The Fourth: A child who was not young but was mute came to the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace). He asked the child: “Who am I?” The child, who had been mute from birth, replied: “You are the Messenger of God,” and started to speak.[205]

The Fifth: Jalal al-Din Suyuti, who was honoured with conversing with God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) on many occasions while awake and was the leading scholar of his age, explaining and authenticating a narration, reports: Soon after being born, a famous person called Mubarak al-Yamama was taken to the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace). On his turning to the baby, it started to speak, saying: “I testify that you are the Messenger of God.” The Messenger (UWBP)  exclaimed:  “May  God  bless  you!”  The  child  never  spoke  again  in  his infancy,   and  later  became   famous  as  Mubarak   al-Yamama   (the  blessed   one, Yamama), since he had been the object of this miracle of the Prophet (UWBP) and his prayer.[206]

The Sixth: One time, an ill-mannered youth interrupted the prayer of the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace), by passing in front of him while he was performing  it. God’s Messenger  (UWBP)  said: “O God, cut short his paces!” After this the child was unable to walk as a punishment for his bad behaviour.[207]

The Seventh: A shameless woman, who was like a child, asked for a piece of the food God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) was eating. He gave her some, but she said: “No, I want a piece from your mouth.” So he gave her a piece, and, after eating the morsel, she became the most modest and bashful woman in Medina.[208]

There are not eighty but perhaps eight hundred further examples similar to the eight mentioned above, most of which are related in the Hadith books and books of the  Prophet’s  (UWBP)  biography.  For  sure,  since  the  blessed  hand  of  God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) was like a pharmacy of Luqman the Wise, and his spittle was like a spring of Khidr’s water of life, and his breath soothing and healing like that of Jesus (Upon whom be peace), certainly many people would have recourse to him; and the sick, children, and the insane did flock to him in great numbers, and they were all healed.

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[205] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 319; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 105; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, iv, 158-9.

[206] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 319; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 105; Suyuti, Kanz al-‘Ummal, iv, 379; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, iv, 159.

[207] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 328; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa’, iii, 137; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 663.

[208] Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 325; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 657; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, viii, 312.