THE STORY OF THE CHILD THAT WAS SUFFERING FROM SEIZURES
This has been mentioned in the narration of Usamah Ibn Zaid, Jabir Ibn Abdullah and Ya‘la Ibn Murrah Ath-Thaqafi in the story of the camel, the Hadith in its complete form. Imam Ahmad narrated from Ibn Abbas: A woman came with her son to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, he has a touch of madness and it affects him when we eat so he spoils our food for us.” The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah stroked his chest and supplicated for him. He vomited once and it came out of him like a black puppy.
Another Hadith
Ata’ Ibn Abu Rabbah narrated that Ibn Abbas said to me, “Shall I not show you a woman from the people of Paradise?” I said: “Yes.” He said, “This black woman came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, ‘I have seizures and my body becomes exposed, so pray to Allah for me’.” He said, “If you wish, you can be patient and Paradise is for you. And if you wish I pray to Allah for you to cure you.” She said: “No, rather I shall remain patient so ask Allah that I don’t become naked – or that my clothes aren’t removed from me.” The narrator said: So he prayed for her.
Another Hadith in that regard
Uthman Ibn Hunaif narrated that a blind man came to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah to cure me.” He said, “If you wish, I will delay that because it is better for your afterlife. And if you wish, I shall pray for you.” He said, “No, rather pray for me.” The narrator said, “The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded him to make ablution and pray two Raka‘ahs and supplicate with this Du‘a’: O Allah, I ask you and turn to you with the supplication of your Prophet, Muhammad, the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I ask you to pray for my need so it is fulfilled and that you intercede for me and that you intercede that my supplication is accepted.” The narrator said: He repeated it many times. He added: So he did and he was cured.
Another Hadith
Abu Bakr Ibn Abu Shaibah narrated from a man from Banu Salaman Ibn Sa‘d tribe, from his mother that her maternal uncle Habeeb Ibn Fuwaik told her that his father went to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his eyes were white, he couldn’t see anything with them at all. He asked him, “What afflicted you?” He said, “I used to look after my sheep when my leg fell on the stomach of a snake and I was afflicted in my eyes.” The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) spitted in his eyes and he began to see. I saw him put the thread in the needle when he was 80 years old while his eyes were still white.
In this regard the Hadith of Qatadah Ibn An-Nu‘man has been mentioned earlier: His eye was afflicted and his iris trickled down his cheek. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) returned it to its place. Thereafter, he didn’t know which one was afflicted.”
I say this Hadith was mentioned in the Battle of Uhud. And we narrated during the mention of Abu Rafi‘’s killing that he wiped over him with his noble hands on the leg of Abdullah Ibn ‘Ateek when his shin was broken and he was cured immediately.
Al-Baihaqi mentioned with his chain of narration: The Prophet wiped over the hand of Muhammad Ibn Hatib when his hand was burned by fire and he was cured immediately, and that he (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) blew in the hand of Shurahbeel Al-Ju‘fi a cut that was in his hand. I say: It has been mentioned earlier in the Battle of Khaibar his spittle in Ali’s eyes when they were sore and he was cured.
And in the Saheeh that the Prophet said to Abu Hurairah and others, “Who will spread his robe today, for he will not forget anything from my words.” Abu Hurairah said, “I spread it and didn’t forget anything from his words.” It is said that was from Abu Hurairah committing everything to memory that he heard that day from him. It has also been said for others also. And Allah (SWT) knows best. And he prayed for Sa‘d Ibn Abi Waqqas and he was cured.
Al-Baihaqi narrated that the Prophet prayed for his uncle Abu Talib due to his illness and he requested from the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) that he calls upon his Lord. Then he prayed for him and was cured immediately.
And the AHadith in this regard are many; it will be lengthy to mention all of them.
