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سید محمد ریحان
کا اسلامی
صفحہ میں خوش
آمدید
حضرت محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم (570ء
(54 قھ) یا 571ء (53 قھ)
تا 632ء (10ھ))
دنیاوی تاریخ
میں اہم ترین
شخصیت کے طور
پرنمودار
ہوئے اور انکی
یہ خصوصیت
عالمی طور
(مسلمانوں اور
غیرمسلموں
دونوں جانب)
مصدقہ طور پر
تسلیم شدہ ہے۔
آپ صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم تمام
مذاہب کے پیشواؤں
سے کامیاب ترین
پیشوا تھے۔[1] آپ کی کنیت
ابوالقاسم تھی۔
مسلمانوں کے
عقیدہ کے
مطابق حضرت
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم اللہ کی
طرف سے انسانیت
کی جانب بھیجے
جانے والے انبیاءاکرام
کے سلسلے کے
آخری نبی ہیں
جنکو اللہ نے
اپنے دین کی
درست شکل
انسانوں کی
جانب آخری بار
پہنچانے کیلیۓ
دنیا میں بھیجا۔
انسائکلوپیڈیا
بریٹانیکا کے
مطابق آپ صلی
اللہ علیہ و
آلہ وسلم دنیا
کی تمام مذہبی
شخصیات میں سب
سے کامیاب شخصیت
تھے۔ [2] 570ء (بعض روایات
میں 571ء) مکہ میں
پیدا ہونے
والے حضرت
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم پر قرآن
کی پہلی آیت
چالیس برس کی
عمرمیں نازل
ہوئی۔ انکا
وصال تریسٹھ (63)
سال کی عمر میں
632ء میں مدینہ
میں ہوا، مکہ
اور مدینہ
دونوں شہر آج
کے سعودی
عرب میں
حجاز کا حصہ ہیں۔
حضرت محمد صلی
اللہ علیہ و
آلہ وسلم بن عبداللہ
بن عبدالمطلب
بن ھاشم
بن عبدمناف
کے والد کا
انتقال انکی
دنیا میں آمد
سے قریبا چھ
ماہ قبل ہو گیا
تھا اور جب
انکی عمر چھ
سال تھی تو ان
کی والدہ حضرت
آمنہرضی
اللہ عنہا بھی
اس دنیا سے
رحلت فرما گئیں۔
عربی زبان میں
لفظ "محمد" کے
معنی ہیں 'جس کی
تعریف کی گئی'۔
یہ لفظ اپنی
اصل حمد سے
ماخوذ ہے جسکا
مطلب ہے تعریف
کرنا۔ یہ نام
ان کے دادا
حضرت عبدالمطلب
نے رکھا تھا۔
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم کو رسول،
خاتم النبیین،
حضور اکرم،
رحمت اللعالمین
اور آپ صلی
اللہ علیہ و
آلہ وسلم کے
القابات سے بھی
پکارا جاتا ہے۔
نبوت کے اظہار
سے قبل حضرت
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم نے اپنے
چچا حضرت ابوطالب
کے ساتھ تجارت
میں ہاتھ
بٹانا شروع کر
دیا۔ اپنی
سچائی ، دیانت
داری اور شفاف
کردار کی وجہ
سے آپ صلی
اللہ علیہ و
آلہ وسلم عرب
قبائل میں
صادق اور امین
کے القابات سے
پہچانے جانے
لگے تھے۔ آپ
صلی اللہ علیہ
و آلہ وسلم
اپنا کثیر وقت
مکہ
سے باہر واقع
ایک غار میں
جا کر عبادت میں
صرف کرتے تھے
اس غار کو غار حرا
کہا جاتا ہے۔ یہاں
پر 610ء میں ایک
روز حضرت
جبرائیل علیہ
السلام (فرشتہ)
ظاہر ہوئے اور
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم کو اللہ
کا پیغام دیا۔
جبرائیل علیہ
سلام نے اللہ
کی جانب سے جو
پہلا پیغام انسان
کو پہنچایا وہ
یہ ہے
اقْرَأْ
بِاسْمِ
رَبِّكَ
الَّذِي
خَلَقَ (1) خَلَقَ
الْإِنسَانَ
مِنْ عَلَقٍ (2)
-- القرآن
ترجمہ: پڑھو
(اے نبی) اپنے
رب کا نام لے
کر جس نے پیدا
کیا (1) پیدا کیا
انسان کو (نطفۂ
مخلوط کے) جمے
ہوئے خون سے (2)
سورۃ 96 ( الْعَلَق ) آیات 1 تا 2
یہ ابتدائی آیات
بعد میں قرآن
کا حصہ بنیں۔
اس واقعہ کے
بعد سے حضرت
محمد صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم نے رسول
کی حیثیت سے
تبلیغ اسلام کی
ابتداء کی اور
لوگوں کو خالق کی
وحدانیت کی
دعوت دینا
شروع کی۔
انہوں نے
لوگوں کو روزقیامت
کی فکر کرنے کی
تعلیم دی کہ
جب تمام مخلوق
اپنے اعمال کا
حساب دینے کے
لیۓ خالق کے
سامنے ہوگی۔
اپنی مختصر
مدتِ تبلیغ کے
دوران ہی
انہوں نے پورے
جزیرہ نما عرب
میں اسلام کو
ایک مضبوط دین
بنا دیا،
اسلامی ریاست
قائم کی اور
عرب میں اتحاد
پیدا کر دیا
جس کے بارے میں
اس سے پہلے
کوئی سوچ بھی
نہیں سکتا تھا۔
آپ صلی اللہ
علیہ و آلہ
وسلم کی محبت
مسلمانوں کے ایمان
کا حصہ ہے اور
قرآن کے مطابق
کوئی مسلمان
ہو ہی نہیں
سکتا جب تک وہ
ان کو اپنی
جان و مال اور
پسندیدہ چیزوں
پر فوقیت نہ
دے۔ قیامت تک
کے لوگ ان کی
امت میں شامل
ہیں۔
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PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAW)
• Holy Prophet was born in 571 A.D 22nd April.
• Father’s name, Hazat Abdullah.
• Mother’ Name, Hazrat Amna.
• Maternal Grand Father’s name Wahib bins Abdul
Munnaf.
• Maternal Grandmother, Batarah.
• Real name of Abdu Mutalib was Shaba.
• Grandmother name, Fatima.
• 10 is the number of Uncles and 6 aunts.
• Prophet journeyed to Syria with Abu Talib at
12 years.
• At 25 Prophet married to Hazrat Khadija.
• Hazrat Khadija accepted Islam first in Women
and in all.
• Hazrat Abu Bakar accepted first in Men.
• Hazrat Ali accepted first in Children.
• Varqa Bin Naufal verified Prophet for the
first time.
• Holy prophet had 4 daughters and 3 sons.
• At age of 40 holy Prophet received first Wahy.
• Hazrat Zubaida (RA) was the second wife of
Holy Prophet.
• In 622 A.D Holy Prophet migrated to madina.
• Hazrat Haleema was the foster mother of Holy
Prophet.
• Besides Hazrat Haleema (RA) Holy Prophet
(PBUH) said that Umme-e-Aemon is also my mother.
• Name the foster mother(s) of the Holy Prophet
(SAW) Hazrat Halema (RA), Hazrat Sobia (RA) and Hazrat Khola (RA)
• How many years after the birth of Holy Prophet
(SAW), Hazrat Aamina died? Six years
• Sheema was the foster sister of Holy Prophet.
• Abduallh Bin Abu Sheema was the foster brother
of Prophet.
• Hazrat Haleema looked after the holy prophet
for 4 years.
• 35 was the age at the time of Hajr-i-Aswad
incident.
• Hazrat Bilal Habshi was the first slave to
accept Islam.
• Wife of Abu Lahab used to spread throne in the
way of prophet in 4th year of prophethood.
• Home of Hazrat Arqam (RA) used as the centre
of secret preaching by the holy prophet.
• In 7th Nabvi boycott of Banu Hashim began.
• Hazrat Adam met with Holy Prophet on the first
heaven.
• Hazrat Isa and Hazrat Yahya on 2nd.
• Hazrat Yaqub on 3rd.
• Hazrat Idrees on 4th.
• Hazrat Harron on 5th.
• Hazrat Musa on 6th.
• Hazrat Ibraheem on 7th.
• Al-Kaswa is the name of Camel on which prophet
traveled.
• Prophet purchased mosque land at medina from
two orphans.
• 45 Companions were with Prophet in migration
to madina.
• Charter of Madina was issued on 1 A.H it had
53 Articles.
• Transfer of Qibla was ordered in 2nd A.H.
• 27 total no of Ghazwas.
• First Ghazwah of Islam was Widan, fought in 12th
month of First Hijrah.
• Jang Badr occurred in 2 A.H. 313 Muslims
fought in battle.
