S i x t h  E x a m p l e : The scholars of Hadith, and foremost Imam Bayhaqi, relate: “‘Ali was very ill. In his distress, he was moaning and praying for himself. The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) came and said: ‘O God! Grant him healing,’ and touched ‘Ali with his foot. He told him to stand, and ‘Ali was at once cured. He stated: ‘I never again suffered from that illness.’”[200]

S e v e n t h  E x a m p l e : This is the well-known story of Shurahbil al-Ju‘fi. He had a morbid growth on the palm of his hand so that he could hold neither his sword nor the reins of his horse. God’s Messenger  (Upon whom be blessings and peace) rubbed  the  growth  with  his  blessed  hand  and  massaged  it;  not  a  trace  of  it remained.[201]

E i g h t h  E x a m p l e : Six children, each the object of a different miracle of Muhammad (UWBP):

The First: Ibn Abi Shayba, a meticulous researcher and well-known scholar of Hadith, relates that a woman brought her child to God’s Messenger  (UWBP). The child  had  an  affliction;  he  could  not  speak  and  was  an  idiot.  God’s  Messenger (UWBP) rinsed his mouth with water and washed his hands, then gave the water to the woman, telling her to give it to the child to drink. After the child had drunk it, nothing  remained  of  his  illness  and  affliction,  and  he  became  so  intelligent,  he surpassed even the brightest of the rest.[202]

The Second: According to an authentic narration, Ibn ‘Abbas said: “An insane child was brought to the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace). He placed his blessed hand on the child’s chest and the child suddenly vomited a small black object like a cucumber. The child was healed and went home.”[203]

The Third: Imam Bayhaqi and Nasa’i relate through an authentic chain of transmission that a child called Muhammad b. al-Hatib had been scalded by a pan of boiling water and his whole arm burnt. God’s Noble Messenger (UWBP) touched the arm, spreading his spittle over it; the same instant it was healed.[204]

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[200] Tirmidhi, Da’wat, 121; Musnad, i, 83, 107, 128; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 323; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al- Shifa’, i, 656; Ibn Hibban, Sahih, ix, 47; al-Mubarakfuri, Tuhfat al-Ahwazi, 3635.

[201] al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, viii, 298; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 324; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al- Shifa’, i, 657.

[202] Ibn Maja, Tibb, 40, no: 3532; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 324; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 654, 657.

[203] Darimi, Muqaddima, 4; Musnad, i, 254; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 324; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 657; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, ix, 2; Tabrizi, Mishkat al-Masabih, iii, 188.

[204] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 324; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 657; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 121; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, ix, 415; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, i, 295; al-Hakim, al- Mustadrak, iv, 62-3.