Another Hadith
It has been affirmed in the Saheehain, from Jabir Ibn Abdullah that he was riding upon his camel and it became fatigued so he wanted to sacrifice it. He said then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me and hit it and prayed for me. It advanced in a way that it never had. And in a narration it remained in front of the camels to the extent that I had held its reigns but couldn’t stop it. Then he said, “How do you find your camel?” I said, “Your blessings have fallen on it.” Thereafter, he mentioned that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) bought it from him. The narrators differed over the price of it on many narrations. He exempted transporting it to Madinah. When he reached Madinah he brought the camel to him so he gave him more than the price of it and returned the camel to him (Jabir) also.
Another Hadith
Anas Ibn Malik narrated: The people sought help from the Prophet and the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) rode a slow horse belonging to Abu Talhah, which left galloping by himself. Then the people galloped behind the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and he said, “You won’t keep up.” And he said concerning the horse that he was fast. Anas said, It was never beaten after that day.
Another Hadith
Ju‘ail Al-Ashja‘i narrated, “I participated with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) on one of his expeditions while I was on a weak horse.” He added, “I was lagging behind the people when the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me and said, ‘Move, O owner of the horse’.” So I said, “O Messenger of Allah, it is weak and slender.” He added: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) raised a whip which he had with him and struck it with it and said, “O Allah, bless him with it horse.” He added: I saw myself holding it by its head because it had advanced in front of the people and I sold from its stomach (offspring) for 12,000.
Another Hadith
Abu Hurairah said: A man came to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said, “I have got married to a woman from the Ansar.” The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Have you seen her, because there is something in the eyes of the Ansar.” He replied, “I have seen her.” The Prophet said, “How much did you marry her for (dowry)?” He replied: 4 Awaq (160 Dirhams).” The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “4 Awaq? It is as though you extract silver from this mountain. We don’t have anything to give you. However, we may send you on an expedition that you will gain from.” The narrator said, “He sent an expedition to Banu Abs tribe and sent that man with them.”
In another narration: So he came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, my she-camel refuses to go from exhaustion. The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) gave him his hand like the one who offers his hand to stand, then he came to it and kicked it. Abu Hurairah said: “By the One in Whose Hands is my soul I saw it overtaking with it (his kick) the rider.”
Another Hadith
Khubaib Ibn Isaf narrated: I came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) along with a man from my people in one of his expeditions. We said, “We desire to participate in a battle with you.” He said, “Have you embraced Islam?” We replied, “No.” He said, “We don’t seek help from the idolaters against the idolaters.” Khubaib said: We embraced Islam and I participated with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and I was struck with a blow to my shoulder and it penetrated me and my arm became motionless. I came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and he spitted in it, closed it and it healed and I was cured. And I killed the one who struck me. Thereafter, I married the daughter of the one I killed. And she used to say, “I shall not miss the man who scarred you with this scar.” Then I would say, “I won’t miss a man in more of a hurry who left you for the Fire.”
Another Hadith
It has been affirmed in the Saheehain from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) came to the Khala’ (a place to relieve oneself). I placed the ablution water for him. When he came out he said, “Who placed this.” They said: Ibn Abbas. He said, “O Allah, grant him understanding of the religion.”
Allah accepted from the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) this supplication for his nephew (Ibn Abbas). He was an Imam whose guidance was followed and his ways were adopted in the sciences of the Shari‘ah and especially the knowledge the science of interpretation which is Tafseer. The knowledge of the Companions before him reached him and that which the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) understood from the speech of his nephew.
Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ood said: If Ibn Abbas was to live to our age none of us will accompany him, and he used to say to them, “How wonderful the commentator of the Qur’an Ibn Abbas was.” The death of Ibn Abbas was later than the death of Ibn Mas‘ood by 33-39 years, so what do you think he gained (from knowledge) after him in this period? And we have narrated from some of his companions that he said: Ibn Abbas addressed the people on the night of Arafah and made tafseer of Soorah Al-Baqarah for them. He made a tafseer of it which if the Romans, Turks and Ad-Dailam heard it they would have indeed embraced Islam.
