Why Did They Become Muslims

Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ would lean on that stump whenever he made (the speech
called) Khutba. The stump was called Hannâna. When a minbar
(pulpit in a mosque) was made, he did not go to the stump to lean
on it. The entire congregation heard a voice crying from within it.
The blessed Messenger dismounted the minbar and gave
Hannâna a hug. It was no longer crying now. The Best of
Mankind ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ explained, “Had I
not hugged it, separation from me would make it cry till the doom
of the world.”
Many other similar miracles were seen and reported.
9– Another frequently seen event was that gravels or pieces of
food in his hand would say tasbîh of Allâhu ta’âlâ like the droning
of bees. (That is, they would say, “Subhânallah,” which means, “I
know Allâhu ta’âlâ far from all sorts of imperfection.”)
10– One day an unbeliever came to him and said, “How do I
know that you are a Prophet?” Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’ asked, “Will you believe in me if I beckon to that cluster of
dates on that palm and they (obey me and) come to me?” The
unbeliever replied he would. When the Messenger of Allah
beckoned the cluster of dates came, jumping. When the Messenger
of Allah ordered, “Go back to your place,” the entire cluster went
up to its place, hanging there as before. Upon seeing this, the
unbeliever became a Believer.
11– In Mekka a pack of wolves attacked a flock of sheep and
dragged away one of the sheep. When the shepherd charged at
them and grappled the sheep back, one of the wolves began to talk,
remonstrating, “Aren’t you afraid of Allâhu ta’âlâ, that you
deprive us of our food, which Allâhu ta’âlâ has sent to us?”
Astounded, the shepherd mumbled, “Oh, a wolf talks!” The wolf
went on, “Shall I tell you something which is even more
surprising? Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’, the
Prophet of Allâhu ta’âlâ, is displaying miracles in Medina.” The
shepherd went to Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, related
what had happened, and became a Muslim.
12– Muhammad ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ was
strolling through a field, when he heard a voice saying, “Yâ
Rasûlallah (O the Messenger of Allah)!” three times. He turned
to the direction whence the voice came, to see a deer tied up. By
its side slept a man. He asked the deer what she wanted. “This
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