) . Before reading these, it helps to know something about
the Science of Traditions (Arabic: Ahadith), an exacting and
comprehensive system developed by early Muslim scholars to verify the chain of
transmission of these accounts, as well as investigating the trustworthiness and
capability of every narrator at every level of the chain. This thorough
authentication process ensures that these accounts are real, validated
narrations of the sayings, actions, and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings be upon him).
The Traditions
mentioned below are all from
Sahih al-Bukhari, the most authentic collection of ahadith.
Splitting
of the Moon
"The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been
cleft asunder" [Qur'an 54:1]
Volume 6,
Book 60, Number 388:
Narrated
Abdullah:
The moon was
cleft asunder while we were in the company of the Prophet, and it became two
parts. The Prophet said, Witness, witness (this miracle)."
Food
Multiplication
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 780:
Narrated Jabir:
My father had
died in debt. So I came to the Prophet and said, "My father (died) leaving
unpaid debts, and I have nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their
yield for many years will not cover his debts. So please come with me, so that
the creditors may not misbehave with me." The Prophet went round one of the
heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and
sat on it and said, "Measure (for them)." He paid them their rights and what
remained was as much as had been paid to them.
Water
Multiplication
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 779:
Narrated
'Abdullah:
We used to
consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a
warning. Once we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of
water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a
utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to
the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from
among the fingers of Allah's Apostle , and no doubt, we heard the meal
glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 777:
Narrated Al-Bara:
We were
one-thousand-and-four-hundred persons on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (Treaty), and
(at) Al-Hudaibiya (there) was a well. We drew out its water not leaving even a
single drop. The Prophet sat at the edge of the well and asked for some water
with which he rinsed his mouth and then he threw it out into the well. We stayed
for a short while and then drew water from the well and quenched our thirst, and
even our riding animals drank water to their satisfaction.
Volume 1,
Book 7, Number 340:
Narrated 'Imran:
Once we were
traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the
night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing
sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was only
the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up was so and
so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator 'Auf said that Abu Raja' had
told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up
was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would
wake him up till he himself used to get up as we did not know what was happening
(being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, 'Umar got up and saw the condition of
the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, "Allahu Akbar" and raised his
voice with Takbir, and kept on saying it loudly till the Prophet got up
because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened
to them. He said, "There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!" So
they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet
stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the
ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in
prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had
not prayed with the people. He asked, "O so and so! What has prevented you from
praying with us?" He replied, "I am junub and there is no water. " The
Prophet said, "Perform tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient
for you."
Then the Prophet
proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down
and called a person (the narrator 'Auf added that Abu Raja' had named him but he
had forgotten) and 'Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in
search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of
water. They asked, "Where can we find water?" She replied, "I was there (at the
place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me." They requested
her to accompany them. She asked, "Where?" They said, "To Allah's Apostle ." She
said, "Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi', (with a new
religion)?" They replied, "Yes, the same person. So come along." They brought
her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said, "Help her to
dismount." The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags
and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags
and opened the small ones and the people were called upon to drink and water
their animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched
their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet gave a
pot full of water to the person who was junub and told him to pour it
over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that which they were
doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned the looked
like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of
Allah's Apostle) Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so
dates, flour and sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal that
was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth
full of food-stuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet said to
her, "We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us." She
returned home late. Her relatives asked her: "O so and so what has delayed you?"
She said, "A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called
the Sabi' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the
greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle
fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he
is Allah's true Apostle."
Afterwards the
Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her
village. One day she said to her people, "I think that these people leave you
purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?" They obeyed her and all of
them embraced Islam.
Abu 'Abdultah
said: The word saba'a means "The one who has deserted his old religion
and embraced a new religion." Abul 'Ailya said, "The Sabis are a sect of
people of the Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms."
Supplication for Rain
Volume 8,
Book 73, Number 115:
Narrated Anas:
A man came to
the Prophet on a Friday while he (the Prophet) was delivering a sermon at
Medina, and said, "There is lack of rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us
with the rain." The Prophet looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected.
Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering together and it rained
till the Medina valleys started flowing with water. It continued raining till
the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet
was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are drowned; Please invoke your
Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The Prophet smiled and said twice or thrice,
"O Allah! Please let it rain round about us and not upon us." The clouds started
dispersing over Medina to the right and to the left, and it rained round about
Medina and not upon Medina. Allah showed them (the people) the miracle of His
Prophet and His response to his invocation.
Lights
to guide Companions
Volume 1,
Book 8, Number 454:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik:
Two of the
companions of the Prophet departed from him on a dark night and were led by two
lights like lamps (going in front of them from Allah as a miracle) lighting the
way in front of them, and when they parted, each of them was accompanied by one
of these lights till he reached their (respective) houses.
Crying
of the stem of the Date-palm Tree
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 783:
Narrated Ibn
Umar:
The Prophet used
to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had
the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet
went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its crying).
Glorification
of Allah by the Prophet's meals
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 779:
Narrated
'Abdullah:
We used to
consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a
warning. Once we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of
water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a
utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to
the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from
among the fingers of Allah's Apostle, and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying
Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).
The expulsion
of a liar's corpse by the Earth
Volume 4,
Book 56, Number 814:
Narrated Anas:
There was a
Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran,
and he used to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to
Christianity again and he used to say: "Muhammad knows nothing but what I have
written for him." Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but
in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This
is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion
and took his body out of it because he had run away from them." They again dug
the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had
thrown his body out. They said, "This is an act of Muhammad and his companions.
