Why Did They Become Muslims

22– He saw the seven stars in the cluster called Pleiades in
constellation Taurus [bull], and said their number. This cluster of
stars is also called Seven Sisters.
23– His spittle sweetened bitter water, cured diseased people,
and fed babies like milk.
24– As his blessed eyes slept, his blessed heart stayed awake.
This was the common quality of all Prophets ‘alaihim-us-salawâtu
wa-t-taslîmât’.
25– Throughout his lifetime he never yawned. Nor had any
other Prophet ‘alaihim-us-salawâtu wa-t-taslîmât’.
26– His sweat had a fragrant smell, like that of a rose. A poor
man came to him and told him that he needed help for his
daughter’s matrimony. The blessed Messenger had nothing to give
him at that moment. So he had some of his sweat put in a small
bottle and gave the bottle to the man. Whenever the girl put a bit
of the sweat on herself, her house would smell of musk.
27– Although he was medium of stature, he would look taller
than tall people standing beside him.
28– When he walked in the sun or in the moonlight his shadow
would not fall on the ground.
29– Flies, mosquitos or other insects would not alight on his
body or on whatever he was wearing.
30– His underwears would never become dirty however long he
wore them.
31– Whenever he walked, angels followed behind. He would
have his Sahâbîs ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ walk ahead
of him, telling them to leave the space behind him unoccupied “for
the angels.”
32– When he stepped on a rock, his foot would make a print on
the rock. When he walked on sands, on the other hand, he would
leave no footprints behind. When he relieved nature in the open,
the earth would split apart, swallow the urine or the faeces, and
radiate fragrant odours. This was the case with all the other
Prophets as well.
33– When he heard that some people had drunk his blood that
had been taken out by cupping, he stated, “The Hell-Fire shall not
burn him (who has done so).”
34– One of his greatest miracles is his ascent called Mi’râj. On
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