In an instance similar to this, a blessed pigeon cast a shadow over the head of God’s Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) during the conquest of Makkah, which was related by Imam Jalil b. Wahab.(247)

Also according to a sound narration, ‘A’isha al-Siddiqa relates: “We had a bird in our house called a dajin, similar to a pigeon. When God’s Messenger was present it would stay quiet, but as soon as he left the house, the bird would start hopping to and fro without stopping.”(248) Thus, the bird was obedient to the Messenger, remaining quiet in his presence.

The Second Incident: This is the extraordinary story of the wolf, which has been narrated through a number of chains of transmission from some well-known Companions and about which is ‘consensus in meaning.’ In short, Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, Salama b. al-Akwa‘, Ibn Abi Wahab, and Abu Hurayra, and Uhban, a shepherd who was involved in another event, relate through numerous chains of transmission: “A wolf seized a goat and the shepherd saved it from the wolf. The wolf exclaimed: ‘Don’t you fear God? You have deprived me of my sustenance!’ The shepherd muttered to himself:

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(247) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 313; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 637.
(248) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 309; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 632; al-Khafaji, Sharh al-Shifa: iii, 79; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id ix, 403.