MIRACLES ON THE LAND
From these miracles are those which are related to inanimate beings and those that are in relation to animals. From those that are related to inanimate beings are his increase of water on more than one occasion in different ways which we shall narrate with their chains of narration In sha’ Allah. We start with this because it is more appropriate following what we mentioned earlier from his seeking rain and Allah’s acceptance of his supplications [in that respect].
Narrated by Anas bin Malik, “The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) embarked one day for some of his errands with some of his Companions with him. They traveled until the time of prayer entered, yet the people couldn’t find water for ablution, so they said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), we cannot find water for ablution.’ He saw the discontentment with that [state] on the faces of his Companions. Then he left the people and brought a water skin with little water in. Thereafter the Prophet of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) began to perform the ablution from it, then he spread his four fingers over the water skin and said, ‘Come, perform the ablution.’ So the people performed the ablution to the extent that they were excessive in what they wanted.” Al-Hasan said, “Anas was asked how many were they” He replied, “70 or close to that.”
Narrated by Anas bin Malik, “The Prophet of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) was at az-Zawra’, a cup was brought to him with water not even as deep as his fingers. Then he ordered his Companions to make ablution and placed his palm in the water. The water flowed from between his fingers and his finger tips until the people had performed the ablution.”Anas was asked how many were there, he replied saying, “We were 300.”
Narrated by al-Bara’(May Allah be pleased with him)he said, “We were 1400 on the day of alHudaibiyah, and al-Hudaibiyah was a well. So we took from it to the extent that we didn’t leave a drop inside it. Then the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) sat on the edge of the well and asked for water and rinsed his mouth then he threw it in the well. We didn’t wait long before we drank till we quenched our thirst and the thirst of our camels.”
From the hadeeth narrated solely by Muslim, from Jabir bin Abdullah in a lengthy hadeeth in which he said, “We travelled with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) until we reached a wide valley.
Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) went to relieve himself so I followed him with a vessel of water. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) looked on and could not find anything to cover himself with, then he saw two trees on the edge of the valley. So the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) went to one of them and took a branch from its branches then he said, ‘Follow me with the permission of Allah.’ So it followed him like a camel Makhshoosh [with a piece of wood through its nose with a rope tied to it] that follows its master. Then he came to the other one and took a branch from its branches then said, ‘Follow me with the permission of Allah.’ So it also followed him, then when he was in the midpoint between them he brought them together and said, “Cover me with the permission of Allah.” Then they were joined together.
Jabir said, “So I left swiftly fearing that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) would sense my closeness and then distance himself. So I sat and spoke to myself and looked once and saw the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) coming and I saw the trees fall apart and each one of them stood on [its] trunk. Then I saw the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) stand and indicate with his head like this, left and right. Thereafter he walked and when he reached me he said, ‘O Jabir, did you see my position?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘Go to the two trees and cut a branch off each of them then go to where I was standing then throw a branch on your right and a branch on your left.’”
Jabir added, “So I stood, then took a stone and broke it and sharpened it and it became sharp. Then I came to the two trees and cut a branch off each of them, thereafter I went till I stood where the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) was standing, threw a branch to my right and a branch to my left then returned and said, ‘I have done so, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said, ‘I asked what that was for.’ He said, ‘I passed by two graves [its dwellers] being punished, so I wanted that to be raised from them as long as the branches were still fresh.’”
Jabir added, “When we came to the camp, then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘O Jabir, call for the ablution water.’ So I said, ‘Alas the ablution water! Alas the ablution water! Alas the ablution water!’ He said, ‘I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah I did not find a drop in the camp.’ Whilst a man from the Ansar was cooling water for the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in water skins on a rack made from date palm leaves. He added: Then he said to me, ‘Go to so and so al-Ansari and look to see if you find anything [water] in his water skins.’
He said, “So I went to him and I looked in them and did not find but a drop in the mouth of one of the water skins, if I were to empty it in order to drink [the drop] it would have dried it. He said, ‘Go and bring it and bring it to me.’ So I brought it to him, then he took it with his hand then began to say something which I did not know what it was. He touched it with his hands and then gave it to me and said, ‘O Jabir, call for a pot.’ So I said, ‘O the one who possesses the pot of the camp.’ Then it was carried to me and I put it in front of him. Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) did this with his hand in the pot: spread it [his hand] and spread his fingers then he placed it [hand] in the bottom of the pot and said, ‘Take [this] O Jabir and pour it on me and say: In the Name of Allah’.”
