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eached the place. At that time the food supply of the Muslims was completely exhausted.
They could not get anything from anywhere. At the edge of the woods they met a Persian
cowherd. They inquired from him whether there was a possibility of getting any milk or
beasts of burden anywhere. He lied that he did not know. From inside the woods an ox
shouted for all to hear:
He lies. This enemy of Allah! We are here!”
Hearing this voice, Sayyidina’Asim (Radiallahu anhu) entered the woods, brought out the
animals and distributed them among the soldiers. (Some historians are of the opinion that
this happened to Sayyidina Saad (Radiallahu anhu) himself at the time of the Battle of
Qadisia. It is however quite possible that it could have happened twice.)
During the time of Hajjaaj bin Yusuf this story was told to him. He was quite amazed. He
then called some people who had been witnesses of the incident. They confirmed the
truth thereof. They explained that they themselves had heard the voice of the ox. Hajjaaj
then asked: ‘‘What did the people (present at that time) think of this happening?”
They replied: “The people took this incident as proof that Allah was pleased with the
Muslims and that victory was on their side.”
Hajjaaj repiied: “That would only be the case if all the soldiers in the army had been
Allah-fearing and righteous.”
The people said: “We are not acquainted with what lay in the hearts of the soldiers. But
whatever we could perceive outwardly we know and this is that we never saw more pious
men than those. We have never seen men who disliked wordly riches more than them.
There was not a single man among them who was a coward, or acted deceitfully or
treacherously.”
In this story we read of the speaking of animals before the saints of Allah and their
offering itselves to them. This must not be looked upon as impossible. In Sahih and other
Hadeeth books there is the story of a man who was leading a cow somewhere. He became
tired and mounted the cow. Thereupon the cow began speaking. “We have not been
created for this. We have been created for farming.” The people, upon hearing this, were
amazed.
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “I as, well as Abu Bakr, and Umar believe
in the truth of this.”
Once a man was grazing some goats. A wolf came along and snatched one goat. The
shepherd made a big noise about it. Then the wolf said: “Who will guard these goats on
the Day of the Beast, near the Day of Qiyamat?” People were quite astonished at the
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