MIRACLE 86 – EIGHTY CAMELS EMERGED FROM A MOUNTAIN OUTSIDE MEDINA

It is narrated by Muhammad Al Showhany through his chain that, ‘Abul Samsaam Al-Absy came to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and asked, ‘When will the rains come? And what is in the belly of this she-camel of mine? And what will be happen tomorrow? And when will I be die?’

It was Revealed: Surely, Allah, with Him is the Knowledge of the Hour, [31:34]. The man became a Muslim, and he promised the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that he would come with his family.

He (s.a.w.a.) said to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.), ‘O Abul Hasan! Write: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Muttalib Bin Hashim Bin Abd Manaf (peace be upon them all), hereby accepts upon himself, being with his healthy mind and body and lawfulness of his matter that, for Abul Samsaam Al-Absy, upon him (s.a.w.a.), and in his (s.a.w.a.) guarantee, are eighty she-camels, red-backed, white-eyed, having black cheeks upon them, from the outskirts of Yemen, and marked with spots of Hijaz’’.

And Abul Samsaam went out. Then he came among his people of the clan of Abas, all of them became Muslims, and he came back with them to Medina and asked about the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). They said, ‘Passed away!’ He said, ‘For whom is the caliphate from after him (s.a.w.a.)?’ They said, ‘Abu Bakr’.

Abul Samsaam entered the Masjid and said, ‘O caliph of Holy Prophet! For me, upon Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), there are eighty camel, red-backed, whit-eyed, having black cheeks upon them, from the outskirts of Al-Yemen and marked with spots of Al-Hijaz!’

He replied, ‘O Arab brother! You have asked what is above the intellect. By Allah, Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) did not leave behind except his mule ‘Al-Duldul’, his donkey ‘Al-Yafour’, his sword ‘Zulfiqar’, and his armour ‘Al-Fazeyl’. Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) has taken all of these, and left Fadak among us. So, we took it by a right, and our Prophet (s.a.w.a.) does not get inherited’.

Janabe Salman (r.a.) shouted, ‘Kardy wa na kardy, wa haq az ameer babardy (in Persian). Return the deed to its people!’ Then he brought Abul Samsaam to the house of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). He knocked the door. Imam Ali (a.s.) shouted: ‘Enter, O Salman! Enter, you and Abul Samsaam!’

Abul Samsaam said, ‘This is a wonder! Who is this one who has called me by my name while he I have not been introduced yet!’ Janabe Salman (r.a.) narrated the merits of Imam Ali (a.s.). When he entered and greeted unto him (a.s.), he said, ‘O Abul Hasan! For me, upon Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), are eighty camels’, and he described them.

Imam Ali (a.s.) said: ‘Is there any proof with you?’ He handed over the written guarantee to him (a.s.). Imam Ali (a.s.) said: ‘O Salman! Call out among the people, ‘Indeed! One who wants to look at the religion of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), let him come out tomorrow morning to outside of Medina!’’

When it was the next morning, the people came out, and Imam Ali (a.s.) came out and mentioned something his son al-Hasan (a.s.) and said: ‘O Abul Samsaam, go with my son al-Hasan (a.s.) to the sandy dune’.

He (a.s.) went and Abul Samsaam was with him. Imam Hasan (a.s.) prayed Salat, two units, by the dune, and the ground spoke with phrases, we did not know what these were, and he (a.s.) struck the dune with a cane of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). The dune split asunder from a round rock. Two lines of light were inscribed upon it. The first line was: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful’. And the second was: ‘There is no god except Allah, the Almighty, Mohammed (s.a.w.a.) is Messenger of Allah’.

Imam Hasan (a.s.) struck the rock with the cane, and it cleft asunder from a string of camels. Imam Hasan (a.s.) said: ‘Tie them, Abul Samsaam!’ Abul Samsaam tied up eighty she-camels, red-backed, white-eyed, having black cheeks upon them, from the outskirts of Yemen and marked with spots of Hijaz, and he returned to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.).

He (a.s.) said: ‘Have you been fulfilled, O Abul Samsaam?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He (a.s.) said: ‘Submit the written guarantee’. He submitted it to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). He (a.s.) took it and burnt it, then said:

‘Like this my brother and son of my uncle, the Messenger of Allah had informed me. Allah had Created these camels from this rock before He Created the she-camel of Salih (a.s.), by two thousand years’.

They hypocrites said, ‘This is from the little sorcery of Imam Ali (a.s.)’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 42, Chp 116, Trad 11 ↩