Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Alhānī narrated from Abū Muslim al-Khawlānī that whenever he campaigned in Byzantine lands and the army came to a river, he would say, “Cross— in the name of Allah.” He would go ahead of them and they would walk through the deep water; often it did not rise on their mounts higher than the knees. Once they had crossed he would ask, “Has anyone lost anything? Whatever is missing, I guarantee it.” One of the men deliberately dropped his saddle-bag, and when they had reached the opposite bank he said, “My bag fell in.” Abū Muslim replied, “Follow me.” The man followed him and there was the bag hanging from a branch over the river. “Take it,” he said. (1)

Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah reported through Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl that Abū Muslim once reached the Tigris while it was in flood, sweeping logs along its current. He went across it (2), then praised and thanked Allah and spoke of how the Children of Israel had travelled through the sea. He prodded (3) his mount, which plunged into the water, and the people followed him until they had all crossed. Then he said, “Has anyone of you lost any of your belongings, that I may pray to Allah to restore it to me?” (4)

ʿAnbasah ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid narrated from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr who said: Whenever Abū Muslim sought rain, rain would come. (5)

Baqiyyah narrated from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād, from Abū Muslim, that a woman had turned his wife against him (6). He prayed against her and she went blind. She later came to him, confessed, and repented, whereupon he said, “O Allah, if she is truthful, then restore her sight.” She then regained her vision. (7)