MIRACLE 6 – UNTAMED CAMEL

Ibn Abbas narrates,

‘There was a man in the era of Umar there was a camel for him in an area of Azarbaijan which had been difficult upon him. He complained to him of what he had faced and his livelihood from it. He said to him, ‘Go and cry for help to Allah, the Almighty the Exalted’. The man said, ‘I did not cease to supplicate to Allah, the Almighty and the means to Him, and every time I went near it, it attacked upon me.

Umar wrote out a note for him wherein was, ‘From Umar, commander of the faithful to the rebellion Jinn and Satans. Subdue the beast to him’. The man took the note and went. Abdullah Bin Abbas said, ‘I was saddened severely, so I met Imam Ali (a.s.) and informed him (a.s.) of what had happened. He (a.s.) said: ‘By the One Who Split the seed and Formed the person! He will be returning with the disappointment’.

So, it calmed me, and my desires prolonged upon me, and I went expecting all the ones who came from the people of the mountains. There I was with a man who had arrived and there was an injury in his forehead, the hand could almost enter into it. When I saw him, I rushed towards him and said, ‘What is behind you?’

He said, ‘I went to the place and threw the note, but a number of them attacked upon me, and its matter terrified me, and there did not happen to be the strength for me, so I sat down. One of them speared me in my forehead. I said, ‘O Allah! Shroud it and all of them being severe unto me and want to kill me!’ It went away from me and fell down. My brother came and carried me away, and I didn’t mind. I did not cease to be treated until I was healthy, and this is the impact in my face’.

I said to him, ‘Go to Umar and let him know’. He came to him and there were a number of people in his presence. He informed him of what had happened, and he rebuked him and said to him, ‘You are lying! You did not go with my letter (note)’. The man swore on oath that he had done so, but he expelled him from him.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘I went with him to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). He (a.s.) smiled, then said: ‘Did I not tell you?’ Then he (a.s.) turned to the man and said to him: ‘When you go to the place which it is in, then say, ‘O Allah, the Almighty! I divert to You by Yourazwj Prophet (s.a.w.a.), Prophet (s.a.w.a.) of Mercy, and Peopleasws of the Household, those You have Chosen based upon knowledge, over the worlds. O Allah, the Almighty! Subdue to me its difficulty and Suffice me from its evil, for You are the Sufficer, the Pardoner, the Overcomer, the Subduer!’

He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘The man left returning. When it was from the next day, the man arrived and with him was the total of his wealth having carried it, of its price, to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), and came to him (a.s.) and I was with him (a.s.). He (a.s.) said: ‘Will you inform me, or shall I inform you?’ The man said, ‘O Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)! You inform me’.

He (a.s.) said: ‘It is as if I was with you and you had gone to it, and it came to you, and took shelter with you, humbled, disgraced. So, you seized it by its forelocks, one by one’.

The man said, ‘You speak the truth, O Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)! It is as if you were with me. This is how it had happened, so please go ahead and accept what I have come to you with’. He (a.s.) said: ‘Continue in righteous guidance, may Allah, the Almighty Bless you!’

And the news reached Umar, and that saddened him, and the man left, and he used to perform Hajj every year and Allah, the Almighty had multiplied his wealth. Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) said: ‘Everyone something is difficult upon him, from either wealth, or family, or children, or any (other matter), then let him beseech to Allah, the Almighty with this supplication, for he would be Suffice by Allah, the Almighty from what he fears, if Allah, the Almighty so Desires’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 111, Trad 10 ↩