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Prophet
Sulaiman
(Alaihis Salaam) (Solomon) and his Sahabi Tubbah Harreri (Tab’a Hamiri)
visited Tyeba/Medina which was called Yathrib (Iatribu, Lathrippa).
Prophet
Sulaiman
(Alaihis Salaam) ordered his Tahath (Throne) to lower down at a place called
Yathrib and told his sahabi Tubbha Harreri that this is the place where the
Prophet of the prophet's is going to arrive.
Tubbha
Harreri was surprised and replied: "This Prophet (صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم) , Is He going to be higher in Status then
you?"
Hazrat
Sulaiman
(Alaihis Salaam) Replied: "If He was here, I would tie His Shoe
Laces"
Tubbah Harrieri then requested Hazrat Sulaiman (Alaihis Salaam) if
he could stay here and wait for the King of all prophet's?
Hazrat
Sulaiman (Alaihis Salaam) Replied, "Yes, if you so wish!" [ Here]
Sayyiduna Isa (Jesus) passed by a luminous
mountain that was sparkling with light.
He said to Allah عزوجل; ''O Allah عزوجل! Bless this mountain with the power to
speak.''
The mountain spoke and said; ''O Rooh Allah Ala
Nabiyyina wa Alayhi Salatu wa Salam!
What do you desire?''
He replied; ''Tell me your state.''
The mountain said; ''A person lives inside me.'' Sayyiduna Isa (Jesus) عليه السلام said to Allah عزوجل; ''Allow me to see him.''
The mountain split open and a very handsome pious man emerged from it. This pious man said;
He replied; ''Tell me your state.''
The mountain said; ''A person lives inside me.'' Sayyiduna Isa (Jesus) عليه السلام said to Allah عزوجل; ''Allow me to see him.''
The mountain split open and a very handsome pious man emerged from it. This pious man said;
''I am the follower of Sayyiduna Musa (Moses) عليه السلام.
I supplicated to Allah عزوجل that He let me
live until the time of His beloved Messenger صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم
so that I may have the honour of seeing him and also be
privileged of becoming his follower. Al-HamduLillah! I have been busy worshipping
Allah inside this mountain for 600 years.''
Sayyiduna
Isa (Jesus) عليه السلام asked Allah ''O Allah عزوجل! Is there anyone
on this earth dearer to you than this person?''
Allah عزوجل answered; ''O Isa! Whoever from the Ummah (community) of
Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله
وصحبه وسلم fasts for a single day in the month of Rajab, is dearer to me than this person.''
[Imam Abd al-Rahman bin Abd al-Salam al-Safoori
ash-Shafi’i al-Ash’ari رحمه الله in Nuzhat al-Majalis, Vol. 1, p. 155]
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"...The
snake was given speech and it replied,
“ Oh Prophet of Allah salla, one day long ago I heard a word of
the Prophet Isa who said,’ After may time there will come a Prophet and his
name will be Ahmad. This Prophet will endure great tribulations at the
hands of his own people. He will flee from them and hide in a cave for three
days. This is written in the Holy Book of the Injil.’
Since I first heard these words, 450 years have
passed by, and for all that time I have been living in this cave and waiting.
Since i first heard this Prophet’s name, I became enamoured with him. I have
spent my time opening holes like windows in this rock so that I might catch a
glimpse of this Prophet salla when his time has come. Now it has come, and
this good friend of yours has nothing better to do than close all my carefully
excavated windows. That is why I felt I had to bite him, oh Muhammad salla. ”
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Mufti Mahmoodul Hasan Gangohi (d.1996CE) *… once related this story which is
mentioned in his Malfoozaat (spiritual discourses). He mentioned
that this snake which attacked Abu bakar (R.A.) in Cave Thoor was
one of the disciples of Isaa (A.S.) and not Jinn.
He forwarded his desire of seeing the Prophet (S.A.W.) to Isaa
(A.S.).
Isaa (A.S.)
in turn made Du’aa to the
Almighty Allah to fulfil the desire of his disciple.
This Du’aa was accepted with the
condition that he would have to take the form of a snake in order to see the
Prophet (S.A.W.).
The disciple accepted this condition and was turned into a snake.
The disciple (in his snake form) hid in Cave Thoor after coming to know that the
Prophet (S.A.W.) will stop in this cave at the time of Hijrah on his way to
Madinah.
When the
Prophet (S.A.W.) and Abu bakar (R.A.), at the time of Hijrah stopped at this
cave, Abu bakar (R.A.) entered the cave and began filling up the holes in it to
prevent any venomous creature from harming the Prophet (S.A.W.). He
managed to cover all the holes except one which he covered by placing his heel
on it. On seeing this, the disciple bit Abu bakar (R.A.) so that he may
remove his foot which would then allow him to see the blessed face of the
Prophet (S.A.W.). (Malfoozaat Faqihul Ummat, Page 40) *
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