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Miracles of Muhammad - Jews for Allah
Some of the Miracles of Muhammad(P)
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A
number of miracles were bestowed upon and performed by the Prophet Muhammad(P) 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(P) also provided us with a number of true
prophecies.
Below
are accounts of the some of the other miracles of Prophet Muhammad(P) . 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(P). The Traditions mentioned below are all from
Sahih al-Bukhari, the most authentic collection.
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 up him
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 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 explusion of a Christian 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." 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 Fatah-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-ulMaqdis (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 Worshipers."
healing of ill and wounded people
Authentic
books of Tradition, including primarily Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih al-Muslim,
report:
During
the Battle of Khaybar, God’s Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, asked where
‘Ali was. ‘He is suffering from sore eyes’, the Companions answered. He
sent for him. ‘Ali came and the Messenger applied his healing saliva to his eyes. At
the same moment the pain ceased and ‘Ali’s eyes became better than before.5
‘Uthman
ibn Hunayf relates:
A blind man came
to God’s Messenger and requested him to pray to God to recover his eyes. The
Messenger said: “If you desire, I’ll not pray-being blind may be better for your
afterlife-or I’ll pray.” The man chose to be relieved of blindness and the
Messenger told him: “Go and do an ablution. Then pray two rak‘as and say:
‘O God! Surely my appeal is to You and I turn toward You through the Prophet
Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy: O Muhammad, surely I turn toward God through you, that He
uncover my sight. O God, make him my intercessor.’” The man did what the
Messenger told him and his sight was restored.6
The Prophet's protection as a miracle
As
related through various channels, during the military campaign of Ghatfan and Anmar, a
courageous chieftain named Ghowras unexpectedly appeared at the side of God’s
Messenger, who was lying under a tree. Ghowras unsheathed his sword and asked God’s
Messenger, ‘Who will save you from me now?’ God will, the Messenger replied.
“God!” Then he prayed: “O God, suffice me against him in any way You
will.”16
At that
moment, Ghowras was knocked down and his sword slipped from his hand. God’s
Messenger, upon him be peace and blessings, took the sword and asked him: Now, who will
save you from me?
Ghowras
began to tremble and entreated God’s Messenger to spare his life. ‘You are a
noble, forgiving one; only forgiveness is expected of you,’ he pleaded. God’s
Messenger forgave him, and when Ghowras returned to his tribe, he said to them: ‘I
have just come from the best of mankind.’
Abu
Hurayra relates:
Abu Jahl
once asked those near him:
'Does Muhammad
still rub his face against earth [i.e. make prostration]?'
'Yes, he does',
they answered.
Abu Jahl
added:
'By Lat and
‘Uzza, if I see him doing that again, I will tread on his neck or bury his face with
soil.'
A short
while later God’s Messenger came and set out to pray. When he was in prostration, Abu
Jahl approached him but suddenly turned back in fear and amazement, trying to protect
himself with his hands. When asked why he had done so, he answered: ‘Truly, between
him and me is a trench filled with fire, and something horrible and some wings.’
God’s
Messenger commented on the event:
'If he had
approached me, the angels would have torn him to pieces.'17
God
promised to guard him against people:
O Messenger!
Make known whatever is revealed unto you from your Lord, for if you do it not, you will
not have conveyed His Message. God will protect you from people. Surely, God guides not
the unbelieving folk. (5:67)
