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and going out for Holy War against disbelievers.” Umm-i-Hirâm
said, “O Rasûlallah! Pray for me so that I may be one of them!”
Rasûlullah said, “O my Allah! Make her one of them!” It came
about as Rasûlullah predicted. In the time of hadrat Muâwiyya,
Umm-i-Hirâm and her husband joined others getting on ships and
sailed to Cyprus for jihâd. There she fell down from a horse and
attained martyrdom ‘radiy-Allâhu anhumâ’.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ stated about his
blessed daughter, Fâtimâ ‘radiy-Allâhu anhâ’: “Of my Ahl-i-bayt,
you will be the first to meet me (in the next world).” Six months
after his honouring the next world, Fâtima, our mother, ‘radiy-
Allâhu anha’, honoured the next world with her presence.
He predicted that Abû Zer-i-Ghifârî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ would
pass away alone at a solitary place. It happened exactly so. [He
passed away lonely as he was at a place called Rabaza. Only his
daughter and his wife were with him. Shortly after his death
Abdullah ibn Mes’ûd and some other high persons arrived. They
washed, laid out, and shrouded his corpse ‘radiy-Allâhu anhum
ejmaîn’.]
He said to Surâqa bin Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’, one of the Ashâb-i-kirâm:
“How will you be when you put on the Chosroes’
bracelets?” Years later, during the caliphate of ’Umar ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’, the riches that were gained by the conquest of Iran
were brought to Medîna-i-munawwara. Among the gains were the
Chosroes’ fur coat and bracelets. Dividing the gains, ’Umar ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’ gave the Chosroes’ bracelets to Surâqa ‘radiy-Allâhu
anh’. Surâqa put the bracelets on his arm. Being too wide, they
went up to his elbow. He remembered what Rasûlullah had said
years before, and wept.
Lots of actual miracles came about from Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu alaihi wasallam’. Since the capacity of this book is not
convenient for a detailed account of these miracles, we will
mention a few of them:
1 — The event of Mi’râj (Ascent to Heaven), which took
place both physically and spiritually, and as he (the Prophet) was
awake. The disbelievers of Qoureish did not believe this miracle.
And some Muslims, being weak both in faith and in mind, fell
into the mischief of doubt and confirmed only after asking
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wasallam’ various questions and
getting their answers. Those who want to know what the
disbelievers’ questions and their answers were may consult to the
book Iz-hâr-ul-haqq. If Mi’râj had happened only spiritually,
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