MIRACLES
PERFORMED BY RASOOLULLAH
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
Hazrat Allama Jalaludeen Suyuti (radi Allahu anhu) in his book Khasaais
Kubra, has narrated one thousand mu’jizas (miracles) of the
beloved Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). Allama Yusuf bin
Ismaeel Nabhaani (radi Allahu anhu) has also narrated numerous mu’jizaat
of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in his book Hujatullahi
alal Aalameen. These books and others have recorded three thousand
miracles and the great predecessors have said that more than three
hundred thousand miracles are proven from the Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam). A few miracles are being narrated for the sake
of attaining blessings.
THE SPLITTING OF THE MOON : It is narrated in Bukhari and Muslim,
that one night the kufaar asked the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) to show them a sign that he was the Prophet of Allah.
The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) pointed his blessed finger
at the moon and split it in half. He (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam),
the directed one half of the moon over Mount Saffa and the other
half over Mount Marwa.
This miraculous event was seen by the kufaar and various Sahaba-e-Kiraam.
This is a miracle that has not been performed by any other Prophet
(peace be upon them all).
Aala Hazrat (radi Allahu anhu) says, “Sooraj Ulte Paa’o
pal’te chand ishaare se ho chaak, Andhe Najdi dekh le Qudrat
Rasoolullah ki.”
THE SUN RISES AGAIN : Hazrat Aasma bint Umais (radi Allahu anha)
states that once the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) performed
his Asar Salaah and was resting on the blessed lap of Hazrat Ali
(radi Allahu anhu) at a place called Sahba. Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu
anhu) had not performed his Asar Salaah as yet. After some time,
the sun went down. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) asked
Sayyiduna Ali if he had performed his Asr Salaah and he answered
in the negative. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) then
said, “Allahuma In’nahu Kaana fi Taa’atika wa Taa'ati
Rasoolika Fardud alaihish shamsa” “(O Allah! He was obeying
You and your Prophet sallal laahu alaihi wasallam. Bring back the
sun for him).”
Sayyida Aasma (radi Allahu anha) says, “I saw that the sun
had already set, then I saw it began to rise again and its rays
shone on the mountains and on the ground.” [Shifa Shareef -
Mawahib Laduniyah - Khasaais-e-Kubra].
BRINGING THE DEAD BACK TO LIFE : Imam Baihaqi (radi Allahu anhu)
states in Dalaailun Nabuiwat that once the Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) invited a man to Islam. He said that he would accept
Islam, if the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) brought his
deceased daughter back to life. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) asked to be taken to her grave. The man took the Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to her grave. The Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) stood at her grave and called her by name.
The grave split open, and the girl rose from her grave saying, “I
am present and ready to obey your Deen.” The Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Do you desire to come back into
this world” She said, “Ya Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam)! I have found my Creator to be better for me than my parents,
and I have found the hereafter to be better for me than the world.”
In the same way, the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) caused
his parents to rise from their blessed graves and they accepted
his Risaalat. [Mawaahib]
WATER GUSHED FROM HIS FINGERS : Hazrat Saalim (radi Allahu anhu)
narrates from Hazrat Jaabir (radi Allahu anhu), “On the day
of Sulah Hudaibiyah, those present began to feel thirsty. The Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) had one chaagal (leather bottle with
a spout) with him. When he (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) made wudhu
out of this bottle, then people rushed towards him. The Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) asked their reason for doing this
and the companions said that except the water in the bottle, they
had no water for wudhu or drinking. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) then placed his hand over the leather bottle and springs
of water began to gush from his blessed fingers. All the companions
made wudhu and drank from that water. The Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) asked Jaabir (radi Allahu anhu), “How many
of you were there on that day?” Hazrat Jaabir replied, “We
were one thousand five hundred. Even if we were one hundred thousand,
that water would have been sufficient.” [Bukhari Shareef]
FOOD BECOMES EXCESSIVE : Hazrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Abu Bakr (radi
Allahu anhu) states, “We were one hundred and thirty persons
with the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). The Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) asked if any of us had anything to eat, and
one person from amongst us said that he only had on portion of flour.
This one portion of flour was kneaded and then a person selling
goats was passing by. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
purchased one goat from him and it was made zibah. Then on the command
of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) the liver was fried
and each one of us was given a piece. Then the meat was cooked an
put into two bowls. We all ate till we were satisfied and yet the
bowls still remained full. We then took the remainder food and kept
it on our camels.” It must be noted that in this incident,
there are two miracles. One, the liver of a goat was given to one
hundred and thirty people, and one portion of flour and the meat
of one goat fed them all. In the same way, on the day of when the
Muslims were digging a trench, some narrations say one thousand
and another narration says three thousand companions ate from one
portion of flour and the meat of one goat, through the Dua of the
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). Even on the day of the Battle
of Tabook, one hundred thousand Sahaba ate from a small amount of
food and there was still enough food remaining over. [Bukhari]
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) states, “Once I took
a few dates to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and asked
him to make dua for barkat on them. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) took them in his blessed hands and made dua on them. He
then said, ‘Keep them in your food pouch and whenever you wish,
take from them by using your hands only and do not dust your pouch.’