• Types of Hadith are 10.
• Imam Zuhri (RA) became the first to
consolidate Ahadith.
• No of Hadith Collected by Abu Huraira (RA)
5374.
• Prophet hazrat Noah (AS) known as Shaikh al
Anbiya
• Aby Ubaiduh Bin Jiirrah was entitled Ameen-ul
Ummat.
• Hazrat Umar proposed Azan for the first time.
• The dome over the sacred Grave of the holy
prophet is known as Dunbade-Khizra.
• Baitul Mamur is a place where seventy thousand
angles were circumambulation during the Holy Ascension.
• Baitul Mamoor is on 7th Heaven.
• 4 kings accepted Islam when holy prophet sent
them letters.
• Mosque of Zarar was demolished by prophet.
• Ume Salma was present at the time of the
battle of Khyber.
• Hazrat Ali Conquered the fort of Qamus.
• Lady named Zainab tried to poison the Holy
Prophet.
• Prophet recited surah Al-Fatha at the conquest
of Makkah .
• Hashim was grand father of prophet &
brother of Muttalib.
• The name Muhamammad was proposed by Abdul
Muttalib while the name Ahmed was proposed by Bibi Aminah.
• Migration from Mecca to Abyssinia took place
in the 7th month of the 5th year of the mission i.e 615 A.d. The total number
of migrated people was 15
• Second migration to Habshah took place in 616
A.D.
• Second migration to Abyssinia 101 people with
18 females.
• After Amina’s death, Ummay Aimen looked after
Prophet.
• After Harb-e-Fajjar, Prophet took part in
Halaf-ul-Fazul.
• Prophet made second business trip to Syria in
24th year of elephant.
• Friend of Khadija Nafeesa carried message of
Nikah.
• Surname of Haleema Sadia was Ummay Kabtah.
• Surname of Prophet was Abu-ul-Qasim.
• Da’ia of the Prophet was Shifa who was mother
of Abdul Rehman bin Auf.
• Abdul Mutalib died in 579 A.D.
• Masaira a slave of Khadija accompanied Prophet
to Syria.
• Foster mothers of Prophet were Haleema, Sobia
& Khola.
• First forster mother was Sobia who was mother
of Hamza.
• For six years Haleema took care of Prophet.
• For two years Abdul Mutalib took care of
Prophet.
• Prophet had two real paternal uncles i.e
Zubair & Abu Talib.
• Zubair died before Prophethood.
• After 7 days the Aqeeqa ceremony of Prophet
was held.
• Prophet belonged to Banu Hashim clan of
Quraish tribe.
• Among uncles Abbas & Hamza embraced Islam.
• Amina was buried at Abwa b/w Makkah &
Madina.
• Six months before the Prophet’s birth his
father died.
• Prophet had no brother and no sister.
• Abdullah died at Madina.
• Prophet had six aunties.
• Foster father of Prophet was Haris.
• At the age of 15, Herb-e-Fajjar took place.
• Herb-e-Fajjar means war fought in the
probihited months.
• First father-in-law of Prophet was Khawalid.
• Aamina belonged to Bani Zohra tribe.
• Umar accepted Islam in 616 A.d.
• Social boycott of Banu Hashim took place in
7th Nabvi.
• Shi’b means valley.
• Social boycott continued for 3 years.
• A group of Madina met Prophet in 11th Nabvi.
• Uqba is located near Makkah.
• The group of Madinites belonged to Khazraj
tribe.
• Accord of Uqba took place in 13th Nabvi.
• On 27th Rajab, 10 Nabvi the event of Miraj
took place.
• 10th Nabvi was called Aam-ul-Hazan (year of
grief).
• Name of the camel on which Prophet was riding
in migration was Qaswa.
• Omaar bin Hisham was the original name of Abu
Jehl.
• Abu-al-Hikm is the title of Abu Jehl.
• When did Hazrat Hamza (RA) embrace Islam Fifth
Nabavi
• Persons included in Bait-e-Uqba Oola 12 and in
Bait-e-Uqba Sani 75.
• Cave of Hira is 3 miles from Makkah.
• Hijra took place in 13th Nabvi.
• Second convent of Al-Aqba arrived at Makkah in
12th Nabvi.
• Medina is 448 Km from Makkah. (250 miles)
• Makkah conquest occurred in 8th year of Hijra.
• Prophet performed Hajj in 10th Hija.
• Prophet was buried in the hujra of Ayesha.
• Prophet was born in 1st Year of Elephant.
• Ambassadors sent to Arab& other countries
in 7th Hijra.
• King of Iran tore away the message of Prophet.
• King of Byzantine in 7th Hijra was Hercules.
• After 6 years of the birth of Holy prophet
Bibi Aamna died.
• After 8 years of the birth of Prophet Abdul
Muttalib died.
• 632 A.D Charter of Madina.
• Holy Prophet demised at the age of 63.
• Hijrah year began with 14th Nabvi.
• 10th year of prophet hood is known as year of
grief.
• First Azan was called out in 1. A.H.
HAZRAT MUHAMMAD(SAW) Part (B)
• Bahira Syrian Christian saint recognized
prophet as last prophet.
• Harb-i-Fajjar was a war fought b/w Quraish and
Bani Hawazin Prophet was of 15 years and participated in it.
• Prophet visited Taif in 10th Nabvi.
• Tribe of Taif was Saqaif.
• Prophet with Zaid bin Haris, went Taif &
stayed for 10 days.
• Bibi Amna suckled Prophet for 3 days.
• After 18 month at Madina of change of Qibla
occurred.
• Old name of Zu Qiblatain is Banu Saleem.
• Prophet prayed 2 years in cave Hira before
first revelation.
• The name of Ibadat done by Prophet in Hira was
Tahanas.
• Cave of Hira is in Jabal-e-Noor Mountain.
• At Masjid-e-Hanif (Madina) almost 70 prophets
are buried.
• Masjid-e-Hanif (Mina) chk
• Month of migration was Rabiul Awal
• Qibla changed in 2nd Hijra.
• Qiblah now-a-days is called Khana-e-Kaba.
• Prophet addressed Khutba-e-Jum’aa for first
time in 1st Hijra
• Azan for prayer was adopted in 1st Hijra.
• Inhabitants of Taaif accepted Islam in 9th
Hijrah.
• Year of Deputation is 9th Hijrah.
• Moawakhat (the brotherhood ) took place in 2nd
Hijra.
• Jehad was allowed in 2nd Hijrah.
• Ashaab-e-Sufah: Muhajirs who stayed near
Masjid-e-Nabvi.
• Hurrirah means a cat.
• Bait-e-Rizwan took place in 6th Hijrah.
• Jewish tribe of Banu Nuzair expelled from
Madina in 4th H.
• Bait-e-Rizwan is also known as Bait-e-Shajra
made under Keekar tree.
• Companions of Prophet at Hudabiya were 1400.
• Prophet stayed at Makkah for 15 days after its
conquest.
• 1 Lac companions accompanied Prophet at last
Hajj.
• Prophet spent his last days in Ayesha’s house.
• Cave of Soar is located near Makkah 5 miles.
• Quba is 3 miles away from Madina.
• In sixth year of Hijrah, Prophet intended for
Umrah.
• Aam-ul-Wufood is 9th A.H..
• Prophet stayed in Ayyub Ansari’s house for 7
months.
• Prophet performed Umrah in 7th A.H.
• Hazrat Haleema looked after the Holy Prophet
for 3 years.
• Zaid Bin Haris (R.A) was the adopted son of
the Holy Prophet.
• Kuniyaat of the Holy Prophet was Abul Qasim.
• Holy prophet made first trade journey at the
age of 9.
• Nafeesa carried Khadija’s message of marriage
to Prophet.
• Year 570 known as year of Elephant or Amal
Fil.
• Hazrat Khadija and Hazrat Abu Talib died in
619.
• First place from where Prophet openly started
his preaching Jabl Faran or Mount Safa.
• Prophet did covert messaging at House of Arkam
upto 3 Nabvi. (i.e for 3 years)
• Prophet preached openly in 4th Nabvi.
• Prophet narrated the event of Miraj first of
all to Umm-e-Hani (real sister of Ali)
• Prophet was staying at the house of
Umme-e-Hani on the night of Miraj.
• In miraj Prophet traveled from Baitul Muqadas
to Sidratul Mantaha.
• During Hijrat Saraqa bin Sajjal spied.
• In Miraj Jibrael called Aazan in Baitul
Muqadas.
• Prophet led all the prophets in a prayer in
miraj at al-Aqsa
• Fatima died after 6 Months (age=31,11 A.H)
Prophet.
• Youngest daughter Fatima.
• Islamic official seal started on 1st Muharram,
7 A.H
• Seal of Prophet was made of Silver.
• What was written on the Holy Prophet (SAW)
seal?
