Signs of ar Rahman (The Signs of Allah)

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 that
they 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 Light
Once, while Usaid bin Hudair (ra) was seated in his animal-pen reciting
[the Quraan], his horse became agitated and began roving around. It did
so a second time. but he continued reciting. He says: I then feared that the
horse may trample Yahya (his son). I stood up to see what it was that was
agitating the horse, and all of a sudden there appeared to be a cloud above
my head, in which were lanterns suspended in the air, for as far as I could
see Rasulu]lah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam said:
They were angels who had come to listen to you. If you had continued
reciting, the people would have seen them in the morning with the naked
eye.”
Anas bin Maalik (ra) narrates that Usaid bin Hudair (ra) and Abbaad bin
Bishr (ra) were once with Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam. When
they departed it was pitch dark. All of a sudden a light appeared in front of
them. When they separated, each one had a light with him until they
returned home.
Rasullah sallAllaahu alayhi Wa sallam gives Abu Oataadah (ra) a
Date branch.
Once after Esha Salaah, Rasulullah sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam gave Abu
Qataadah (ra) a date branch and said: Take this, for it will soon light up for
you 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.
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