<p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><br /> <br /> It is given in Khasaais-e-Kubra that Uthman Bin Abul A’as says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I complained to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) that I cannot remember the Holy Quran.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The reason for this is a devil named <i>Khinzab</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>O Uthman, you draw close to me.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Then He placed His hand on my chest and said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>O devil!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Leave the bosom of Uthman.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>After this, whatever I heard, I would remember it.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Here the doctors might be surprised that the reasons for weakness of memory are different and this Hadith establishes that even the devil can cause people to forget.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This surprise cannot be dispelled until and unless one has absolute belief in the power of Allah.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This is the limit of obstinacy that based on personal knowledge one ignores the knowledge of others.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The intellectuals are always reflecting over the cause of diseases and because of this, a stockpile of new discoveries is gained by them.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">It is given in Khasaais-e-Kubra that Jareer (May Allah be well pleased with him) says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Whenever I would mount a horse, I would fall down.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I described this to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He tapped my chest with His hand said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><i>Allahumma Thabbit Waj‘alhu Hadiyanw Wa Mahdiyya</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He says I never fell from my horse after this.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">If a soldier expresses this condition before a king, then he will be the victim of royal wrath, but how candidly did Jareer (May Allah be well pleased with him) tell all this to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And how wonderfully did the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) treat it!</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">The fact is that the Companions knew that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has the authority to do what He wants.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For this reason, they would present before Him such diseases and needs that except Allah no one else could treat or fulfill them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>As per their belief, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would also fulfill their needs so that their beliefs hold fast and their faith is strengthened.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If it were not so, then the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would have straight away told him:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Falling off from a horse is innate to you, what can I do about it?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>On the contrary, by tapping his chest with His hand, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) established that Allah has placed such power in my hand that I can remove this complaint and this is what happened.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He would always be mounted in battles and impress one and all with his horse riding.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">In Khasaais-e-Kubra, it has been narrated on the authority of Abbas (May Allah be well pleased with him) that one lady brought her son to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He suffers from lunacy.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When we have food in the morning and night, his condition is aggravated and he troubles us.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) caressed his chest with His hand and said a prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Immediately, the child coughed up something black and he was cured.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">A doctor has to find out the signs, symptoms and then prescribe something.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Here, there is no need for all that.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) would just caress with His hand and the diseased would be cured, regardless of the cause of the disease.</p> <p style="text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">[Excerpted from Maqasid Ul Islam, Vol. 9]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><br /> </span></p>