Some miracles of the Sahabah

In the previous parts of this series, The miracles of the Auliya - The introduction and in, Are the miracles of the Auliya true?, the logic behind the miracles of the Auliya and the proofs from the Holy Quran and the Hadith have been discussed in detail.  Here, we are presenting some miracles of the Sahabah to show that miracles are not Unislamic.

 

Miracle of Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (May Allah be well pleased with him) had willed that after his passing away, his body should be placed before the Raudha of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and request thus:  O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!  Abu Bakr requests to enter your presence.  If the blessed doors open by themselves, then bury me by the side of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), otherwise bury me in Jannatul Baqee'.

 

Thus, as Imam Razi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) relates:

 

Translation: The Janazah of Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (May Allah be well pleased with him) was placed before the shrine of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and the request was made:  Assalamalaikum O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  Abu Bakr is here.  Lo and behold!  The doors opened by themselves.  A voice was heard from the shrine:  Bring the beloved to the Beloved!  Verily!  The Beloved desires to meet with His beloved.  (Tafseer Kabeer, Surah Al Kahf-09)

 

Miracle of Hadhrat Umar Farooq (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

There is a Tradition in Imam Baihaqui's Dalail Un Nubuwwah, Mishkaatul Masabeeh and Zujajatul Masabeeh:

 

Translation:  It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abdullah Bin Umar that Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with them) had sent an army for a military campaign.  He had appointed a person as the leader of this army, who was called "Sariya."  While Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) was giving a sermon, he started saying:  O Sariya!  In the shade of the mountain!  After this, a message-bearer came and said:  O Commander of the faithful!  We were fighting against our enemies.  They had almost defeated us. When we heard someone calling out: O Sariya!  In the shade of the mountain!  We stood with the mountain at our back and Allah Ta'ala gave them a crushing defeat.  (Dalaail Un Nubuwwah, Hadith No. 2655; Mishkaatul Masabeeh, Babul Karamaat; Zujajatul Masabeeh, Babul Karamaat)

 

This Tradition shows many miracles of Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him). One is that being in Madina, he saw a battle being fought in Nahavand (Iran, then Persia), another miracle is that he made the people fighting in Nahavand Hadith hear his voice without any apparent means of communication and yet another is that because of his intervention, victory became the lot of Muslims.  

 

Miracle of Hadhrat Uthman (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

There are many miracles of Hadhrat Uthman (May Allah be well pleased with him) out of which only one is being detailed here.

 

Translation: A person by name, Jahjaah Ghaffari snatched the staff of Hadhrat Uthman (May Allah be well pleased with him) and broke it on his knee.  An abscess developed in his knee.  (Tafseer Kabeer, Surah Kahf-09)

 

Imam Qazi Iyaz (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has written in Ash-Shifa and Imam Nabhani has written in Jame' Karamaat Ul Auliya that this person died because of this abscess.  (Shifa, Vol. 2, Pg. No. 57; Jame' Karamaat Ul Auliya, Vol. 1, Pg. No. 151)

 

Miracle of Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him)

 

An Abyssinian slave who loved Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) committed a theft.  He was brought to Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him).  Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) asked him:  Did you steal?  He said: Yes.  Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) ordered that his hand should be cut.  When that person returned from Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him), he met Hadhrat Salman Farsi (May Allah be well pleased with him) and Ibnul Kara.  Ibnul Kara asked him:  Who cut your hand?  He said: The Commander of the Faithful, the great leader of the Muslims, the son-in-law of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), the husband of Hadhrat Fatima (May Allah be well pleased with her).  He asked him:  Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) cut off your hand and you are praising him?  He said:  Why should I not praise him?  He has cut off my hand as justice and has released me from the fire of hell.  

 

When Hadhrat Salman Farsi (May Allah be well pleased with him) heard this, he conveyed this to Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him).  Hadhrat Ali (May Allah be well pleased with him) summoned that Abyssinian slave and placed his blessed hand on his arm and covered it with a kerchief and recited some prayers.  The narrator says:  Suddenly, we heard a voice from sky:  Remove the cloth from the hand.  Lo and behold!  By the will of Allah Ta'ala and because of his devotedness, he was cured.  (Tafseer Kabeer, Surah Kahf-09; Tafseer Nysaburi, Surah Kahf-09, Vol. 5, Pg. No. 69; Tafseer Siraj Al Muneer. Vol. 1, Pg. No. 2227)