Miracle 19: Water Appears in a Dry Cup

‘It is reported that a man was brought a captive in the era of Umar. He presented Al-Islam to him, but he refused, so he ordered with killing him. He said, ‘Do not kill me while I am thirsty!’ They came with a filled cup. He said, ‘Will there be safety for me until I have drunk it?’ Umar said, ‘Yes’. He spilt the water upon the earth, and it dried up. Umar said, ‘Kill him, for he has tricked!’

Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said: ‘It is not allowed to kill him, for you have already granted him amnesty’. He said, ‘What shall I do with him?’ He said, ‘You can make him to be for a Muslim man for the price of a slave’. He said, ‘And who would be desirous regarding him?’ He (a.s.) said: I will’. He said, ‘He is for you. Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) took him and the cup was in his hand. He (a.s.) supplicated and the water gathered in the cup. He became a Muslim at that and Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) liberated him. He adhered with the Masjid and worshipped’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 112, Trad 5 ↩