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.’ ”(196)

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 in 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.(197)

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

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 (Upon whom be blessings and peace). The child had an affliction; he could not speak and was an idiot. God’s Messenger

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(196) Tirmidhi, Da’wat 1121; 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.
(197) al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id viii, 298; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 324; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 657.