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Trees testified to
the truthfulness of the Message and moved splitting the earth vigorously. A
cluster of dates came down at the command of the prophet (peace be upon him).
The Companions heard the moaning of the trunk of the date palm when he
abandoned it, till he returned to quieten it as one quietens a child. Such
unusual phenomena cannot take place except at the hands of a Messenger
supported by Allah, the Glorified.
1.
The descent of the date cluster Ibn ‘Abbas (may
Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that a Bedouin
came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: “How can I know for sure that
you are a prophet?” He said: “If I should call that cluster of dates to come
down from this date palm, would you testify that I am Allah’s Messenger?” The
cluster started coming down from the date palm till it fell onto the Prophet
(peace be upon him) and then he ordered it to go back and it did, whereupon the
Bedouin embraced Islam.
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2.
The Salamah (a kind of tree) that
walked: Ibn ‘Umar (may
Allah be pleased with them both) said: “We were with
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) on a journey when a Bedouin came and when
he approached him, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him: “Where
are you going?” He said: “To my family.” He said: “Would you like to benefit by
something good?” He asked: “What is it?” He replied: “To testify that there is
no god but Allah alone without any partners with Him and that Muhammad is His
slave and Messenger.” The Bedouin said: “Who is your witness to what you say?”
He said: “This Salamah.” Then Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) called
it—and it was on the bank of the valley—and it came splitting the earth
vigorously till it stood in front of him. Then he asked it to witness thrice
and it witnessed thrice that he was as he had asserted. Then the tree returned
to its original position and the Bedouin, returned to his people. He said: ‘If
they follow me I will bring them to you; otherwise, I will return and stay with
you.’”[130]
3. The obedience of two trees to
the Prophet (peace be upon him) ‘Ubadah Ibn
al-Walid Ibn ‘Ubadah Ibn Al-Samit said: “I and my
father set out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar….” Then he
reported a hadith on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) up
to his saying: ‘We set out on an expedition along with Allah's Messenger (peace
be upon him) until we got down at a spacious valley and Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) went to relieve himself. I followed him with a bucket full
of water and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) looked about and he found no
privacy but two trees at the end of the valley and Allah's Messenger (peace be
upon him) went to one of them and took hold of one of its twigs and said: ‘Be
you under my control by the permission of Allah,’ and so it came under his
control like a camel that has its nose string in the hand of its rider, and
then he came to the second tree and took hold of one of its twigs and said: ‘Be
you under my control with the permission of Allah,’ and it came under his
control too. When he came between the two trees he joined together the two
twigs and said: ‘Join with the permission of Allah,’ and they joined.” Jabir
said: “I went away quickly lest Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) should be
aware of my nearness and go still farther. I began to talk to myself. I looked
around by chance to see Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) coming forward
and the two trees separated and each of them was standing at its original
place.”[131] 4.The moaning of the truck in yearning for
the Prophet (peace be upon him): Jabir Ibn ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both)
narrated that The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to
stand by a tree or a date palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said: “O
Allah's Messenger! Shall we make a pulpit for you?” He replied: “If you wish.”
So, they made a pulpit for him and when it was Friday, he proceeded towards the
pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The date palm cried like a child! The
Prophet (peace be upon him) descended and embraced it while it continued
moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “It
was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of the religious knowledge given
near to it."[132] Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
“This hadith has been narrated by a group of Companions through several ways,
which confirms the unquestionable authenticity in this respect.”[133] [129] Al-Tirmidhi, Book/ al-Manaqib, Section nine. Al-Albani authenticated it in Sahih Sunan al-Tirmidhi, 3/193; al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, 2/676 and he says it is authentic according to the criterion of Muslim, and they (shaikhan) did not narrate it. Ibn Kathir in al-Bidayah wa al-Nihaya , 6/131 says: “This is a good isnad”; al-Maqdisi in al-Mukhtarah, 9/539; al-Baihaqi in al-I’tiqad, p. 48. He related the story with a different wording, and in it the Bedouin is identified as belonging to Banu ‘Amir; Ahmad in al-Musnad, 1/223; al-Lalika’i in “Sharh Usul I’tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah, 4/807; al-Asbahani in Dala’il al-Nubuwah, 1/51; al-Maqdisi in al-Mukhtarah, 9/555 and he mentions it in Majma’ al-Zawa’id , 9/10 and said: “It is narrated by Abu Ya’la, and its narrators are those of authentic hadiths with the exception of Ibrahim Ibn al-Hajjaj al-Shami, who is trustworthy. It is also narrated by al-Tabari in his Tarikh, 1/530. [130] Al-Darimi, 1/22; Abu Ya’la in his Musnad, 10/34; Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, 14/434; al-Tabarani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabir, 12/431; al-Fakihi in Akhbar Makka, 4/29. It is said in Majma’ al-Zawa’id, 8/292: “It is narrated by al-Tabarani and its narrators are those of the authentic hadiths; Abu Ya’la; al-Bazzar; Ibn Kathir in al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, 6/130 from the narration of al-Hakim, and he says it is a good isnad. Al-Dhahabi says: “Its isnad is good”, p. 344 from al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah. [131] Muslim at the end of his sahih, Book/ al-Zuhd wa al-Raqa’iq, Section/ the long hadith of Jabir; Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, 14/455-456; al-Asbahani in Dala’il al-Nubuwah, 1/53-55; al-Baihaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra, 1/94. Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr narrated it in al-Tamhid, 1/222. From the hadith of Ya’la Ibn Siyabah, Ahmad narrated it in his Musnad, 4/172; Ibn Qani’ in Mu’jam al-Sahabah, 3/221 and others. Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said in al-Tamhid, 1/222: “It is narrated on the authority of Abu Ya’la through various routes. In Majma’ al-Zawa’id , 9/706 it is attributed to Ahamd and al-Tabarani and its isnad is described as good. See: al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, Ibn Kathir, 6/ 145-148. [132] Al-Bukhari, Book/ al-Manaqib, Section/ the Signs of Prophethood in Islam; Ibn Majah, Book/ Iqamat al-Salat, Section/ the affair of the pulpit; al-Tirmidhi, Book/ al-Manaqib, Section/ the signs of proving the Prophethood of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Ahmad in his Musnad, 3/300; al-Baihaqi in al-Sunan al-Kubra, 3/195; Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, 14/535-438; al-Maqdisi in al-Mukhtarah, 4/356 ; al-Darimi in al-Sunan, 1/29 al-Lalika’i in “Sharh Usul I’tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah”, 4/797-802 and he mentioned for it many routes going back to a group of Companions; al-Asbahani in Dala’il al-Nubuwah, 1/46; Abu Ya’la in his Musnad, 5/142; Ibn al-Ja’d in his Musnad, p. 466; Ibn al-Mubarak in al-Zuhd, p. 362. Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir mentions it in al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, 6/131-138 from the narration of al-Shafi’i; al-Bazzar in his Musnad; Abu Bakr Ibn Abu Shaibah; ‘Abd Ibn Hamid al-Laithi also. Al-Lalika’i in his above-mentioned book attributes it to Ibn Khuzaimah. [133] Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, 6/131. He mentions the hadith from the narration of ‘Ubai, Anas, Jabir, Sahl Ibn Sa’ad, Ibn ‘Abbas, Ibn ‘Umar, Abu Sa’id. ‘Aishah and Umm Salamh (may Allah be pleased with them all). |