Another Hadith
It has been affirmed in the Saheeh that he (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for Anas Ibn Malik for abundance in wealth and children and it was so that Allah accepted his prayer. Even Tirmidhi narrated from Abu Khaldah, he said: I said to Abul-‘Aliyah, “Did Anas hear from the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)?” He said, “He served him for 10 years and prayed for him. He had a garden which bore fruit twice a year and he had a scent which came from him like the scent of musk.”
We have narrated in the Saheeh that he had close to 100 persons from his descendants or slightly more than that, and in a narration the Prophet said, “O Allah, increase his life.” He made him live for 100 years.
He prayed for Umm Sulaim and Abu Talhah in their night which had passed and a child was born whom the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) named Abdullah and 9 descendants from him, all of them had memorized the Qur’an. That has been affirmed in the Saheeh.
It has been affirmed in Saheeh Muslim from the Hadith of ‘Ikrimah Ibn ‘Ammar, from Abu Katheer Al‘Anbari from Abu Hurairah that he asked the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) to pray for his mother so that Allah will guide her. He prayed for her. When Abu Hurairah went home he found his mother taking a bath behind the door. When she finished she said: I bear witness that there is no god deserving worship except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Abu Hurairah cried with happiness, and went to inform the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) about that and asked him to pray for them that Allah make them beloved to his believing slaves and so it occurred.
Abu Hurairah said: There isn’t a believing male or female except that he loves us. And Abu Hurairah spoke the truth about that. And from the completion of this supplication is that Allah made his mention famous in the days of gathering, because the people mentioned him in the Jumu‘ah (Friday) Sermon.
It has been affirmed in the Saheeh, that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), prayed for Sa‘d when he was ill and he was cured and prayed that he would become a person whose supplication was answered. So he said, “O Allah, answer his supplication and make his aim accurate.” Then he became likewise. What a great leader of brigades and armies he became. He cursed Abu Sa‘dah, Usamah Ibn Qatadah when he made a false testimony against him that he has a long life, deep poverty and exposure by trials (he would harass women). He became likewise and when he was asked (as to what caused him to be this way) he would say: An old man, exposed to trials the supplication of Sa‘d fell upon me.
It has been affirmed in Saheeh Al-Bukhari and others that the Prophet prayed for As-Sa’ib Ibn Yazeed and wiped over his head with his hand. Then he lived long till he reached 94 years old and yet he had a perfect upright posture and the place where the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) placed his hand wasn’t covered with white hairs and his senses and strength remained intact.
Abu Zaid Al-Ansari narrated: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me, “Come close to me.” He wiped his hand over my head and he said, “O Allah, make him beautiful and continue his beauty.” The narrator added: he reached 103-109 years of age and there was no white hairs in his beard except a little patch. His face remained stretched and didn’t wrinkle till he died.
And it has been affirmed in the Saheehain that the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for Abdur-Rahman Ibn Awf for blessings when he saw the patch of saffron on him when he got married. Allah accepted (the supplication) from the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and he made him successful in trade and war booty till he gained abundant wealth to the extent that one wife’s share from his inheritance from his four wives was a quarter of an eighth of his wealth when he died.
‘Urwah Ibn Abul-Ja‘d Al-Bariqi narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) gave him a dinar to buy a sheep for himself. He purchased two with it and sold one of them for one dinar and returned to him with the sheep and the dinar. He invoked the blessings of Allah for him in his purchases. In another narration it is said that then he said to him, “May Allah bless you in the dealing of your right hand.”
Abu ‘Uqail narrated: His grandfather ‘Abdullah Ibn Hisham used to go with him to the market and buy food where Ibn Az-Zubair and Ibn ‘Umar would meet him and say, “Let us join you in your purchases; for indeed the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for blessings for you.” He would let them become partner with him, and he would even buy a riding animal and would send it to the house.
Abu Tufail narrated that a man had a newborn baby who was brought to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed for blessings for him and held his forehead. Thereafter, a hair grew on his forehead as though it was a hair of a horse. The boy grew up and when it was the era of the Khawarij and he followed them. Then the hair fell from his forehead so his father detained him and kept him safe from fear that he may join them. The narrator added: We entered upon him and admonished him and we said to him, “Do you not see that the blessing of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) has fallen?” So we continued reasoning with him until he left their opinion. The narrator added: Then Allah returned that hair to his forehead because he had repented.
