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As powerful and as beautiful
as it was to witness the Quran
coming upon the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
It's still just as miraculous
and as majestic today as it was then.
And that's why it is the timeless miracle.
It's the miracle that stays with us even though
we never got to accompany him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
But what was it like
when you were with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and there were other miracles
that were taking place as well?
And was there a benefit to those miracles
as they happened in front of your eyes?
(rousing ethereal music)
So I want to focus on two categories
of miracles that you would have witnessed
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam regularly.
And one of them was the miracle of trees and stones
that would greet him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and that clearly had an attachment to him.
Meaning, even nature had an attachment to him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And remember that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
taught us that the student of knowledge,
the scholar, has everyone and everything
making dua'a for them.
Even the animals, even the fish in the sea,
even the environment makes dua'a
for the student of knowledge and the scholar
because they benefit everything around them.
And with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Rasulullah SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was the most blessed of those who were given knowledge
because he received knowledge directly from the heavens
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Now when the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was growing
up, and before he received revelation,
he used to have these miracles take place with him.
The trees that would extend their branches,
the stones that would say Salaam to him.
But the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would ignore them
because he didn't know what to make of them
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam at that point in his life.
However, after the age of 40
Jabir bin Samurah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
he says, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
"I recognize the stone in Mecca,
which used to say Salaam to me
before my advent, as a prophet,
and I still recognize that stone even now."
and Ali ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said
"When we would go out in Mecca,
even in the early days of the prophethood
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
the trees and the rocks
as we pass them by would say
'Assalamualaika Ya Rasulullah'."
Peace be on to you. O' messenger of Allah.
Anas ibn Malik radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
he says that one time we were
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he had this handful of small stones in his hand.
And as the stones were in his hand,
they began to do tasbih in his hand.
They began to praise Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
and glorify Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la from the hand
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam."
So it was common to see nature showering blessings upon
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
because they felt blessed by his presence.
And the most prominent story is one that was witnessed
by numerous companions.
And I want you to imagine the scene.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
He used to stand by a tree on the day of Friday
and he used to lean on that tree
when he would give the khutbah.
And then one of the women of the Ansar
said to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
"Ya Rasulullah, Should we Minbar for you?
Should we make a pulpit for you?"
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said "inshi'tum"
If you wish, then go ahead and do so."
So we built a pulpit, a Minbar for the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And when the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam went
to the Minbar to start giving the Jummah khutbah
from there, to start giving the sermon from there.
They said that the date palm tree
started to cry like a child.
some of the sahabah, they described the crying
of that tree like a pregnant she-camel about to give birth.
And some of them said it was moaning like a baby.
Can you imagine sitting there
and you're looking at a tree crying?
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
what does he do?
He descends from his Minbar,
he goes to the tree, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and he starts to comfort the tree, Alayhi Salatu Wasallam.
And just like if you were comforting a child,
the crying would start to calm down until the crying stops
or you hope that the crying stops.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was comforting the
tree and all of the Sahabah are
looking at the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and they're thinking to themselves, what is going on?
subhanAllah this is this is incredible.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam says
"tabki alama kaana tas maouna dhikr"
That the tree is crying because it's missing
what it used to hear of the remembrance of Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
Because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
had moved to the Minbar,
the tree was saddened that it would no longer
have the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam leaning upon it,
and speaking under it.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
So that's one category of miracles that you would witness
and you would have witnessed that particular miracle
because it was the day of Jummah,
when the people were gathered.
Then you have another category of miracles.
And that was the blessing that his blessed hands
used to produce SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
And what that looked like was that he could
either put his hands on something that produced nothing
and it would start to produce,
or the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would put his hands on a small quantity
of things and it would become a large quantity.
So you have the narrations
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam putting his hands
on the udders of an animal that doesn't give milk.
And then that animal starts to flow with milk.
Like in the case of Umm Ma'bad,
the story of Um Ma'bad radiAllahu ta'ala Anha
And then you have all these narrations
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
with food, small quantities of food
and small quantities of water.
You have a narration from Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhuma who says that we were 130 people
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
"Do any of you have any food with you?"
And so each one of them, you know, came forth
and all they had was just a small amount
of food and it was all mixed together.
Then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam saw this man
and he had some sheep,
so the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
"Are you selling these sheep?
Or are you giving them away?"
He said "No, I'm selling these sheep."
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam bought one of the
sheep, And Abdul-Rahman says that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam cooked the sheep himself.
And then the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
as he cooked the sheep Alayhi Salatu Wasallam,
he started to cut from that sheep
and he started to serve the people.
And he said he served from his own hand
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam 130 people.
And not a single one of us had any food that was missing.
And he said, we even were able to stow some of it away
as extra for our families.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was able to turn one dish into two dishes.
He was able to turn two dishes into 200 dishes.
And there are numerous narrations of that sort.
And you have the narration that we already covered,
for example, of the laban, the yogurt drink that the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam served to Abu Hurairah
radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu and some of Ahl al-Suffah,
some of the poor people in the masjid
and it never runs out because it's from the hands
of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And you have the narration of over a 1000 people
eating from one pot in Khandaq,
in the trench that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was able to extract the barakah from.
You have the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
taking a small pot of water Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
and pouring the water through his hands
and the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
calling the sahabah to him
as the small amount of water comes through his fingers
Alayhi Salatu Wasallam.
And all of them were able to do Wudu.
All of them were able to drink.
And all of them were even able to take enough water
to give to their animals subhanAllah.
So the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
produces barakah, produces blessing in quantity.
And that's something that the ulama point to,
to the scholars point to, they say
"subhanAllah, even the miracles of the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam were mercy, even in his miracle
was a rahmah."
Why? Because the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
gave you more than you expected
whether it was in terms of worldly things
or if it was in terms of things regarding the hereafter.
(singing in Arabic)