he said, “O Jābir, did you notice the spot where I was standing?”
“Yes, Messenger of Allah,” I replied.
He said, “Go to those two trees, cut a branch from each of them, bring them here, and when you stand where I stood, release one branch on your right and the other on your left.”

Jābir continues: I rose, picked up a stone, broke and scraped it until it became sharp, then went to the two trees and cut a branch from each. I dragged them along, and when I reached the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had stood, I laid one branch to my right and the other to my left. I then returned and said, “I have done so, Messenger of Allah—but for what reason?”
He said, “I passed by two graves whose occupants are being punished, and I wished—through my intercession—that their torment be eased for as long as these two branches remain fresh.”

He then recounted a long report which includes that the people were short of water. Someone brought him a small amount; he placed his hand in it inside a vessel, and I saw water bubbling up between his fingers. The people drew from it until they were fully satisfied. Muslim recorded it.

Al-Aʿmash and others narrated from Ibrāhīm, from ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbd Allāh, who said: While we were travelling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the time for prayer arrived and we had only a little water. He asked for it, poured it into a bowl, placed his hand in it, and water began to gush from between his fingers. The people came forward, performed ablution, and drank.

Al-Aʿmash said: I related this to Sālim ibn Abī al-Juʿad, and he said, “Jābir narrated it to me.” I asked Jābir, “How many were you that day?” He said, “One thousand five hundred.” Al-Bukhārī recorded it.

ʿAmr ibn Murrah and Ḥuṣayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān also narrated from Sālim ibn Abī al-Juʿad, from Jābir, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey and were overcome by thirst, so we appealed to the Messenger of Allah. He put his hand in a basin of water, whereupon the water