Allah Rasool Muhammad
• Prophet performed 1(in10 A.H) Hajj and 4(in7
A.H) umras.
• Change of Qibla occurred on 15 Shaban,2
A.H(Monday)(during Zuhr)
• Construction of Masjid-e-Nabvi started Rabiulawal,
1 A.H.
• Namaz-e-Juma became Farz in Medina.
• First man to embrace Islam on the eve of
Fatah-e-Makka was Abu Sufyan.
• Second woman to embrace Islam Lababa bint
Haris (chk Ummay Aiman) (chk Nafeesa)
• First to migrate to Madina (first muhajir) Abu
Salam.
• Last to migrate to Madina was Abbas.
• First non-arab to embrace Islam Farwah bin
Umro
• Facsimile of the Prophet Mus’ab bin Umair.
• Kalsoom bin al_Hadam gave land for Quba mosque
• The title of ammenul ummat is of Abu Ubaidah
bin Jarrah.(conqurer of Damascus)
• Prophet offered congregational prayer in Kaaba
in 6th Nabvi.
• The day when Prophet delivered his last Khutab
was Juma.
• Idols in Kaba before Islam numbered 360.
• The largest idol named Habal.
• Prophet preached Islam openly in 4th Nabvi.
• Year of deputation was 9th.
• Bilal called first aazan of Fajr prayer.
• The Hadith, which is transmitted with
continuity and enjoys such abundance of narrators that their statement becomes
authentic, is called Matwatar.
• The grave of the Prophet was prepared by
Hazrat Abu Talha
• Qasim was first of the Holy Prophet's children
to be born.
• The first Namaz-e-Janazah performed by
Rasoolullah was that of Asad bin Zaraara (radi Allahu anhu).
• The first Namaaz to be made Fardh was Tahajjud
Namaaz, which was later made Nafil.
• At Masjid-e-Nabvi first Muslim University was
established.
• Holy prophet labored in the formation of
Masjid-e-Quba.
• Masjid-e-Zara was built by Hyporcrites at
Madina.
• Nabvi Mosque constructed in 1 A.H Rabi-ul
Awwal.
• 25 Doors are in Masjid –e-Haram, the most
important door of Kaaba is Babul Salam.
• Qibla change order came in Mosque Zul
Qiblatain
• The flag colour of the Holy Prophet was white
and yellow at the time of conquest of Makkah.
• Friday is known as Sayeed Ul Ayam.
• Shab-e-Barat is celebrated on the 15th night
of Shuban.
• 26th night of Rajab is the night of Accession.
• In 256 Imam Bukhari died.
• 6 Lac Ahadith collected by Imam Bukhari.
• The camel driver of Prophet at the fall of
Mecca was Usama bin Zaid bin Haris.
• Prophet issued order of killing Abdul Uza bin
Khatal at the fall of Mecca.
• At Koh-e-Safa, Prophet addressed after
conquest of Makkah.
1. According to an authentic narration, Allah's Messenger said to his
companions, "You will be victorious over all your enemies, will succeed
in the conquest of Mecca, Khyber, Damascus, Iraq, Persia and Jerusalem, and
will share among yourselves the treasures of the rulers of the greatest
empires, the Byzantine and the Persians." He did not say this as a
matter of conjecture or personal opinion; he said it as if he had seen it, and
what he said came true as predicted, despite the fact that at the same time he
had to migrate to Madinah with a handful of followers, with the rest of the world,
including the environs of the Madinah, hostile to him.(For more information,
see Badiuzzaman Said Nursi-Mektubat (Letters).)
2. Also according to an authentic narration, when the Najashi, the
Ethiopian ruler, who had accepted faith earlier, died in the seventh year of
Hijrah, Allah's Messenger informed his companions about it; he even performed
funeral prayers for him. One week later came the news confirming the death of
the Najashi on the very same day as the Prophet had seen it.
3. According to an authentic narration, Allah's Messenger said to
Fatima, "You will be the first of my family to join me after my death.
Six months later, what he said took place.
4. Once, as he awakened in the house of Anas b. Malik's aunt, Umm Haram,
he smilingly said:
"I saw my nation waging war on the seas like kings sitting on
thrones." She requested:
"Pray that I too will be with them." He said:
You shall be. Forty years later, she accompanied her husband, Ubada b.
Samit, on the conquest of Cyprus. She died there, and her grave has since been
visited by the believers. Thus, what the Prophet foretold proved to be true.
5. According to an authentic narration, he said, "Istanbul will
be conquered, and blessed are the ruler and the troops that will conquer
it." He thus gave tidings that Istanbul would be conquered by Muslim
hands, and that Mehmed the Conqueror would attain a high spiritual rank. His
prediction again proved to be true.
6. Again, according to an authentic narration, he declared, "The
fortress of Khyber will be conquered by Ali's hand." As a miracle of
his prophethood and beyond all expectation, the following day Ali ripped off
the gate of the fortress of Khyber, used it as a shield, and seized the
fortress. Then he threw it aside after the conquest.
7. Again, according to an authentic narration, he declared about Utba
ibn Abi Lahab: A lion will eat him, informing his tragic sequel. When
Utba was going to Yemen, a lion came and ate him. Thus, it confirmed both the
curse and news of the Prophet (PBUH).
Acting upon those miracles, do not attempt to explain it by simply saying,
"Muhammad was a wise man!" It is because the accurate
information of Muhammad (PBUH) concerning the Unseen cannot be explained except
in one of these two ways: you will either suppose that this blessed person has
such a keen sight and such a broad genius that he sees and knows the past and
the future and all the world; he gazes upon the East, the West and the whole
universe; and he discovers that which happened in the past and that which is to
happen in the future. Such a quality cannot be found in an ordinary human
being, but if it is, it must be a wonder bestowed on him by the Creator of the
universe, which would itself be the greatest of miracles. Or you will believe
this blessed person to be an official instructed by a Being under Whose
governing and observation everything stands, under Whose command are all ages
and all species of the universe, in Whose ledger is everything recorded, so
that He shows and communicates information to him whenever He wishes. Thus,
Muhammad (PBUH) instructs others as he himself is instructed by the Lord of
Eternity.
Those miracles took place before the eyes many sahabas. Therefore, it is
impossible to deny them.
1. During the feast on the occasion of the Prophet's marriage to Zaynab,
Anas's mother, Umm Sulaym, prepared a dish by frying two handfuls of dates and
sent it with Anas to the Prophet. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) told him, "Go
and invite so and so (naming some people), and also invite whoever you
encounter on your way." Anas invited those named and those he met.
About three hundred Companions came and filled the Prophet's (PBUH) room and
the anteroom. Then the Prophet (PBUH) said:
"Make circles of ten." He placed his blessed hand on that
little amount of food, uttered supplications, and said, Help yourselves.
All of them ate, being fully satisfied. Afterwards the Prophet (PBUH) said to
Anas:
Remove the food. Anas later related, "I could not tell if there
was more of it when I set it down, or when I removed it."
2. One of the famous sahabas, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari relates that when
Allah's Messenger honored his home, he had made a meal for two, which would
suffice the Prophet (PBUH) and Abu Bakr. However, the Prophet (PBUH) told him, "Invite
thirty men from among the distinguished ones of the Ansar." Thirty men
came and ate. He then said, Invite sixty men, They also came and ate. He
said again, Invite seventy more. I invited them; they came and ate. When
they finished eating, there was still food left in the bowls. All who came
there embraced Islam, and took the oath of allegiance after witnessing that
miracle. There were one hundred and eighty men who ate that food which was for
two people.(Shifa 1;294)
3. Hazrat Umar and Abu Hurayra narrate: During a battle, the army was
very hungry. They referred themselves to Allah's Messenger (PBUH). He told
them, "Gather whatever food is left in your bags." Everyone
brought a few dates. The largest amount someone brought was four handfuls of
dates. They put them on a rug. Salama related, "I estimated the amount
of the whole thing as the size of a goat lying down." Allah's
Messenger prayed and then he announced, "Everyone may bring his
dish." They rushed forward, and no one in the whole army remained with
an empty dish. After all the dishes had been filled, there was even some left
over. One of the Companions later said, "I realized from the way that
abundance was obtained that if the whole world had come, the food would have
sufficed them all."
4. According to an authentic narration from Abu Talha said: the Prophet
(PBUH) fed seventy to eighty men with a small amount of rye bread that Anas had
brought under his arm. He ordered, "Break the bread into small pieces."
and prayed for abundance. Because there was not enough room, people came in
groups of ten and ate it, leaving all full and satisfied.
5. Sound books state definitely that Jabir related under an oath: "During
the battle of Khandaq, about a thousand people ate from four handfuls of rye
bread and a young cooked goat; yet food was still left over."Hazrat
Jabir says: The food had been cooked in my dwelling, and after the one
thousand people had left, the pot was still boiling with meat in it, and bread
was being made from the dough; the Prophet had wetted that dough and that pot
with his blessed mouth, supplicating for abundance." Since that
miracle of abundance was announced by Jabir with an oath while those thousand
men were present, it can be regarded as having been related by one thousand
men.