I personally ate from these dates. I fed it to others and always
kept this pouch with me, until it was mislaid in the crowd when
Hazrat Uthman-e-Ghani (radi Allahu anhu) was made Shaheed.”
Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) would be often heard reciting
this stanza :
“Today, the people are faced with one sorrow,
and I am faced with two
sorrows
One is on losing my pouch
and
the other is due to Hazrat
Uthman’s martyrdom”
GIVING CURE TO THE ILL: Hazrat Fadik’s (radi Allahu anhu) both
eyes had become completely white and he could not see anything.
Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) made dua for him and
he began to see so well, that he could thread a needle at the age
of 80.
Hazrat Imam Raazi (radi Allahu anhu) states that the wife of Hazrat
Mu’aaz bin Udraa (radi Allahu anhu) had leprosy. She went to
the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and he touched her with
his Aasa Mubarak (Staff). The leprosy started to go away. [Khasaais-e-Kubra
vol.3 pg 70].
Hazrat Habib bin Yasaaf (radi Allahu anhu) says, “In one battle
I was with the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and an enemy
struck me on my shoulder. This caused my arm to be severed and it
began to hang. I went to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
and he placed his blessed saliva on the arm and pressed it in place.
My arm became attached and was fine. I then went back into battle
and even killed the person who had severed my arm.” [Bukhari
Shareef]
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNSEEN : The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) was aware of all that which happened and that which was
to happen. This Knowledge of the Unseen was bestowed upon him from
the Divine Court of Allah, as it is evident from numerous verses
of the Holy Quran. Almighty Allah says, “And Almighty revealed
upon you the Book and Wisdom and He taught you all that which you
had not known and the Grace of Allah is great upon you.”[Surah
Nisa]
Almighty Allah says, “The Knower of the Unseen does not inform
anyone from His Unseen (knowledge), except for his chosen Prophets.”
[Surah Jinn].
Aala Hazrat Ash Shah Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (radi Allahu anhu) says,
“Aur Koyi Ghaib Kya, Tum Se Niha ho Bhalaa - Jub Na Khudahi
Chupa tum pe karoro Durood” (What is there left now to be hidden
from you, when Almighty Allah himself is not hidden from you.)
Almighty Allah blessed the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
with the knowledge of all that which has happened, and all that
which will happen. Hazrat Huzaifa (radi Allahu anhu) reports, “Once
the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stood up amongst us (to
deliver a talk), and in this talk, he informed us of all that which
was to happen until Qiyaamah. Those who remembered, remembered,
and those who had forgotten, forgot.” [Ad Daulatul Makkiyah
pg.259]
It is in Tirmizi on the authority of Hazrat Mu’aaz ibn Jabal
(radi Allahu anhu) that the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
said, “I saw Almighty Allah. He placed his Dast-e-Qudrat between
both my shoulders and I felt its coolness in my chest, then everything
was made known to me and I recognised it.” [Ad Daulatul Makkiyah
pg.261]
It is narrated in Tirmizi on the authority of Hazrat Abdullah ibn
Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) in which the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) said, “I know whatever is in the skies and the earths.”
Another narration mentions, “I have become aware of all that
which is in the east and the west.” [Ad Daulatul Makkiyah pg.261].
For a detailed explanation of the Knowledge of Unseen, peruse the
book Ad Daulatul Makkiyah bil Madatil Ghaibiyah by Aala Hazrat Ash
Shah Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (radi Allahu anhu).
WASILA (MEDIATION) : To ask in the court of Almighty Allah, through
a means is a desirable manner. This has always been done, and is
the manner of the past Prophets (peace be upon them all) and our
pious predecessors. The wasila of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) was used before his physical birth, after his birth and
even after his passing from this world. Almighty Allah says in the
Holy Quran, “O you who believe! Fear Allah and seek a mediation
towards Him, and make jihaad in His Way with the hope of gaining
salvation.”
TAWASSUL BEFORE HIS BIRTH : When Adam (alaihis salaam) came from
the heavens onto earth. He asked Almighty Allah for pardon. In the
end, he made the following Dua: “O My Allah! I ask of You to
pardon me through the wasila of Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).”
Almighty Allah asked Adam (radi Allahu anhu) how he had recognised
Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and Adam (alaihis salaam)
said, “When you created me and then put life into me, then
I lifted my head and I saw written on the Arsh ‘Laa ilaaha
ilal laahu Muhammadur Rasoolullah’ I thus knew that you had
placed his name close to Yours, as he is Your most beloved creation.”