So I poured on him and said: ‘In the Name of Allah’. I saw the water gush from between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) then the pot overflowed and went round till it was filled then he said, “O Jabir, invite anyone who has a need for water.” The people came and drank to their fill. Then I said, “Is there anyone that remains who has a need?” Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) raised his hand from the pot when it was full. He [Jabir] added, “The people complained to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) from hunger, so he said, “Perchance Allah will feed you.”
We came to the shore of the sea then it shuddered with a tremor then threw out an animal. Then we lit the fire on its side, cooked and fried it and ate our fill. Jabir said, “Then Fulan [so and so], Fulan and Fulan – till he counted 5 men – entered its eye socket and nobody saw us till we exited. Then we took a rib from its ribs and then made an arch, thereafter we called the biggest man, the biggest camel in the camp and the biggest seat in the camp then he passed through without lowering his head.”
And in Saheeh Muslim narrated by Salamah bin al- Akwa‘, he said, “We travelled to al-Hudaibiyah [a well] with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) whilst we were 1400 – or more than that – and around it there was 50 heads [people] who had not drunk from it. Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) sat on the wall of the well and either he prayed or spat in it.” [Salamah] He added, “Thereafter it gushed and we drank the water.”
Narrated by al-Miswar and Marwan bin al-Hakam in the lengthy hadeeth of the Treaty of al-Hudaibiyah, “Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) left them and descended to the lowest part of al-Hudaibiyah on an area with little water so that the people would take little by little till they finished it. The complaint of thirst was raised to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) so he took an arrow from his sack and commanded them to throw it in. By Allah the area did not cease to flood with water such that they turned away from it.”
This hadeeth has been previously narrated in its totality in [the section] the Treaty of al-Hudaibiyah which is sufficient and there is no need for it to be repeated. Ibn Ishaq narrated from some of them that Najiyah bin Jundab the camel driver threw the arrow in it. He said it has been mentioned [that it was] al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib thereafter Ibn Ishaq preferred the first [opinion].
Narrated by Abdullah, he said, “We used to consider the signs as blessings and you consider them as fearsome. We were with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) on a journey and the water had become scarce so he said, ‘Find a surplus of water.’ They brought a vessel with a little water therein, so he placed his hand in the vessel then he said, ‘Come forth to blessed water from Allah the Great and the Almighty.’ I indeed saw the water flow from between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). We used to hear the glorification of the food [of Allah] when it was eaten.”
Narrated by Abu Raja’, he said, “Imran bin Husain informed us that they were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and they travelled through the night until it was close to the morning. They took a rest then their eyes overcame them up until the sun rose [midmorning]. The first to wake from his sleep was Abu Bakr and the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) would not be woken from his sleep till he awoke [on his own]. Then Umar awoke and then Abu Bakr sat next to his head and proceeded to say pronounce Allahu Akbar and raise his voice until the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) awoke. Then he descended and led us in the morning prayer. A man secluded himself from the people, he had not prayed with us then when he completed [the prayer] he (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘O so and so, what prevented you from praying with us?’ He said, ‘I was in a state of Janabah [sexual impurity], then the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded him to make Tayammum with the earth and pray.”
Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) made me ride in front of Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and we had become severely thirsty. Whilst we were proceeding with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) we met a woman who was sitting [on her camel] between two bags of water. We asked her, “Where can we find water?” She replied, “Verily, there is no water.” We said, “How far is the distance between your family and the water?” She said, “A day and a night.” We said, “Go to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).” She said, “And what is the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)?” Then we brought her to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). She told him what she told us except that she informed him that she had orphans. Then he ordered that the bags of water [be dismounted from the camel] and wiped over the openings of them. Then forty of us thirsty men drank till we quenched our thirst and we filled every water skin and vessel we had with us. We did not ride a camel except that it [the bag] was about to burst from fullness. Thereafter he said, “Give that which you have with you.” So some foodstuff and dates were collected for her, then when she reached her family she said, “I met the greatest magician of the people or a Prophet as they claimed.” Thus, Allah guided those people through that woman, then she embraced Islam and they too embraced Islam.
Narrated by Abu Qatadah, who said, “We were with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) on a journey then he said, ‘If you do not find water tomorrow, you shall become thirsty.’ And the first of the people set off in search of water. I stayed with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his riding-animal swayed with him then Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) became drowsy, so I helped him [straighten] and he straightened. Then he swayed so I helped him [straighten] and he straightened. Thereafter he swayed till he was about to fall off his riding-animal then he was alerted and said, ‘Who is this man?’ So I said, ‘Abu Qatadah, He said, ‘Since when have you been journeying?’ I said, since night. He said, ‘May Allah protect you as you protected His Messenger.’