Another Hadith
Zaid Ibn Thabit narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) looked toward the direction of Yemen and said, “O Allah, bring their hearts (to Islam).” Then he looked toward the direction of Sham and said, “O Allah, bring their hearts (to Islam).” Then he looked toward the direction of Iraq and said, “O Allah, bring their hearts (to Islam) and bless us with our Sa‘ (measurement of food stuffs) and our Mudd (handful of foodstuff).” And this is what occurred; the people of Yemen embraced Islam. And goodness and blessings came from Iraq, and he promised that the people of Sham would remain upon guidance and establishment upon helping the religion until the final affair.
Imam Ahmad narrated in his Musnad, “The Hour shall not be established until the best of the people of Iraq move to Sham and the worst of the people of Sham move to Iraq.”
Muslim narrated from Iyas Ibn Salamah Ibn Al- Akwa‘ that his father informed him that a man ate with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) with his left hand. The Prophet said to him, “Eat with your right hand.” He replied: “I can’t.” He said, “You couldn’t, nothing prevented you except for pride.” The narrator said: After that, he couldn’t raise his hand to his mouth.
It has been affirmed in Saheeh Muslim from Ibn Abbas: I was playing with children when the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) came and I hid myself from him. He noticed me and patted me twice between the shoulders and sent me to Mu‘awiyah for help. I came to him while he was eating food. I went and came back and said, “I went to him when he was eating.” He sent me a second time and I arrived when he was eating again. I came back again and said, “I went to him when he was eating.” Then the Prophet said, “May Allah not fill his stomach.”
I say: Mu‘awiyah wouldn’t ever be full ever since. And this supplication suited him in the days of his leadership for it is mentioned that he would eat food with meat 7 times a day and would say, “By Allah I am never full, I am only fatigued.”
And we mentioned in the Battle of Tabook that a child wandered in front of them while they were praying; he cursed him and he never stood after that.
Jabir Ibn Abdullah said: We exited with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in the Battle of Banu Anmar tribe. Jabir mentioned the Hadith of a man wearing two garments which were worn out and yet he had two other garments. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded him after that he wore them and then he turned. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “What is wrong with him, Allah struck his neck?” The man replied: In the path of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “In the path of Allah.” The man was killed in the path of Allah.
Many narrations have been recorded of this type. It has been affirmed in authentic AHadith with many paths from a group of the Companions which provide certainty as we shall narrate soon in the chapter of his merits, that he said, “O Allah, whosoever I insulted or struck or cursed and he isn’t deserving of that then make that an act of goodness that will bring him near to you on the Day of Judgment.”
We have mentioned earlier in the beginning of the “Prophetic mission,” the Hadith of Ibn Mas‘ood in his supplication against the group of seven among whom was Abu Jahl Ibn Hisham and his Companions when they threw the intestines of a camel upon his back (while in prayer) and his daughter Fatimah removed them. When he finished he said, “O Allah, curse Abu Jahl Ibn Hisham, Shaibah Ibn Rabee‘ah,
‘Utbah Ibn Rabee‘ah and Al-Waleed Ibn ‘Utbah.” He named the rest of the seven. Ibn Mas‘ood said, “By the one who sent him with the Truth, I saw them killed in the well of Badr.” And it is agreed upon in Saheeh Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Another Hadith
Anas Ibn Malik narrated: There was a man from one of us, from the tribe of Banun-Najjar, who read Soorah Al-Baqarah and Soorah Aal Imran, and he would write for the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). But he fled and met the People of the Book. The narrator added: They lifted him up and said: “This man used to write for Muhammad so must be amazed with him.” And it wasn’t long before Allah struck his neck amongst them (i.e. took his soul). They dug a grave for him and covered him, then the ground threw him out on his face in the morning on the surface. They returned and dug a grave again for him, but the ground threw him out in the morning on the surface, so they left him exhumed.
By Ibn Katheer
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