6. It is related by highly trusted and reliable researchers such as the
author of Shifa ash-Sharif, Ibn Abi Shayba and Tabarani that Hazrat Abu Hurayra
said:
Allahs Messenger (PBUH) ordered me: "Invite those over one hundred poor
Muhajirs who are using the hall of the Masjid as their home." I
searched and summoned them all. A plate full of food was placed in front of
them, so, we ate as much as we wished. As we rose, the plate was as full as it
had been when first placed before us. The finger marks on the food were the
only signs of our eating.
This incident is related by Abu Hurayra not on his own, but in the name of the
People of the Suffa and relying on their approval. Hence, the incident is as
definite as if all the People of the Suffa had related it. Otherwise, is it
ever possible that those men of truth and perfection would have remained silent
and not contradicted it, had the narration been untrue?
7. According to an authentic narration, Hazrat Ali says: Allah's
Messenger (PBUH) once gathered Bani Abdulmuttalib. They were about forty,
including some who would eat a young camel and drink a gallon of milk in one
meal. Yet, for them, he had prepared only a handful of food; all ate and were
satisfied, and the food remained just as it had been before. Later he brought
milk in a wooden cup that would have been sufficient for only three or four
people. They all drank and were full.
It is a miracle of abundance as definite as the valor and loyalty of Hazrat
Ali!
8. According to an authentic narration, on the occasion of the marriage
of Hazrat Ali to Fatima az-Zahra (RA), Allah's Messenger (PBUH) ordered Bilal, "Make
bread made from a few handfuls of flour; also slaughter a young camel."
Bilal relates: "I brought the food, and he put his hand over it for
blessing. Later the Companions arrived in groups, ate, and left. From the
remaining food, he sent a full bowl to each of his wives, saying that they
should eat and feed from it whoever is nearby."
Such a blessed abundance was indeed necessary for such a blessed marriage!
9. It is reported that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) once ordered Hazrat
Umar, "Give food and grain to the four hundred horsemen of the Ahmasi
tribe for their journey." Umar replied, "O Messenger of Allah,
all the provision put together is not more than the size of a young camel
sitting down." The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Give it to
them." Out of a half load of dates, Umar gave them an amount enough
for four hundred men. After he had given that amount to them, as he later
related: Everything was the same as before, without any decrease.
This miracle of abundance took place in relation to four hundred men,
especially to Umar; those are the people supporting the narration, and their
silence is but a confirmation of the report.
10. Bukhari included, accurate books relate, through an authentic
narration, that once Abu Hurayra was hungry, so he followed Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) into his home. There they saw that a cup of milk had been brought as a
gift. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to him, "Call all the People of the
Suffa." Abu Hurayra relates: "I said to myself, 'I could
drink that whole container of milk myself!,' as I was most in need of it.
However, since it was the order of the Prophet, I fetched the People of the
Suffa, who were more than a hundred." The Prophet told me: Make
them drink it I gave the cup to each, one by one, and each drank until
satisfied. In the end, the Prophet told me, You and I are left; now you
drink. As I drank, the Prophet kept telling me drink more, until I
said, 'I swear by the Glorious One Who has sent you with the truth that I am
too full to drink any more.' Then the Prophet drank the rest, invoking the
name of Allah and thanking Him. "Let it be blessed for him a hundred thousand
times!"
This manifest miracle of abundance, as pure, indubitable and sweet as milk
itself, is related by all the six accurate books of tradition, above all by
Imam Bukhari, who committed to memory five hundred thousand narrations. Is it
at all possible that such a truthful person as Abu Hurayra, who devoted all his
life to the narrations of the Prophet (PBUH) and to the religion, and who heard
and himself transmitted the prophetic narration; "Whoever knowingly
tells a lie concerning me should prepare for his seat in hellfire,"(Bukhari,
1:38.) should have related an unfounded incident? Or would not any error in his
saying be rejected by the People of Suffa, and harm the accuracy of all the
other traditions he had memorized? Allah forbid!
O Allah: for the sake of blessings You have bestowed upon Your Most Noble
Messenger, bestow the blessings of abundance upon the favors and nourishments
with which You have provided us!
It is well known that once assembled together, weak things become strong. Once
fine threads are twisted, they become a strong rope; once strong ropes are
wound together, no one can break them. We presented only one miracle from among
fifteen different kinds that related to the blessings of abundance; we have
seen only one part out of fifteen parts of that part. Each of the examples
mentioned is a proof on its own with enough strength to prove prophethood. Once
considered altogether, it is impossible to reject them or to deny them.
Certainly, those miracles concerning the blessings of abundance illustrate that
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is such an honored servant, and such a beloved envoy, of
the Merciful and Munificent One Who provides his sustenance and creates the
sustenance of all beings, that He changes His own custom for his sake and sends
for him in case of need such banquets from the Unseen as He created out of
nothing.
As is known, the Arabian peninsula is a place of scarcity of water and
agriculture; its people, therefore; its people, therefore, and especially the
Companions in the earliest age of Islam, were exposed to scarcity of food, in
addition to lack of water that would arise quite frequently. Because of these
prevailing conditions, the miracles of great importance were concerned with
food and water. Rather than being direct miracles or evidences for the claim of
prophethood, these wonders were responses to due needs as a Divine kindness, a
gift, and a banquet provided by the Most Compassionate One.
1. Accurate books of tradition, in particular Bukhari, report through an
authentic narration from Hazrat Anas: Hazrat Anas says:
"About three hundred of us were together with Allah's Messenger in the
place named Zawra'. He ordered us to perform ablution for the afternoon prayer,
but we could not find water. He then told us to bring a little water, which we
did, and he dipped his auspicious hands into it. I saw water running from his
fingers like a fountain. His three hundred men performed ablution with that
water and drank from it."
Hazrat Anas relates this incident in the name of three hundred men. Is it
possible that those three hundred people should not have confirmed him or that
none of them should have repudiated him if they had not agreed with him?
2. As narrated in accurate books, in particular Bukhari and Muslim,
Jabir b. Abdullah al-Ansari says:
"We, fifteen hundred people, had become thirsty during the battle of
Hudaybiya. Allah's Messenger performed ablution from a leather water bag called
qirba and then dipped his hand into it. I saw that water was running out of the
bag like a fountain. Fifteen hundred people drank from it and filled their
water bags."
Once Salim b. Abil-Ja'd asked Jabir, "How many of you were there?"
He said, "Water would have sufficed even if there had been a hundred
thousand, but we were fifteen hundred."
Since that decisive miracle was witnessed by fifteen hundred Companions of the
Prophet, its informants in effect number fifteen hundred, for human nature has
a tendency to reject lies. As for the Companions of the Prophet (PBUH), who
sacrificed their tribes and persons, their fathers and mothers, their lives and
all that they possessed for the sake of truth and veracity, they could not have
remained silent in the face of a lie, especially in the light of the warning
given by the narration, "Whoever knowingly tells a lie concerning me
should prepare for his seat in hellfire." Since they remained silent
concerning that report they accepted it, joined Jabir, and confirmed his words.
3. Imam Malik relates in his book, 'Muwatta', through Mu'adh b. Jabal: "During
the battle of Tabuk, we found a spring that was barely running in the thickness
of a thin piece of string. Allah's Messenger ordered, 'Collect a little water.'
They put a little water into his palms. Allah's Messenger washed his face and
his hands with the water, which he then put in the spring. Suddenly the outlet
of the spring widened and water began to well out, which sufficed the whole
army."
Another informant, Imam Ibn Ishaq, reports: "The fountain ran with a
noise under the earth like that of thunder. Allah's Messenger said to Mu'adh,
'You will see, if your lifetime suffices, that this miraculous water will
transform these places into gardens.' And so it did."
4. Accurate books, including those of brilliant authorities in the
science of narration such as Ibn Jabir at-Tabari, relate through an authentic
narration from Abu Qatada:
"We were going for help, as the commanders had been martyred in the
famous battle of Muta. I had a water bag with me. Allah's Messenger commanded,
'Keep your water bag carefully; there will be great need for it.' Soon after,
thirst prevailed. We were seventy-two people. Allah's Messenger said, 'Bring me
your water bag.' I did, he took the bag and brought its brim to his lips. I do not
know whether he blew into it or not. Then seventy-two men came and drank out of
the bag and filled their bags. When I had it back, it was full to the brim just
as it had been before."