[Tibraani]
The Jews even asked for victory through the wasila of Nabi (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) before his birth. This is also recorded by
Abu Naeem in Dalaail through Ataar and Dahaak, where Hazrat ibn
Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) said, “Before the coming of the Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), the Jews used to make dua for victory
over the kaafirs and they used to say the dua in these words: ‘O
Allah! We ask of You through the unlettered Prophet, that you may
grant us victory over them.’” [Tafseer Durr Mansoor]
TAWASSUL AFTER HIS BIRTH : The Sahaba-e-Kiraam always asked dua
from the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) for intercession
on the day of Qiyaamat or Dua-e-Maghfirat etc. A few examples are
being presented. Hazrat Anas (radi Allahu anhu) says, “I said
to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), ‘Please intercede
for me on the day of Qiyaamah.’ The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) said, ‘I shall intercede for you’ I said, ‘Ya
Rasoolallah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)! Where should I search
for you?’ He (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, ‘First
search for me on Pul Siraat’ I said, ‘If I do not find
you there?’ He (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, ‘Then
search for me near Mizaan’ I said, ‘If I do not find you
at Mizaan?’ He (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, ‘Then
look for me at the Fountain of Kauthar as I shall not leave these
three places.’” [Mishkaat Shareef]
Whilst bringing Imaan in
the Darbaar of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), Hazrat
Aswad ibn Qaarib (radi Allahu anhu) says, “And You must be
my Intercessor on that day when none shall be able to be of any
assistance to Aswad ibn Qaarib (radi Allahu anhu)” [Istiaab
li ibn Abdul Birr]
Hazrat Uthman bin Haneef (radi Allahu anhu) says that a blind person
came to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and asked the
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to make dua for him to regain
his sight. The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said to him,
“If you wish, then I shall make the dua. And if you wish, then
you may remain patient and patience is better for you.” He
said, “Please make the dua” The Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) asked him to make proper wudhu and then say the
following dua : “O Allah! I ask in Your Divine Court and I
present the wasila of your Nabi, the Nabi of Mercy. O Muhammad (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) I have presented your wasila in the Court
of my Lord for my need, so that it may be accepted. O Allah! accept
the intercession of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) on
my behalf.” [Tirmizi]
TAWASSUL AFTER HIS WISAAL : The companions of the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) used his wasila even after his passed from
this world. A few examples are being presented. Once, there was
a severe drought in Madinah Shareef, and the people all went to
Bibi Aisha (radi Allahu anha) for her advice. She asked them to
go to the Rauza-e-Anwar of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
and to open a way for light to pass through from the sky, so that
there is nothing between the Rauza Mubaarak and the sky. The people
did as she said, and it began to rain. Grass grew in abundance and
the animals became healthy and strong. [Sunan Daarimi]
Hazrat Umar-e-Farouk (radi Allahu anhu) sent Hazrat Abdullah bin
Qart (radi Allahu anhu) with a letter to Abu Ubaidah ibni Jarah
who was in Yarmook. When Hazrat Abdullah (radi Allahu anhu) departed
from the Musjid, he realised that he had made a mistake. He had
not gone to the Rauza-e-Anwar of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) to say salaam before leaving. He thus went to the Rauz-e-Anwar
and found Ummul Momineen Sayyida Aisha, Ameeril Momineen Sayyiduna
Ali and Hazrat Abbas there. Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu) had Imam
Hassan in his hands and Hazrat Abbas had Imam Hussain ridwaanullahi
ta aala alaihim ajmaeen in his hands. Hazrat Abdullah ibn Qart (radi
Allahu anhu) requested Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Abbas (radi Allahu
anhum) to make dua for him, that he may be successful. Both of them
lifted their hands in front of the Rauza-e-Anwar and made the following
dua : “O Allah we ask dua through the wasila Nabi Mustafa,
Nabi Mujtaba, through whose wasila the dua of Hazrat Adam (radi
Allahu anhu) was accepted and he was pardoned, and that You may
make the path easy upon Abdullah and that You may make what is far
near for him and that you may assist the companions of Your Nabi
with victory. Verily You are the One Who hears our Duas.” After
making this dua, Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhu) said to Hazrat Abdullah
(radi Allahu anhu), “Now go! Almighty Allah will not reject
the Dua of Umar, Abbas, Ali, Hassan, Hussain and the wives of the
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), for they have presented
the Wasila of that Nabi (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) who is the
most exalted of all creation in the Court of Allah (when making
dua for you).” [Futoohush Shaam vol.1 pg.15]
The wasila of the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was always
used and will always be used by those who shall come until Qiyaamah.
Imamul Aima Hazrat Sayyiduna Imam Abu Hanifa Nu'man bin Thaabit
Taabi'ee (radi Allahu anhu) says, “O Leader of Leaders! I have
travelled and come to you. I am hoping for your pleasure and I am
in refuge under your green dome. Your personality is so exalted,
that if you had not been created, then no human would have been
born, and nor would any creation be created, I am hopeful of your
generosity and blessings. Except for you, there is no other saviour
for Abu Hanifa.” [Qasida Nu’mania]
