Why Did They Become Muslims

’alaihi wa sallam’. When he put his blessed spittle on the man’s
eyes, he began to see again. In fact, he was eighty years old when
he still could thread a needle.
17– Muhammad bin Khatîb relates: “I was small. Boiling water
poured on me, scalding my body all over. My father took me to
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’. The Messenger
put his blessed spittle on the scalded parts of my body and prayed.
I recovered immediately.”
18– A woman came with her bald son. The Messenger of Allah
rubbed his blessed hands gently on the boy’s head. He healed. His
hair began to grow.
19– According to a report which is written in two different
books of Sunan written by Tirmuzî and Nesâî, one day a man with
both eyes blind came to him and implored, “Yâ Rasûlallah ‘sall-
Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’! Please pray to Allâhu ta’âlâ so
that I should regain my sight.” The Messenger of Allah
recommended him the following prescription: “Make a faultless
ablution! And then invoke like this: Yâ Rabbî (O my Allah)! I beg
Thee. I ask of Thee through the intercession of Thy beloved
Prophet Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. O my darling Prophet
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’! I beg my Rabb through thee. I ask
Him to give me for thine sake. Yâ Rabbî! Make this exalted
Prophet my intercessor! For his sake, accept my invocation!” The
man made an ablution and said the prayer. His eyes opened at
once. Muslims have always said this prayer and attained their
goals.
20– One day the Messenger of Allah and (his paternal uncle)
Abû Tâlib were making a trek across a desert. Abû Tâlib said he
was very thirsty. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’
dismounted the animal and said, “Are you (thirsty)?” When he hit
the ground with his blessed heel, water sprang up. He said, “Uncle,
drink from this water!”
21– During the Holy War of Hudaybiya they encamped by a
waterless well. The soldiers complained about the shortage of
water. The Messenger of Allah asked for a bucket of water. He
made an ablution with the water in the bucket, then spat into it,
and then had the water in it poured into the well. Then he fetched
an arrow and threw it down into the well. Upon this the well was
seen to fill up with water.
22– In another Holy War the soldiers complained that they did
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