5. Accurate books of narration, including above all Bukhari and Muslim,
narrate through Imran b. Husain: Imran says:
"In a battle, we, together with Allah's Messenger, ran out of water. He
said to me and Ali, 'There is a woman in such and such a place, riding her
beast that is laden with two water bags. Go and fetch her.' Ali and I went to
find her in exactly the same place as described, and brought her to the
Prophet. He ordered, 'Pour a little water into a vessel,' which we did, and he
prayed for blessing. He then commanded that: everyone should come to fill their
water bags. All the people came, drank, and filled their bags. Afterwards he
ordered: Collect something for the woman, and they filled her skirt."
Imran says, "I imagined that the two water bags were constantly
filling. Allah's Messenger told the woman, 'You can go now. We did not take
water from you; rather Allah gave us from His treasure.'"
6. Narration scholars, primarily Ibn Huzayma in his Sahih, report from
Umar:
"We ran out of water during the battle of Tabuk. Some of us had to
slaughter their camels to drink what was inside. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq requested
that Allah's Messenger should pray. Allah's Messenger raised his hands, and
hardly had he lowered them when the clouds gathered and heavy rain began to
fall. After we had filled our vessels, the clouds withdrew immediately. In
fact, it was only our area that received the rain; it did not fall outside of
it." Thus, no chance was involved in the incident; it was purely a
miracle of Muhammad (PBUH).
One of the various miracles of the Messenger of Allah is that trees obey his
orders like human beings and go near him by leaving their places.
1. Hazrat Burayda reports: "When we were together with Allah's
Messenger on an expedition, a bedouin came and asked for a miracle. Allah's
Messenger said, 'Tell that tree that Allah's Messenger summons her.' Then, when
the Prophet pointed at a tree, it swayed and brought itself out with its roots,
came to the presence of the Prophet saying, 'Peace be on you, O Messenger of
Allah!' The bedouin said, 'Now let it go to its place again.' He commanded and
it went. Then the bedouin said 'Allow me to prostrate myself before you.' The
Messenger replied, 'No one is permitted to do that.'"(Shifa, 1:299)
2. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to lean against the pole called "palm-trunk"
when delivering a sermon. When the pulpit of the mosque was built, he started
his sermon from the pulpit. The pole began to moan like a camel; the entire
congregation heard it. The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) went near the pole, put
his hand on it, talked to it, consoled it; then it stopped. That miracle of
Hazrat Muhammad was reported by many people.
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Its weeping is because of
separation from the recitation of the Names of Allah that are uttered in the
sermon."
Anas says, "It moaned like a water buffalo and caused the mosque to
tremble." Sahl b. Sa'd says, "After this incident, weeping
increased among people." Ubayy b. Ka'b says, "It wept so much
that it split." According to another report, the Messenger (ASW) said,
"Its weeping is because of separation from the recitation of the Names
of Allah that are uttered in the sermon."
After that marvelous incident, the Messenger ordered that the pole should be
kept under the pulpit. It was put under the pulpit and kept there until the
pole was demolished for the restoration of the mosque. Then Ubayy b. Ka'b took
it and kept it until it decayed.
As it is seen, trees know the Messenger of Allah and obey him. Human beings
should not fall behind trees in terms of obeying him.
The famous scholar Hasan al-Basri would weep whenever he related that marvelous
miracle to his students and would say, "A piece of wood demonstrates
such love and longing for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). You need to feel this love
more than it does."
Badiuzzaman Said Nursi says "Yes, and loving him can be achieved by
love and longing for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), obedience to his luminous
Sunnah and his illustrious Sacred Law.(Nursi, B.S. Mektubat (Letters))
1. During the Battle of Badr, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) threw a handful
of earth and small stones at the army of the unbelievers, saying, "May
their faces be black!" That handful of earth penetrated into the eyes
of each unbeliever, as the words "May their faces be black!"
was heard by every one of them.
2. During the Battle of Hunayn, as well as Badr, Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) again threw a handful of earth at the enemy, saying, "May their
faces be black!" By Allah's permission, each one of them was hit with
a handful of earth and had to retreat, being preoccupied with the earth in his
eyes.
As those extraordinary incidents are beyond the ability of man and of material
causes, the Qur'an declares; When you threw, it was not your act, but
Allah's. (al-Anfal, 8/17). That is, that incident is beyond the power of
man. It happened not through the power of man but extraordinarily, through the
power of Allah.
1. The following is reported in Shifa ash-Sharif of Qadi Iyad from Sa'd
b. Abi Waqqas: "I was beside Allah's Messenger in the battle of Uhud.
He shot arrows until his bow was broken. Then he began giving his arrows to me.
Each time he gave me a featherless arrow, he ordered me to shoot it, which I
did, and it flew just like one with feathers, piercing an unbeliever's
body."
Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas adds: Qatada b. an-Nu'man was hit by an arrow, and one of
his eyeballs poked. Allah's Messenger, with his auspicious blessed hand, placed
the eyeball back in its socket. The eye healed at once, as if nothing had
happened to it, and became even better than the other one.
2. It is also reported through an authentic narration that Abu Qatada
was hit in the face with an arrow in the battle of Yawm az-Ziqarad. Allah's
Messenger (PBUH) wiped his face with his auspicious hand. Abu Qatada says, "I
never felt the pain, nor did the wound fester."
3. Narration scholars, including Imam Bayhaqi, report that once Hazrat
Ali was so ill that he could not help moaning. As he was alone and praying for
his cure, Allah's Messenger (PBUH) came in and said, "O my Allah, heal
him!" He then said to Ali, "Get up!" touching him
with his foot. He was cured at once. Ali says, "Since then I have never
caught the same illness."
1. Bukhari and Muslim report that once Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was
asked to pray for rain. He prayed, and such a rain descended that they had to
say: Pray for it to cease. He prayed again and the rain stopped at once.
2. When the number of the believers was below forty, Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) prayed, "O my Allah! Give strength to Islam by means either of
Umar b. Khattab or of Umar b. Hisham".(Tirmizi, Manaqib 17.)
Within a few days of his prayer, Umar b. Khattab was converted to the faith and
became a means of propagating and exalting Islam.
3. The mother of Anas requested the Messenger (PBUH), Pray for
abundance of descendants and wealth for Anas, who is your servant. The
Prophet (PBUH) prayed, "O Allah! Give abundance to his wealth and
offspring, and bless that which You bestowed upon him!"(Bukhari 8:93).
Anas said in his old age, swearing by Allah, "I have buried a hundred
of my children. As for wealth, no one has led such a happy life as I have. You
see the abundance of my riches, which is the result of the blessing of the
Prophet's prayer."
4. Narration Scholars, including Bayhaqi, report that Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) prayed that Abdurrahman b. Awf, one of the ten Companions who were given
the glad tidings of Paradise, might have abundance and the blessings of wealth.
Through the blessing of that prayer, he acquired such wealth that once he
donated seven hundred camels with their loads to the cause of Allah.
5. As reported through an authentic narration, Allah's Messenger (ASW)
prayed for Ali (RA), "O Allah, protect him from heat and cold!"
Through the benediction of this prayer, Ali (RA) wore summer clothing in winter
and winter clothing in summer. He said, "I never suffered from heat or
cold."
6. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) also prayed for Hazrat Fatima, "O
Allah, do not give her the suffering of hunger!" Fatima said, "Since
then I have never suffered from hunger."
7. The Persian Shah Parviz tore up the letter sent to him by the Prophet
(PBUH). When Allah's Messenger (PBUH) heard of this, he prayed, "O
Allah, rend him and his land as he tore my letter!"
As a result of that malediction, his son Shirviya cut him into pieces with a
dagger, and Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (RA) broke his empire apart, so that no trace of
his sovereignty remained anywhere. The Emperor of Byzantium and the rulers of
other empires did not perish, however, for they respected the letters of the
Messenger (PBUH).
8. Allah's Messenger cursed Utba b. Abi Lahab, saying, O Allah, send
one of Your dogs upon him. Some time later, when Utba was on a journey, a
lion came, spotted him among the members of the caravan, and killed him. That
incident is famous.
1. Narrated in accurate books of narration, primarily Bukhari and
Muslim: During the battle of Khyber, a Jewess roasted a goat and poisoned it
with a very strong poison, and then sent it to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH).
When his Companions began to eat it, the Prophet (PBUH) suddenly said:
"Raise your hands! The goat tells me that it is poisoned."
Everyone withdrew from the table. However, Bishr b. al-Baira', who had eaten
only a morsel of it, died from the effect of the poison. Allah's Messenger
(PBUH) sent for the Jewess, whose name was Zaynab, and asked her: Why did
you do so? The inauspicious woman said, "I considered that if you
were a prophet it would not harm you; and if you were a king, I would save the
people from you."
2. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and Hazrat Abu Bakr stopped at the house of
Umm Mabad as they were emigrating from Makkah. There was a very thin, barren
goat. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) asked:
"Does it not have milk?", Umm Ma'bad replied, "It does
not have blood in its veins, how will it have milk?". Allah's
Messenger (PBUH) touched its loins, stroked its teats, prayed, and then said, "Bring
a vessel and milk it." They did so, and the whole household, as well
as Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and Abu Bakr, drank the milk until they were fully
satisfied. And the goat kept its newly acquired quality and productivity.
