ANOTHER STORY WITH THE INCIDENT OF AL-‘ALA’ IBN AL-HADRAMI
Anas narrated that I witnessed three matters which if they were in Bani Isra’eel, the nations wouldn’t have shared with them their virtue. We said, “What were they, O Abu Hamzah?” He said: We were at Suffah with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) when a migrating woman came to him with a son of hers who had reached the age of adolescence. He grouped the woman with the women and grouped her son with us. It wasn’t long before he was afflicted by the harsh conditions of Madinah so he became ill for days and then died. The Prophet covered him and ordered that he be prepared for burial. He said when we wanted to wash him, “O Anas, go to his mother and inform her.” He informed her. The narrator said: She came and sat at his feet and said, “O Allah, I submitted myself to you voluntarily and turned against the idols from abstinence and migrated to you out of desire. O Allah, don’t cause the idol-worshippers to become delighted with my affliction and don’t burden me from this calamity what I can’t bear.” The narrator said: By Allah she didn’t finish her words before he moved his feet and threw the sheet from his face. And he lived till after Allah had taken his Messenger (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and till after his mother died. The narrator added: Then Umar prepared an army and made Al-‘Ala’ Ibn Hadrami in charge of it. Anas said: I was in his army and we came to our camp and found that our people felt our arrival and had no water and the heat was intense. Thirst had exhausted us and our animals and that was on Friday. When the sun was about to set he prayed two Raka‘ahs and he stretched his hands in supplication toward the sky and we couldn’t see anything in the sky (i.e., the rain clouds). He added: By Allah before he dropped his hands Allah sent a wind and formed a cloud and it rained until it filled the water passages. We drank and gave water to our animals and carried some with us. Then we approached our enemy who had passed a gulf in the sea to an island. He stood on the gulf and said, “O Lofty one, O the Great, O Fore-bearing one, O Noble one.” Then he said, “Traverse in the Name of Allah.” The narrator added: So we traversed, the water didn’t moisten even the hooves of our riding animals and it wasn’t except a short passing of time then we attacked the enemy and killed, captured and apprehended them. Then we came to the gulf where he said what he mentioned earlier and we traversed and the water didn’t even moisten the hooves of our riding animals. The narrator added: A short time passed and he was struck into his funeral. So we dug for him, washed him and then buried him. Then a man came after we had buried him and said, “Who is this?” We said, “This is the best of mankind, this is Ibn Al-Hadrami.” He said, “This ground repels its dead, so you should take him to a land that takes the dead.” We said, “What is the reward of our Companion that we leave him for the beasts to devour him if we left him here?” The narrator added: We gathered upon exhuming him, and when we reached the Lahd (the side chamber where the dead person is placed in the grave) suddenly our Companion wasn’t in it. And suddenly the Lahd was a glittering light as far as the eye can see. The narrator added: We returned the soil and left.
Another story
Al-A‘amsh narrated from some of his Companions,, “We reached Dijlah River in Baghdad and it was overflowing with water and the non-believers were behind it. A man from the Muslims said: “Bismillah,” and he stormed with his horse and it rose above the water. Then the people said: “Bismillah,” and they stormed with their horses and rose above the water. The non-believers looked at them and said: Insane people, insane people. Then they fled. The narrator added: The people didn’t lose anything except a vessel which had a lantern attached to it. When they exited they obtained war booty and shared it and a man said, “Who will exchange yellow for white ?”
Sulaiman Ibn Al-Mugheerah narrated that Abu Muslim Al-Khawlani came to Dijlah while it was throwing wood from its vastness. He walked on the water and looked at his companions and said, “Have you lost any of your provisions so we may supplicate to Allah, the Great and the Almighty.”
The story of Zaid Ibn Kharijah and his words after his death
Sa‘eed Ibn Al-Musayyab narrated: Zaid Ibn Kharijah Al-Ansari tribe and then from Al-Harith Ibn AlKhazraj tribe, passed away in the era of Uthman Ibn Affan and was wrapped in his shroud. They heard a rumbling coming from his chest and he said, “Ahmad, Ahmad (was mentioned) in the first (revealed) books. Abu Bakr was truthful, was truthful (in Muhammad) the Siddeeq; weak by himself and strong in the command of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) (mentioned) in the (previous) first books. Umar Ibn Al-Khattab was truthful, was truthful, strong and trustworthy (mentioned) in the first book. Uthman Ibn Affan was truthful, was truthful upon their methodology (Abu Bakr and Umar) 4 (years) had passed and two (years) remained came with trials. And the strong ate the weak and news shall come to you about your army, the well of ’Arees. And what is ’Arees well.
Yahya said that Sa‘eed narrated: Then a man died from Khatmah tribe and was covered in his shroud, then a rumbling was heard from his chest when he said, “The brother of Banul-Harith Ibn Al-Khazraj told the truth, told the truth.”
Al-Bukhari said in At-Tareekh: Zaid Ibn Kharijah Al-Khazraji Al-Ansari witnessed the Battle of Badr. He passed away in the era of Uthman and he is the one who spoke after death.
Al-Baihaqi said it has been narrated about speaking after death from many with sound chains. And Allah (SWT) knows best.
The dead speaking and their wonders
Hisham Ibn Ammar said in his book, Al-Mab‘ath, in the chapter regarding the speech of the dead and their wonders, that narrated from Rib‘i Ibn Hirash Al-Absi: My brother Ar-Rabee‘ Ibn Hirash fell ill so I nursed him but he died. We went to prepare his burial, and when we arrived he removed the sheet from his face and he said, “Assalamu ‘Alaikum.” We replied: Wa ‘Alaikas-Salam, didn’t you die?” He said, “Indeed, however, I met my Lord with rest and bounty and a Lord who isn’t angry. Then He clothed me with clothes of green silk. And I asked Him to allow me to give you the glad tidings so He allowed me. The affair is as you see it, so do things correctly (and if not), try to (do things correctly), give glad tidings and don’t shun (people) away.” When he said that, it was like a stone that has fallen in the water.
Thereafter, he narrated many other matters in this chapter and it was the last of his books.
By Ibn Katheer
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