Signs of ar-Rahman - Hoor al-Ayn

Umar radiyAllaahu unhu asked: 0 Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhu wa sallam,how are you speaking to mere bodies without souls?”Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhi wa saliam replied:You do not hear better than them. i.e. They also hear like you, except thatthey cannot reply.According to some Ulama, this was a miracle, while according to others,this is a general principle that the dead can hear. And Allaah knows best.The LightOnce, while Usaid bin Hudair (ra) was seated in his animal-pen reciting[the Quraan], his horse became agitated and began roving around. It didso a second time. but he continued reciting. He says: I then feared that thehorse may trample Yahya (his son). I stood up to see what it was that wasagitating the horse, and all of a sudden there appeared to be a cloud abovemy head, in which were lanterns suspended in the air, for as far as I couldsee Rasulu]lah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said:They were angels who had come to listen to you. If you had continuedreciting, the people would have seen them in the morning with the nakedeye.”Anas bin Maalik (ra) narrates that Usaid bin Hudair (ra) and Abbaad binBishr (ra) were once with Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam. Whenthey departed it was pitch dark. All of a sudden a light appeared in front ofthem. When they separated, each one had a light with him until theyreturned home.Rasullah sallAllaahu alayhi Wa sallam gives Abu Oataadah (ra) aDate branch.Once after Esha Salaah, Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam gave AbuQataadah (ra) a date branch and said: Take this, for it will soon light up foryou a distance of ten in front and a distance of ten behind you.The hadith does not mention which unit of length is being referred to.22