3. Before becoming a Muslim, Ibn Mas'ud was a shepherd. One day, Allah's
Messenger and Abu Bakr went to where he was. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) asked him
for some milk. He said, "The goats do not belong to me, but to someone
else." Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said, "Then, bring me a barren
goat." Ibn Mas'ud fetched a goat that had not mated for the past two
years. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) stroked her teats and prayed. Then they milked
her and delicious milk came forth, which they drank. Ibn Mas'ud became a Muslim
upon witnessing that miracle.
4. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Salama b. al-Aqwa, Ibn Abi Wahab, Abu Hurayra,
and Uhban (a shepherd who became involved in another event) narrate:
A wolf snatched a goat from a herd, but the shepherd rescued the goat. The wolf
said, "Don't you fear Allah? You have deprived me of my
sustenance!" The shepherd muttered to himself, "How strange!
Can a wolf speak?" The wolf replied, "Your state is strange!
There is a prophet behind this hill inviting you to Paradise, but you don't
know of him!"
Abu Hurayra says: the shepherd asked the wolf, "I will go then, but who
will take care of my goats?" "I will," said the wolf,
and the shepherd went to see Allah's Messenger, leaving the herd to the care of
the wolf. He was converted to faith and returned to find the wolf shepherding
the herd with no loss. He then slaughtered a goat and offered it to the wolf,
for it had become a teacher for him.
That is, the wolf knows and obeys the Messenger of Allah. Human beings should
draw a lesson from it.
1. Traditionists, including Bukhari and Muslim, unanimously report that
once the Archangel Gabriel (Jibril) came to Allah's Messenger, as he sat with his
Companions, in the form of a man dressed in white, and asked:
"What is Islam, and what is faith, and what is goodness? Describe
them" While Allah's Messenger was describing them, the Companions both
learned a lesson and saw that person quite clearly. He appeared to be a
traveler, but bore no sign of a journey. When he disappeared suddenly, Allah's
Messenger said, "Gabriel did so in order to teach you a lesson."
2. Traditionists also report that the Companions would see Gabriel
together with Allah's Messenger in the form of Dihya, who had a pleasing face.
To sum up, Umar, Ibn Abbas, Usama b. Zaid, Harith, Hazrat Aisha and Umm Salama
report, We see Hazrat Gabriel near the Messenger of Allah in the form of
Dihya Is it ever possible that they should have said, "We have
seen," without really seeing?
3. Abu Sufyan b. Harith Abdulmuttalib, a cousin of the Prophet, reports,
In the battle of Badr, we saw horsemen dressed in white between the sky and
the earth. During the battle of Badr Abu Sufyan had not become a Muslim
yet.
4. One day, Hazrat Hamza told Allah's Messenger, I want to see
Gabriel. Allah's Messenger showed Gabriel to him in the Kaaba, but he could
not bear it and fell unconscious.
Traditionists, primarily Bukhari and Muslim, report from Aisha that after the
verse, "And Allah will defend you from men." (al-Maeda; 5:70)
had been revealed, Allah's Messenger said to those who had guarded him from
time to time: "O men, leave me! For Allah, the Great and Mighty,
protects me."
Indeed, once Allah's Messenger was appointed by Allah, he challenged all rulers
and all religions. With his uncle and his tribe as the greatest enemies, the
fact that he was able to take his last breath in his own bed and reach the
highest place of the incorporeal abode after twenty-three years with neither
guard nor means of protection in the face of numerous plots against him shows
how sound a truth the verse "And Allah will defend you from men."
indicates.
We will relate a few definite events as examples in this connection.
1. When Allah's Messenger, together with Abu Bakr, took shelter in the
cave of Hira in order to be safe from the unbelievers who were in pursuit of
them, two pigeons stood guard at the entrance like two sentries, and a spider,
like a doorkeeper, covered the entrance of the cave with a thick web.
As Ubayy b. Khalaf, one of the heads of the Quraish, who was killed by Allah's
Messenger in the Battle of Badr, was examining the cave. His friends said: Lets
enter the cave He replied, "How shall we enter? This web seems to
have been spun before Muhammad was born, and there are two pigeons standing
there. Would they still be there if someone were in the cave?"
2. It is certainly known that as Allah's Messenger and Abu Bakr were
going towards Madinah after leaving the cave of Hira, the heads of Quraish sent
a man named Suraqa to try to assassinate them, paying him a considerable amount
of money. Allah's Messenger and Abu Bakr saw that Suraqa was coming. As Abu
Bakr showed anxiety, Allah's Messenger said, as he had done in the cave, "Do
not be sad; Allah is certainly with us." (at-Tawbah; 9:40). He then
cast a glance at Suraqa, and his horse's feet became stuck in the sand. Some
time later, he slipped out of the sand and began to follow them anew, but he
soon became stuck again and saw smoke coming out of where his horse's feet were
thrust. Seeing that it was far beyond anyone's ability to lay hands on Allah's
Messenger, he had to ask for help. Allah's Messenger freed him, saying, "Go
back, and make sure no one else comes."
3. Another certain event is also reported in relation to that incident.
When a shepherd saw Allah's Messenger and Abu Bakr, he immediately went to
Makkah in order to inform Quraishis, but when he arrived there, he forgot what
he had come for. Tried as he might, he could not remember his intention, so he
had to turn back. He later realized that he had been made to forget.
4. During the battle of Ghatfan and Anmar, the courageous head of a
tribe named Ghuras stealthily approached Allah's Messenger, and holding his
sword over the Prophet's head, asked:
"Who will save you from me?" Allah's Messenger replied:
"Allah!" and prayed, "O Allah, protect me from him
with something You know." Suddenly, Ghuras was fallen by a blow he
received between his shoulders, and his sword slipped out of his hand. Allah's
Messenger took the sword and asked him:
"Now who will save you from me?" but then he forgave Ghuras and
allowed him to return to his tribe. His men were all surprised at such a
courageous man having failed to do anything.
They asked, "What happened to you, why couldn't you do anything?"
He told them what had happened, and added:
"I am now coming from the presence of the best of men."
An important inspector appointed by a ruler is recognized by every department
of the administration and is connected with each of them, because he has a duty
to perform on behalf of the ruler. Similarly, all beings that exist in the
departments of this Divine Kingdom, from angels to insects and spiders, know
him, recognize him, or have been informed about him. So, he is the Messenger of
the Lord of the worlds and the Seal of the Prophets.
Those extraordinary states are indicated by the Glorious Quran, Jewish
scholars, Christian scholars, soothsayers, their holy books and pages.
According to the Qur'an, they are the tidings of Muhammad's prophethood given
by the Torah, the Gospel and the Psalms. There are signs in the Quran relating
to that news. Since all those books are revelations and those who brought them
are prophets, it is fitting that they should certainly have mentioned a being
who would supersede their religions, change the shape of the universe, and
illumine half of the world with his light. Is it possible that those books,
which predict petty events, should not have mentioned the most significant
phenomenon of humanity, that is, the prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH)?
1. Allah's Messenger declares to the People of the Book by the tongue of
the Qur'an, "Your scriptures describe and confirm me. In whatever I
declare, I have the affirmation of your scriptures."
Despite challenging them with verses like: "Say, 'Bring the Torah and
read it. Say, 'Come, let us gather together -our sons and your sons, our women
and your women, ourselves and yourselves: then let us earnestly pray and invoke
the curse of Allah on those who lie! " (Aal-e-Imran; 3:61,93), neither
the Jewish scholars nor the Christian priests could ever bring forth a single
error of his. If they had been able to, those stubborn and envious unbelievers
of whom there were excessive numbers at the time and the whole world of
unbelief, would have advertised it everywhere.
The Torah, the Gospel and the Psalms have been translated time after time: thus
a great many alien words have become intermingled with them. In addition, the
sayings of the interpreters and their wrong interpretations have been confused
with the original verses, and the distortions of ignorant and hostile men were
also incorporated. Thus, alterations and corruptions were multiplied in the
scriptures. Once the famous scholar Sheikh Rahmatullah Al-Hindi silenced the
priests and the Christian and Jewish scholars by proving to them the changes
made in thousands of places in those books. However, even now, after so many
corruptions, the celebrated Husain Al-Jisri extracted from the previous
scriptures one hundred and ten pieces of evidence concerning the prophethood of
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH).
1. Many Jewish and Christian scholars acknowledged and admitted; that
the characteristics of Muhammad (SAW) were evident from their scriptures:
"The characteristics of Muhammad (PBUH) are evident in our
scriptures." The famous Roman Emperor Heraclius, who was a non-Muslim
himself, said, "Yes, Jesus foretold Muhammad's coming."
