Miracles of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH)

MIRACLES ABOUT BARAKAH (BLESSING, ABUNDANCE)

Those miracles took place before the eyes many sahabas. Therefore, it is impossible to deny them.
1. During the feast on the occasion of the Prophet's marriage to Zaynab, Anas's mother, Umm Sulaym, prepared a dish by frying two handfuls of dates and sent it with Anas to the Prophet. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) told him, "Go and invite so and so (naming some people), and also invite whoever you encounter on your way." Anas invited those named and those he met. About three hundred Companions came and filled the Prophet's (PBUH) room and the anteroom. Then the Prophet (PBUH) said:

"Make circles of ten." He placed his blessed hand on that little amount of food, uttered supplications, and said, “Help yourselves”. All of them ate, being fully satisfied. Afterwards the Prophet (PBUH) said to Anas:

“Remove the food.” Anas later related, "I could not tell if there was more of it when I set it down, or when I removed it."

2. One of the famous sahabas, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari relates that when Allah's Messenger honored his home, he had made a meal for two, which would suffice the Prophet (PBUH) and Abu Bakr. However, the Prophet (PBUH) told him, "Invite thirty men from among the distinguished ones of the Ansar." Thirty men came and ate. He then said, “Invite sixty men,” They also came and ate. He said again, “Invite seventy more.” I invited them; they came and ate. When they finished eating, there was still food left in the bowls. All who came there embraced Islam, and took the oath of allegiance after witnessing that miracle. There were one hundred and eighty men who ate that food which was for two people.(Shifa 1;294)

3. Hazrat Umar and Abu Hurayra narrate: During a battle, the army was very hungry. They referred themselves to Allah's Messenger (PBUH). He told them, "Gather whatever food is left in your bags." Everyone brought a few dates. The largest amount someone brought was four handfuls of dates. They put them on a rug. Salama related, "I estimated the amount of the whole thing as the size of a goat lying down." Allah's Messenger prayed and then he announced, "Everyone may bring his dish." They rushed forward, and no one in the whole army remained with an empty dish. After all the dishes had been filled, there was even some left over. One of the Companions later said, "I realized from the way that abundance was obtained that if the whole world had come, the food would have sufficed them all."

4. According to an authentic narration from Abu Talha said: the Prophet (PBUH) fed seventy to eighty men with a small amount of rye bread that Anas had brought under his arm. He ordered, "Break the bread into small pieces." and prayed for abundance. Because there was not enough room, people came in groups of ten and ate it, leaving all full and satisfied.

5. Sound books state definitely that Jabir related under an oath: "During the battle of Khandaq, about a thousand people ate from four handfuls of rye bread and a young cooked goat; yet food was still left over."Hazrat Jabir says: “The food had been cooked in my dwelling, and after the one thousand people had left, the pot was still boiling with meat in it, and bread was being made from the dough; the Prophet had wetted that dough and that pot with his blessed mouth, supplicating for abundance." Since that miracle of abundance was announced by Jabir with an oath while those thousand men were present, it can be regarded as having been related by one thousand men.

6. It is related by highly trusted and reliable researchers such as the author of Shifa ash-Sharif, Ibn Abi Shayba and Tabarani that Hazrat Abu Hurayra said:

Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) ordered me: "Invite those over one hundred poor Muhajirs who are using the hall of the Masjid as their home." I searched and summoned them all. A plate full of food was placed in front of them, so, we ate as much as we wished. As we rose, the plate was as full as it had been when first placed before us. The finger marks on the food were the only signs of our eating.

This incident is related by Abu Hurayra not on his own, but in the name of the People of the Suffa and relying on their approval. Hence, the incident is as definite as if all the People of the Suffa had related it. Otherwise, is it ever possible that those men of truth and perfection would have remained silent and not contradicted it, had the narration been untrue?

7. According to an authentic narration, Hazrat Ali says: Allah's Messenger (PBUH) once gathered Bani Abdulmuttalib. They were about forty, including some who would eat a young camel and drink a gallon of milk in one meal. Yet, for them, he had prepared only a handful of food; all ate and were satisfied, and the food remained just as it had been before. Later he brought milk in a wooden cup that would have been sufficient for only three or four people. They all drank and were full.

