STORY OF THE BLIND MAN
Story of the blind man who Allah restored his vision through supplication of the prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
Uthman Ibn Hunaif narrated that a blind man came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, invoke Allah for me to heal me of my blindness.” The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) asked him to make ablution and perform two Raka‘ahs and to make the following supplication: ‘O Allah, I beseech You in the name of Your Prophet Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy. I am seeking intercession with You through him to grant this request of mine.’ The man did as he had been instructed and he was healed.
Another story
Habeeb Ibn Fuwaik narrated that his father went to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) with his blind eyes. The Prophet asked him, “What happened to you?” He said, “I was tending my camels when I slipped on a snake egg and my eyes were injured.” Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) spit into his eyes and he started seeing again. His son, Habeeb added: “And I saw my father inserting thread into the needle even at age eighty.”
It is also authentically reported that Ali was suffering from eye trouble. So, the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) spat in his eyes and his eyes were cured immediately as if he had never had any eye trouble. He also rubbed the leg of Abdullah Ibn Ateek, whose leg was broken on the night he assassinated Abu Rafi‘ and he was cured as he had never had any ailment whatsoever.
Al-Baihaqi reported that he also rubbed Muhammad Ibn Hatib’s burned hand and it was immediately cured. He rubbed Salamah Ibn Al-Akwa’s wounded leg and he was cured; and he invoked Allah to cure Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas and he was healed.
Al-Baihaqi also reported that the Prophet’s uncle, Abu Talib was ill and asked his nephew to invoke his Lord for him. The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) did and his uncle was cured from that ailment.
As for the story of Food Table about which Allah says: (Remember) when Al-Hawariyyoon (the disciples) said: “O ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Can your Lord send down to us a table spread (with food) from heaven?” ‘Eesa (Jesus) said: “Fear Allah, if you are indeed believers.” They said: “We wish to eat thereof and to satisfy our hearts (to be stronger in Faith), and to know that you have indeed told us the truth and that we ourselves be its witnesses.” ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), said: “O Allah, our Lord! Send us from the heaven a table spread (with food) that there may be for us – for the first and the last of us – a festival and a sign from You; and provide us sustenance, for You are the Best of sustainers.” Allah said: “I am going to send it down unto you, but if any of you after that disbelieves, then I will punish him with a torment such as I have not inflicted on anyone among (all) Al-’Alameen (mankind and Jinns).” (Soorah Al-Ma’idah 5:112-115)
The point here is that whether the table of food was actually sent down or not, the Prophet’s tables of food had always been supplied from the heaven. His Companions used to hear the food glorifying Allah while it was being eaten in front of him. On many occasions, he made little food enough for tens, hundreds and thousands of people. Peace and blessings of Allah be always with him.
As for ‘Eesa’s statement to the Children of Isra’eel, “And I inform you of what you eat, and what you store in your houses.” (Soorah Aal ‘Imran 3:49) this is an easy thing to do for the Prophets, even the pious servants of Allah.
Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) did inform of termites’ eating of the unwarranted document that Quraish had hung on the roof of the Ka‘bah on boycotting the Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib (the Prophet’s clans) to force them to surrender him. As a result of the boycott, the Prophet’s entire clan (with the exception of those who supported the Quraish such as Abu Lahab) were exiled in the valley of Abu Talib (where no one transacted with them). Allah then sent termites that ate up the document with the exception of the part thereof on which Allah’s Name was written and Allah inspired this to His Prophet. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) informed his uncle Abu Talib of this while they were still in the valley. Abu Talib then went to the Quraish and informed them of what his nephew had told him. They checked the document and found it as the Prophet had informed.
On the day of the Battle of Badr when Abbas (his uncle, who was then a polytheist and was taken captive) was asked to ransom himself with money and he claimed that he had no money, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him, “Where is the money that you and Umm Fadl (your wife) buried under the door and you told her that if you were killed the money should be for the kids?” Abbas replied, “By Allah, this is something known only to Allah beside me and Umm Fadl!”
The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) also informed his Companions of the death of the Negus who died in Abyssinia (though nobody came to inform him). He then performed funeral prayer on him.
He was on his pulpit giving a sermon when he predicted the martyrdom of the commanders who were on the warfront in the Battle of Mu’tah and it happened as he predicted and in the succession he specified.
Ibn Hamid has mentioned, as equivalent to Prophet ‘Eesa’s travels on the Earth, Prophet Muhammad’s struggles in the way of Allah; and as equivalent to Prophet ‘Eesa’s ascetic life, Prophet Muhammad’s turning away from treasures of this world when they were offered to him. He said, “I prefer to go hungry on a day and eat my fill on the other.” He also had wives who spent a month or two without finding any food to cook. Their only food would be dates and water. In some cases, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) would tie a rock to his belly out of hunger. He and members of his family never enjoyed the luxury of eating wheat bread for three consecutive nights. And his bed was made of animal skin stuffed with palm fibers.
The Angel gave the pious Maryam the glad tiding of having a son in the person of ‘Eesa (Peace be upon him). As an equivalent for that, when Aminah, the Prophet’s mother, was pregnant of him, she was given glad tiding about him in her dream and she was told, “You are carrying the leader of this nation. So, name him ‘Muhammad’.”
By Ibn Katheer
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