Thereafter he said we should sleep, so he walked towards a tree and rested then he said, ‘Look to see if you can find anyone?’ I said, ‘This is a traveler, these two are travelers,’ until he reached 7. Thereafter he said, ‘Take heed of our prayer [time].’ So we slept and nothing but the heat of the sun woke us then we came to. Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) rode and we rode for a while, he dismounted and said, ‘Do you have water?’ He added [Abu Qatadah]: I said, ‘I have a vessel containing some water.’ He said, ‘Bring it.’ He added: So I gave it to him, then he said, “Take some of it.
Take some of it.” So the people performed the ablution and a little sip of water remained then he said, ‘Hold on to it O Abu Qatadah, for it shall have news [a usage].’
Thereafter Bilal performed the ’Athan and they prayed the two units before Fajr, then they prayed Fajr. Then he rode and we rode, then some of them said to one another we have been neglectful of our prayer, so the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘What are you saying? If it is a matter of your worldly affairs then that is your affair and if it is a matter of your religion then that is for me.’
We said, ‘O Messenger of Allah we have been neglectful of our prayer.’ So he said, ‘Sleep [at the time of prayer] is not neglectful, however being awake [and missing prayer] is neglectful and it is so, then pray it tomorrow on its time.’ Then he said, ‘The people perceived [guessed].’ They said, “You said yesterday, ‘If you do not find water tomorrow you will be thirsty.’ And the people need water.”
He [Abu Qatadah] added: When the people awoke and found their Prophet was missing, the people said to one another, ‘The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) has found water,’ and Abu Bakr and Umar were among the people so they said, ‘O people, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) would not precede you to the water and leave you behind and if the people obey Abu Bakr and Umar they shall be guided, he [the Prophet] said this thrice.’
Then when the midday heat had heightened the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) appeared, so they said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have been perishing from thirst [so much so] that the necks have been cut.’ So he said, ‘You shall not perish.’ Thereafter he said, ‘O Abu Qatadah, bring the vessel.’ So I brought it to him, then he said, ‘Open my water skin for me.” So I opened it and brought it to him. Then he began to pour it in it [the vessel] and serve the people. The people crowded round it, so the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘O people, have good conduct, for all of you are going to leave full.’
Thus the people drank until nobody but the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and I remained. Then he poured some for me and said, ‘Drink O Abu Qatadah.’ He [Abu Qatadah] said: “I said, ‘You drink [first] O Messenger of Allah’. He replied, ‘The one who serves drink for the people is the last of them to drink.’ So I drank then he drank after me and the amount [of water] that was previously in the vessel remained and they were 300.”
Abdullah said, “Imran bin Husain heard me mention this hadeeth in the Jami‘ Mosque, then he said, ‘Who are you?’ I said, ‘I am Abdullah bin Rabah al- Ansari.’ He said, ‘The people [who were present] are more aware of their incident. Watch how you speak, for I am one of the seven on that night.’ Then when I finished, he said, ‘I did not think that anyone had memorized this hadeeth apart from myself.’
Narrated by Mu‘adh bin Jabal – then he [Abdullah] mentioned the hadeeth of combining the prayer in the battle of Tabook till he said that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “You shall reach the spring of Tabook tomorrow by the will of Allah and you shall not arrive by it until forenoon. So whosoever arrives there, then he should not touch any of its water until I arrive.” He [Mu‘adh] added: So we arrived by it and two men were already present and the stream was flowing like the strap of a sandal with some water. So the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) asked them, “Have you touched [consumed] some of its water?”They said, “Yes.” So the Messenger of Allah rebuked them and said to them that which Allah allowed him to say. Then they scooped the water from the spring bit by bit until it was collected in something. Thereafter the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) washed his face and his hands and returned it to it [the spring]. Then the spring [began to] flow with plentiful water. Then the people drank, thereafter the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “O Mu‘adh, if you live long you may see what is here filled with gardens.”
We mentioned in the book, al-Wufood from Ziyad bin al-Harith as-Suda’i the story of his arrival [upon the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)] and he mentioned a long narration, part of it: Then we said, “O Messenger of Allah, we have a well which has sufficient water for us in the winter and we gather around it. And in the summer the water is scarce so we disperse upon water around us. We have just accepted Islam and everyone around us is an enemy. So invoke Allah for us with regards to our well so that its water is sufficient for us and we can gather around it and we don’t disperse.”
So he asked for seven stones and scratched them with his hands and prayed upon them, then he said, “Go with these stones and when you reach the well then throw one at a time and mention [the Name of Allah].”Suda’i said, “So we did as he requested, then we could not see its bed thereafter i.e. the well.”
By Ibn Katheer
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