It is a miracle of abundance as definite as the valor and loyalty of Hazrat Ali!

8. According to an authentic narration, on the occasion of the marriage of Hazrat Ali to Fatima az-Zahra (RA), Allah's Messenger (PBUH) ordered Bilal, "Make bread made from a few handfuls of flour; also slaughter a young camel."

Bilal relates: "I brought the food, and he put his hand over it for blessing. Later the Companions arrived in groups, ate, and left. From the remaining food, he sent a full bowl to each of his wives, saying that they should eat and feed from it whoever is nearby."

Such a blessed abundance was indeed necessary for such a blessed marriage!

9. It is reported that Allah's Messenger (PBUH) once ordered Hazrat Umar, "Give food and grain to the four hundred horsemen of the Ahmasi tribe for their journey." Umar replied, "O Messenger of Allah, all the provision put together is not more than the size of a young camel sitting down." The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Give it to them." Out of a half load of dates, Umar gave them an amount enough for four hundred men. After he had given that amount to them, as he later related: “Everything was the same as before, without any decrease”.

This miracle of abundance took place in relation to four hundred men, especially to Umar; those are the people supporting the narration, and their silence is but a confirmation of the report.

10. Bukhari included, accurate books relate, through an authentic narration, that once Abu Hurayra was hungry, so he followed Allah's Messenger (PBUH) into his home. There they saw that a cup of milk had been brought as a gift. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) said to him, "Call all the People of the Suffa." Abu Hurayra relates: "I said to myself, 'I could drink that whole container of milk myself!,' as I was most in need of it. However, since it was the order of the Prophet, I fetched the People of the Suffa, who were more than a hundred." The Prophet told me: “Make them drink it” I gave the cup to each, one by one, and each drank until satisfied. In the end, the Prophet told me, “You and I are left; now you drink.” As I drank, the Prophet kept telling me “drink more”, until I said, 'I swear by the Glorious One Who has sent you with the truth that I am too full to drink any more.' Then the Prophet drank the rest, invoking the name of Allah and thanking Him. "Let it be blessed for him a hundred thousand times!"

This manifest miracle of abundance, as pure, indubitable and sweet as milk itself, is related by all the six accurate books of tradition, above all by Imam Bukhari, who committed to memory five hundred thousand narrations. Is it at all possible that such a truthful person as Abu Hurayra, who devoted all his life to the narrations of the Prophet (PBUH) and to the religion, and who heard and himself transmitted the prophetic narration; "Whoever knowingly tells a lie concerning me should prepare for his seat in hellfire,"(Bukhari, 1:38.) should have related an unfounded incident? Or would not any error in his saying be rejected by the People of Suffa, and harm the accuracy of all the other traditions he had memorized? Allah forbid!

O Allah: for the sake of blessings You have bestowed upon Your Most Noble Messenger, bestow the blessings of abundance upon the favors and nourishments with which You have provided us!

It is well known that once assembled together, weak things become strong. Once fine threads are twisted, they become a strong rope; once strong ropes are wound together, no one can break them. We presented only one miracle from among fifteen different kinds that related to the blessings of abundance; we have seen only one part out of fifteen parts of that part. Each of the examples mentioned is a proof on its own with enough strength to prove prophethood. Once considered altogether, it is impossible to reject them or to deny them.

Certainly, those miracles concerning the blessings of abundance illustrate that Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is such an honored servant, and such a beloved envoy, of the Merciful and Munificent One Who provides his sustenance and creates the sustenance of all beings, that He changes His own custom for his sake and sends for him in case of need such banquets from the Unseen as He created out of nothing.

As is known, the Arabian peninsula is a place of scarcity of water and agriculture; its people, therefore; its people, therefore, and especially the Companions in the earliest age of Islam, were exposed to scarcity of food, in addition to lack of water that would arise quite frequently. Because of these prevailing conditions, the miracles of great importance were concerned with food and water. Rather than being direct miracles or evidences for the claim of prophethood, these wonders were responses to due needs as a Divine kindness, a gift, and a banquet provided by the Most Compassionate One.