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..:: The Tree Stump ::..

Narrated Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu: The ProphetSallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on

Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said. O Allahs Apostle! Shall we makea pulpit for you? He replied, If you wish. So they made a pulpit for him andwhen it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering the

sermon). The date-palm cried like a child! The Prophet descended (the pulpit)and embraced it while it continued moaning like a child being quietened.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma narrated: The Prophet


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SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam used to deliver his sermons whilestanding beside a trunk of a date-palm. When he had the pulpit made, he used

it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing hishand over it (to stop its crying).

Narrated Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu: The ProphetSallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam used to stand by a stem of a date-palm

tree (while delivering a sermon). When the pulpit was placed for him we heardthat stem crying like a pregnant she-camel till the Prophet got down from the

pulpit and placed his hand over it.

These Ahadith are classified as Mutawaatir, meaning so many Sahabanarrated it that it cannot be fabricated. The different narrations show that theyall witnessed it in the masjid. This is a miracle of the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihiwa Aalihi wa Sallam, and the narrations of the Sahaba are all authentic, found

in Bukhari and Muslim. This tree trunk, which seems like a lifeless being to us,is actually alive and was so affected by the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi

wa Sallam. Allah taala says the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallamis a raHmatan lil Aalameen, aMercy for all that exists, and we see this in

how he comforted this stump. Imagine the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihiwa Sallam soothing and hugging this tree stump!!

Illustrating this in very beautiful poetry, Hadrat Mawlana Jalal al-Din RumiAlaihir raHmah says:

*** The pillar of Hannanah due to Prophets separation, lamented like those

endowed with intellect; : *** : The Prophet asked the pillar: what do you want? The pillar said: Due to your

separation my soul has turned into blood; *** I was your support; now you are away from me; you have devised a place to

lean against upon the pulpit


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In the end Rumi hits in the center of our hearts and says:

Hearken, O heedless one! Be not thou less than a piece of wood!

Indeed such phenomena are utter realities for those endowed with insight!!


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..:: Mount Uhud ::..

Narrated Sayyiduna Anas Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu: Allahs Apostle SallAllahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam ascended the (mountain) of Uhud with SayyidunaAbu Bakr as-Siddiq, Sayyiduna Umar al-Farooq and Sayyiduna Uthman al-Ghani Radi Allahu AnhumAjma'een and it shook. Allahs Apostle said, Becalm, O Uhud! He stroked it with his foot and added, There is none on youbut a Prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs.

The Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam was traveling once: andwhen Uhud was within sight, he said: This is the mountain which loves us andwe love it.

This is a mountain, made up of rocks and stones, yet we are made of flesh andhave been given hearts that beat do we love the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi waAalihi wa Sallam as this mountain? Do we shake like this mountain out of lovefor him?


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..:: A Stone ::..

The Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam said, I know a stone in

Makkah that used to salute (give salaams) me before I received the revelation,I still know it now.

How often do we salute/send salawaat on the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi waAalihi wa Sallam? The Prophet knew this stone, and if we send salawaat onhim, especially on Fridays, they will be presented to him from us in sha Allahand not only this, The Messenger of Allah said, "No-one greets me except


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Allah has returned my soul to me so that I can return his Salam.

..:: A Tree ::..

Narrated by Yala ibn Murrah ath-Thaqafi Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhu: Once wewere walking with the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam and hestopped at a place to spend the night. When the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi waAalihi wa Sallam went to sleep, a tree uprooted itself and came to the Prophetand enveloped him. When the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallamwoke up, he said: this is a tree that when it saw the Prophet, it asked Allah togive salaams to the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam, and Allahgave it permission. [Musnad Ahmad, Tabarani and Bayhaqi: Sahih]

Do we ask to see the Prophet SallAllaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam in ourdreams? Yet a tree is asking to send Salaams on the Prophet Alaihis Salaatuwa as-Salam.

These are not the only stories mentioned in the sacred traditions andwitnessed by the Companions. Let us strive more to love the Prophet AlaihisSalaatu wa as-Salam: learn about his life, read about his companions, act uponhis authentic statements and teachings, send Salawaat upon him and defendhim, Alaihis Salaatu wa as-Salam.


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May Allah SubHanuhu wa Taala shower His peace and blessings upon our

beloved Prophet, and fill our hearts with love for Him and His Messenger,

bless us to see him in our dreams and to grant us his companionship in Jannat

al-Firdaws... Ameen!!


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'ala Anhu narrated that the Prophet SallAllaho

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