2. Another Roman ruler, Muqawqis, the governor of Egypt, and celebrated
Jewish scholars such as Ibn Suriya, Zubayr b. Bativa, Ibn Ahtab and his brother
Ka'b b. Asad, although remaining non-Muslim admitted, "Indeed, our
books include his qualities. They mention him.
3. A famous Christian scholar named Daghatr, after seeing the
description of the Prophet (PBUH), also entered the fold of Islam and was
martyred when he announced his conversion to the Byzantines.
4. From among the Christian leaders, Harith b. Abi Shumar al-Ghasani and
the prominent rulers and religious leaders of Damascus such as Sahib al-Ilba,
Heraclius, Ibn Natur and al-Jarud entered the fold of Islam, after seeing the
Prophet's description in their books. Of them, only Heraclius concealed his
conversion for the sake of worldly kingship.
5. Like those people, Salman al-Farisi was also formerly a Christian,
who began searching for the Prophet (PBUH) after seeing his description in the
Bible; Salman found him and believed in him.
6. A distinguished scholar named Tamim, as well as the Christians of
Ethiopia and the priests of Najran, all unanimously declared: We have seen
in our books the description of the Prophet (PBUH) so we believed in him."
7. Among the rulers of Yemen, one named Tubba' saw the description of
the Prophet (PBUH) in the scriptures, believed in him, and proclaimed his
belief with this poem:
"I bear witness to Ahmad, for he is a messenger from Allah. Were I to
live long enough to see him, I would be a minister and a cousin to him."
That is, "I would be like Ali"
8. Sayf b. Dhiyazan, the ruler of Yemen, learned the description of
Allah's Messenger from the earlier scriptures and believed in him. When
Abdulmuttalib, the grandfather of Allahs Messenger (PBUH), went to Yemen with
some other men from Quraishis, Sayf summoned them and said:
"A child will be born in Hijaz, with a mark between his two shoulders
that resembles a seal. He will be the leader of humanity." Then, in
private, he told Abdulmuttalib, "You are his grandfather." He
thus gave, in a wondrous way, the tidings of Muhammad (PBUH) before his
prophethood.
9. Ibn al-Ala, a renowned Christian scholar, gave tidings of Muhammad
(PBUH) before his mission had begun and without even seeing him. Later, when he
met Allah's Messenger (PBUH), he said:
"By the One Who sent you with the truth, I have found your description
in the Gospel of Jesus, and the son of Mary (Maryam) gave glad tidings of your
coming."
10. The Negus (Najashi) of Ethiopia said:
"I wish I were in Muhammad's service rather than being a sovereign
king. That service is higher than sovereignty."
11. A famous foreteller named Shiqq, who looked very much like half a
man with only one eye, one arm and one leg, repeatedly foretold the
messengership of Muhammad (PBUH), and his reports have been recorded in history
books, with the certainty of tawatur in meaning.
12. The famous foreteller of Damascus, Satih, was a monstrosity; he
lacked bones, even limbs, had a face that looked like a part of his breast, and
lived a very long life. He was highly reputed for his predictions. In fact,
Khusraw, the Persian ruler, once sent him a learned man named Muyzan to ask for
the interpretation of a strange dream of Khusraw and the meaning of the
collapse of the fourteen pillars of his palace that had occurred on the night
of Muhammad's (PBUH) birth. Satih said:
"Fourteen rulers will reign, and then your empire will be utterly
destroyed. A man will come with a religion, and will abolish both your religion
and empire." In that clear statement, Satih predicted the arrival of
the last Prophet.
Here we will point out from the New Testament (Gospel), the Old Testament
(Torah) and Psalms a few examples of verses regarding our Prophet.
1. The first verse from the Gospel: "I am leaving so that He may
send you the Paraclete, that is, Ahmad.
2. A second verse from the Gospel: "I ask from my Lord for the
Paraclete (he who distinguishes between right and wrong) that he may abide with
you forever."
3. The sixteenth chapter and seventh verse of the Gospel of John is as
follows: "But I am telling you the truth. My departure is but for your
benefit. For, unless I depart, the Comforter will not come."
Now, who else other than Muhammad (PBUH) is to be the true Comforter for
humanity? Certainly, he is the one who will save the transient humanity from
eternal annihilation and thus comfort it, and he is the one whose coming to the
earth has made the whole world proud and thankful.
4. The sixteenth chapter and eighth verse of the Gospel of John: When
he comes, he will give the world convincing evidence concerning its sin,
concerning goodness and concerning judgment."
Who else other than Muhammad (PBUH) has come to transform the world's mischief
into goodness, save humanity from evil deeds and polytheism and revolutionize
the politics and rule of the nations of the world?
5. The sixteenth chapter and eleventh verse of the Gospel of John: The
decree for the Chief of the World to come has been sent."
Here "the Chief of the World" is certainly Muhammad
(PBUH), known as the master of humanity.
6. The twelfth chapter and thirteenth verse of the Gospel of John: But when he,
the Spirit of Truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he shall not
speak of himself, whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak, and he will
tell you things to come."
Now that verse is undoubtedly clear. Who is, or who could be, that person other
than Muhammad (ASW), who invited the whole of humanity to the truth, whose
every statement was based on revelation, who announced whatsoever he received
from Gabriel, and who informed humanity in detail about Doomsday and the
Hereafter?
7. Again, the Turkish translation of Johns Gospel, Chapter fourteen, and
verse thirty is as follows: I shall not speak with you for much longer, for
the chief of the world is coming, and I am nothing compared with him. Thus,
the title Chief of the World means Glory of the World. And the
title of Glory of the World is one of the most famous of Muhammad
(PBUH), the Arabians titles.
8. The Gospel also describes him as "wearing a crown."
What is meant here is a turban, for in former days it was the Arabs who generally
wore headcover with a wrapper around them. Hence, the description refers of a
certainty to Muhammad (PBUH).
9. The term Paraclete in the Gospel is defined in Biblical
interpretation as "the one who distinguishes good from evil.; he is
the person who will lead the humanity of future times to the right.
10. Jesus said in the Gospel, I will go so that the Chief of the
World will come.
Who else other than Muhammad (PBUH) had come as the leader of humanity after
Jesus, distinguishing good from evil and guiding man? Jesus always gave his
followers the good tidings that "One will come, and there will be no
longer any need for me. I am a forerunner of his, and bring the good news of
his coming." Confirming that, is the following verse from the Qur'an:
"And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said, 'O Children of Israel! I
am Allahs Messenger to you, confirming that which was revealed before me in the
Torah and bringing the good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name
is Ahmad (as-Saff, 61/6).
Certainly, Jesus gave in the Gospel the good news many times, the news that the
most significant leader of humanity was to come, and he mentioned him with some
names and titles in Syriac and Hebrew that mean, as scholars in the field
confirmed, Ahmad, Muhammad, and Fariq (distinguishing between truth and
falsehood). That is, Jesus frequently gave the good tidings of Ahmad (PBUH)
1. A verse from the Torah: "O Moses, verily I shall send them a
Prophet like you, from the sons of Israel, the sons of Ismaeel; I shall place
My Word in his mouth, and shall punish whoever does not accept the words of the
one who will speak in My Name."
2. Another verse from the Torah: Moses said, 'O Lord! Verily I have
found in the Torah the best of Ummahs that will emerge for the benefit of
humanity, that will enjoin the good and forbid the wrong, and that will believe
in Allah. Let it be my Ummah!' Allah said, 'That is the Ummah of
Muhammad.'"
3. Abdullah b. Amr b. As, who made extensive studies of the earlier
scriptures, Abdullah b. Salam, who was the earliest to accept Islam from among
the famous Jewish scholars, and the famous scholar Ka'b al-Ahbar all pointed in
the Torah, which was not then corrupted to its present extent, the following
verse, which, after addressing Moses, addresses the Prophet yet-to-come:
"O Prophet, verily We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad
tidings, a warner and a protection for the unlettered. You are My bondsman, and
I have named you 'the reliant on Allah.' You will not be harsh, stem and
clamorous in the marketplaces; nor will you requite evil with evil, but instead
pardon and forgive. Allah shall not take you unto Himself until you straighten
a crooked people by causing them to say, 'There is no god but Allah."(Isaiah
42.)
4. Another verse from the Torah: Muhammad is Allah's Messenger, his
birthplace is Makkah, he will emigrate to Tayba, his rule will be in Damascus,
and his Ummah will be constantly engaged in praise.
5. The following verse is in the Thirty-Third Section of the Fifth Book
of the Torah: "The Lord came from Sinai, rose up unto us from Seir, and
shined forth from Mount Paran."
In that verse, with the phrase "the Lord came from Sinai," the
prophethood of Moses is mentioned: with the phrase "rose up unto us
from Seir" (Seir being the mountains of Damascus) the prophethood of
Jesus is indicated. Finally the phrase "He shined forth from Mount
Paran" (the Paran mountains being the mountains of Makkah), gives
tidings of the prophethood of Muhammad (PBUH).