They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it, for he had
run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in
the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they
believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings and had to
leave him thrown (on the ground).
The Speech of the Wolf
Volume 3,
Book 39, Number 517:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet
said, "While a man was riding a cow, it turned towards him and said, 'I have not
been created for this purpose (i.e. carrying), I have been created for
sloughing.l" The Prophet added, "I, Abu Bakr and 'Umar believe in the story."
The Prophet went on, "A wolf caught a sheep, and when the shepherd chased it,
the wolf said, 'Who will be its guard on the day of wild beasts, when there will
be no shepherd for it except me?' "After narrating it, the Prophet said, "I, Abu
Bakr and 'Umar too believe it." Abu Salama (a sub-narrator) said, "Abu Bakr and
'Umar were not present then."
It has been
written that a wolf also spoke to one of the companions of the Prophet near
Medina as narrated in Fath-al-Bari:Narrated Unais bin 'Amr: Ahban bin Aus
said, "I was amongst my sheep. Suddenly a wolf caught a sheep and I shouted at
it. The wolf sat on its tail and addressed me, saying, 'Who will look after it
(i.e. the sheep) when you will be busy and not able to look after it? Do you
forbid me the provision which Allah has provided me?' " Ahban added, "I clapped
my hands and said, 'By Allah, I have never seen anything more curious and
wonderful than this!' On that the wolf said, 'There is something (more curious)
and wonderful than this; that is, Allah's Apostle in those palm trees, inviting
people to Allah (i.e. Islam).' "Unais bin 'Amr further said, "Then Ahban went to
Allah's Apostle and informed him what happened and embraced Islam.)" palm trees
or other trees and share the fruits with me."
The Prophet's Night
Journey to Jerusalem (Arabic: Israa) and Ascent to the Heavens (Arabic:
Miraj)
Volume 5,
Book 58, Number 228:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Regarding the
Statement of Allah"
"And We
granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which We made you see (as an
actual eye witness) was only made as a trial for the people." (17.60)
Ibn Abbas added:
The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was
taken to Bait-ul Maqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams). And
the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Quran is the tree of Zaqqum (itself) .
Volume 4,
Book 54, Number 462:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas:
The Prophet
said, "On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown
curly-haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus,
a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white
colors and of lank hair. I also saw Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire
and Ad-Dajjal amongst the signs which Allah showed me." (The Prophet then
recited the Holy Verse): "So be not you in doubt of meeting him' when you met
Moses during the night of Mi'raj over the heavens" (32.23)
Narrated Anas
and Abu Bakra: "The Prophet said, "The angels will guard Medina from Ad-Dajjal
(who will not be able to enter the city of Medina)."
Volume 5,
Book 58, Number 227:
Narrated Abbas
bin Malik:
Malik bin Sasaa
said that Allah's Apostle described to them his Night Journey saying, "While I
was lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body
open from here to here." I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "What does he
mean?" He said, "It means from his throat to his pubic area," or said, "From the
top of the chest." The Prophet further said, "He then took out my heart. Then a
gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled
(with Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which
was smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me." (On this
Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the
affirmative). The Prophet said, "The animal's step (was so wide that it) reached
the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried on it,
and Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.
When he asked
for the gate to be opened, it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered,
'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.'
It was asked, 'Has Muhammad been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative.
Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was
opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel said
(to me). 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him
and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and
pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second heaven.
Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel
answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the
affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
The gate was opened.
When I went over
the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and 'Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were
cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them
your greetings.' So I greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me
and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel
ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was
asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is
accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been
called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed,
what an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the
third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Joseph; pay him
your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said,
'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended
with me to the fourth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked,
'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?'
Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied
in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit
his is!'
The gate was
opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said
(to me), 'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he
returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and
pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth heaven and asked for
its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It
was asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is
welcomed, what an excellent visit his is! So when I went over the fifth heaven,
there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me). This is Aaron; pay him
your greetings.' I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You
are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me
to the sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked. 'Who is
it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?'
Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied
in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his
is!'
When I went
(over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),' This is
Moses; pay him your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to
me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' When I left
him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked him, 'What makes you weep?' Moses said,
'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet) a young man whose
followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' Then
Gabriel ascended with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be
opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,'
Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he
been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is
welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
So when I went
(over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is
your father; pay your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he returned the
greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.'
Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the Lote Tree of the
utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place
near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said,
'This is the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers,
two were hidden and two were visible, I asked, 'What are these two kinds of
rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers, they are two rivers
in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'
Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur
(i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine and another
full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk.
Gabriel remarked, 'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are
following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day.
When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked (me), 'What have you been ordered
to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses
said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have
tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in
vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers'
burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came
to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back
to Allah and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the
same, I went back to Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When
I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went back to Allah and
was ordered to observe five prayers a day.
When I came back
to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied, 'I have been ordered
to observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot bear five
prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you,
and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go back to your Lord and ask
for reduction to lessen your follower's burden.' I said, 'I have requested so
much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to
Allah's Order.' When I left, I heard a voice saying, 'I have passed My Order and
have lessened the burden of My Worshippers."
Source:
Sunnah.org
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