6. Moreover, confirmed by the sentence at the end of Chapter al-Fath, "This
is their similitude in the Torah." is the following verse of the Torah
concerning the Companions of the Prophet (PBUH) who would shine forth from the
Paran Mountains: "The flags of the blessed ones will be with him and
they will be on his right." In the verse, the Companions of the
Prophet (PBUH) are described as "the blessed ones," that is,
his Companions are blessed, righteous men, the beloved ones of Allah.
1. A verse in the Psalms: O David (Dawood)! A prophet will come after
you. His name is Ahmad, Muhammad, Sadiq and Sayyid. His ummah is treated with
mercy.
2. The following verse is in the seventy-second section of the Psalms "And
he will reign from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. The
kings of Yemen and the Islands all will bring their gifts. And to him all the
kings will prostrate themselves. All the nations will serve him... And he will
live, and in his behalf prayer will be made constantly. All day long he will be
praised. His name will prove to be time indefinite. It will continue as long as
the sun..."
Those verses clearly describe the Glory of the World, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Since Prophet David who other than Muhammad (PBUH) has come to propagate his
religion from East to West, to subject lands to pay tax in his name, to make
many rulers obedient in deep adoration for him, and to gain every day the
prayers and remembrance of one fifth of the humanity and whose light shines
from Madinah? Is there anyone else but him?
1. The books of other prophets include names that correspond in Syriac
and Hebrew to the various names of the Prophet (PBUH) such as Muhammad, Ahmad
and Mukhtar. For example, in the tablets of the Prophet Shu'aib (Jethro) his
name is Mushaffaf and means "Muhammad."
2. In the Torah of Moses, he is mentioned as Munhamanna, which again
means "Muhammad," and as Himyata, which means "the
Prophet of al-Haram." In the Psalms of David, he is named al-Mukhtar.
Again in the Torah of Moses, the name is al-Khatam al-Khatam. Both in the Torah
of Moses and in the Psalms of David, it is Muqim as-Sunna. In the Pages of
Abraham and in the Torah of Moses, he is mentioned as Mazmaz, and again in the
Torah of Moses as Ahyad.
Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said, "In the Qur'an, my name is Muhammad, in
the Gospel Ahmad, and in the Torah Ahyad."(Al Anwarul Muhammadiyya
Minal Mawahibil Ladunniyya, p.143)
There are a lot of sections and verses mentioning, with great significance, a
prophet that will come in the future in the Torah, Gospel, Psalms and Pages of
the other prophets. Who can other than Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the last
Prophet, be that person that is mentioned with great significance and
repeatedly by all of those prophets and in the holy books and pages?
To conclude, numerous wonderful events became evident confirming, or causing
others to confirm, his prophethood even before he declared his message.
It is quite natural and appropriate that all species of creatures, with their
wondrous states, inform the coming of a person who will be the spiritual leader
of the world, who will change the inner structure of the world, who will rescue
transitory man and jinn from eternal annihilation with the realities of belief
he brought.
1. One of the great miracles of Allahs Messenger (PBUH), is the
splitting of the moon, that is shaqq-ul qamar. That miracle was related through
various channels, to the degree of tawatur, and by the foremost among the
Companions such as Ibn Mas'ud, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Umar, Ali, Anas and Hudhayfa. The
Qur'an expresses it as follows:
The Hour is nigh and the moon split (al-Qamar, 54/1); the verse announced
that great miracle to the world. To that verse, even the stubborn unbelievers
of the time could not respond with denial; all that they said was, "It is
magic." Thus, the splitting of the moon is certain even from the
viewpoint of the unbelievers.
2. As Allah's Messenger (PBUH) showed the inhabitants of the earth the
miracle of the splitting of the moon, so too, he showed the inhabitants of the
heavens a still greater miracle of his, the 'Night Journey' or the 'Ascension.'
Miraj is the miracle of the ascension of (PBUH) to the presence of God Almighty
with his soul and body, which is one of the greatest miracles. That is, it is
Hazrat Prophet (PBUH)s ascension to the presence of Allah. In other words, it
is his rising above all the rest of the universe, surpassing all beings, and
holding a universal, elevated, and all-embracing conversation with the Creator
of all beings.
When the Prophet (PBUH) informed Quraishis about his Ascension the following
morning, they dismissed it as false, and said, "If you have really
traveled to the Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem, then describe to us its doors,
walls and condition." Allah's Messenger (PBUH) later said:
"I was annoyed by their question and denial in a way that had never
happened to me before. Suddenly, Allah Almighty lifted the veil between me and
the Masjid al-Aqsa and manifested it to me, so that I looked at it, saw it, and
described it." Thus, Quraishis saw that he gives the correct
description of Masjid al-Aqsa.
The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to Quraishis: "On the way I saw a
caravan of yours. It will arrive at such and such a time tomorrow."
Then, they started to wait for that caravan. The caravan was delayed for an
hour. The sun was delayed, as the scholars confirm it, for an hour too in order
to confirm Allahs Messenger. That is, the earth and the sun stopped their duty
for an hour in order to prove his word.
The earth stops its duty and the sun becomes a witness in order to confirm only
one word of Prophet Muhammad. You can understand what the people who do not
accept him and do not obey him lose and how fortunate those who say we
listened to him and obeyed him are.; say praise be to Allah for the
blessings of belief and Islam.
The proof of prophethood is only possible by miracles. The greatest miracle of
Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is the Glorious Quran. It is because the Quran is a
miracle that will maintain its uniqueness and wonder from the time it was sent
down until the Day of Judgment and a miracle that will live eternally. It is
impossible to imitate. The fact that the Quran is a miracle is a reality that
was accepted and approved by the Islamic world.
As the art of magic was widespread at the time of Moses, the important miracles
that appeared with him were of appropriate nature; and the practice of medicine
was prevalent at the time of Jesus, the miracles prevailing then were of the
same kind. Similarly, four crafts were in great popularity at the time of
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH):
First: eloquence and fluency in writing.
Second: poetry and oratory.
Third: soothsaying and divination.
Fourth: knowledge about the events of the past and the facts of cosmology.
When the Qur'an came, it challenged at the same time the experts in those four
fields.
First, it made the men of eloquence bow down before it. They all listened to it
with amazement.
Second, it stunned the poets and orators so that they bit their fingers in
astonishment. Their most beautiful poems written in gold were given a blow, and
the famous Seven Poems that were placed on the walls of the Kaaba as an object
of pride were brought down.
Third, it also silenced the soothsayers and magicians, made them forget about
their discoveries of hidden knowledge, resulted in the expulsion of the jinn
from the heavens, and brought the process of divination to a certain end.
Fourth, it rescued from myth and fabrications those who were cognizant of the
events of bygone times and the facts of cosmology, teaching them the real story
of past events and the illuminating knowledge of the facts of creation.
Thus, those four groups bowed down before the Qur'an in astonishment and
respect and became its students. None of them ever dared dispute with a single
verse of it.
Certainly, they never dared dispute, although the Most Wise Qur'an challenged them
continuously for twenty-three years in a way that irritated them and incited
their stubborn reaction, saying in effect:
"Bring the like of this Qur'an by means of an unlettered person like
Muhammad (PBUH)!
If you cannot do that, let it be not an unlettered person, but the most learned
and literary one.
If you cannot do that, let it not be one person, but gather all your learned
and eloquent ones and let them help each other. Also invoke the aid of your
gods in whom you place trust.
This too you cannot do: so make use of all the books of the highest eloquence
that have ever been written and those that are still to be written, ask for
their aid, and produce the like of the Qur'an.
Still you cannot produce an equal to the whole Qur'an; so let it be the like of
only ten chapters (suras) of it.
If you cannot match any ten suras truly and in all respects, then make them up
from baseless stories and imaginative tales, and bring about something that
will match only the poetry and eloquence of the Qur'an.
If you still cannot succeed, then bring the like of only one sura.
And not a long one; the equal of any short sura will suffice! Otherwise your
religion, your lives and properties will be at stake both in this world and in
the hereafter!"
With those eight alternatives, the Qur'an has been challenging and silencing
men and jinn, not for twenty-three years, but for more than fourteen centuries.
Nonetheless, those unbelievers did not have recourse to the easiest way, that
is, open debate, but chose from the beginning the most dreadful way, to wage
war, putting in danger their lives and properties and their households. Thus,
dispute must certainly have been impossible.
Otherwise no man of wisdom, especially those of the Arabian peninsula of that
time and especially those intelligent men of Quraish, would have had resorted
to the most difficult way, if any literary man among them had been able to
produce the like of a single sura of the Qur'an and thus save them from the
attacks of the Qur'an.
In summary, as the famous Jahiz put it, "Dispute by words was impossible,
and they had to resort to struggle by the sword.
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