Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/216)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

some pebbles, which glorified Allah in his hand. Abū Bakr, Umar, Uthmān, and Alī were among us, and everyone in the gathering heard their glorification. The Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, then handed them to Abū Bakr, and they glorified Allah while with him; everyone in the gathering heard their glorification. He then handed them back to the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, and they glorified Allah in his hand. The Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, then handed them to Umar, and they glorified Allah in his hand; everyone in the gathering heard their glorification. The Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, then handed them to Uthmān ibn Affān, and they glorified Allah in his hand. They were then handed to us, but they did not glorify Allah with any one of us.”1.

There is no doubt that the glorification of Allah by small pebbles and food is more wondrous and more compelling than the glorification of Allah by mountains. Thus, the miracle granted to our Prophet Muhammad, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, in this regard is greater than the miracle granted to Allah’s Prophet David, peace be upon him, when the mountains glorified Allah along with him.

The hadith master Ibn Kathīr, may Allah have mercy on him, said: “As for the birds’ glorification of Allah along with David, peace be upon him, the glorification of Allah by solid mountains is even more wondrous. It was stated earlier in the hadith that pebbles glorified Allah in the palm of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. Ibn Hāmid said, ‘This is a well-known and widely reported hadith.’ Stones, trees, and clods of dried clay would also greet him with peace, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him.

“In Sahīh al-Bukhārī, Ibn Masūd said, ‘We could indeed hear the food glorifying Allah as it was being eaten’—meaning that this occurred in the hand of the Prophet, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. The foreleg of the poisoned sheep spoke to him and informed him of the poison it contained. Tame and wild animals, as well as inanimate objects, also testified to his prophethood, as all of this has been set out in detail above. There is no doubt that glorification issuing from small, solid pebbles containing no cavities is more wondrous than

(1) *Al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat*, no. 1244; al-Bayhaqī, *Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa*, 2/555. See also Abū al-Qāsim al-Taymī, *Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa*, 1/404 ff., ed. Shaykh Musā‘id al-Rāshid, under the heading: “Chapter on the Pebbles Glorifying Allah in the Prophet’s Hand.”

حصى فسبَّحن في يده، وفينا أبو بكر وعمرُ وعثمانُ وعليٌّ، فسمع تسبيحهنّ مَن في الحلقة، ثمّ دفعهنَّ النّبيُّ ﷺ إلى أبي بكر فسبّحن مع أبي بكر، سمع تسبيحَهنَّ مَن في الحلقة، ثمّ دفعَهنَّ إلى النّبيِّ ﷺ فسبَّحن في يده، ثمّ دفعهنَّ النّبيُّ ﷺ إلى عمر فسبَّحن في يده، وسمع تسبيحَهنَّ مَن في الحلقة، ثم دفعهنَّ النبيّ ﷺ إلى عثمان بن عفّان فسبَّحن في يده، ثمّ دفعهنّ إلينا فلم يسبِّحن مع أحد منّا"١. ولا شكّ أنَّ تسبيح الحصى الصغار والطعام أعجبُ وأبلغُ من تسبيح الجبال، ولذا فإنَّ المعجزة لنبيِّنا محمد ﷺ في ذلك أبلغُ من المعجزة لنبيِّ الله داود ﵇ في تسبيح الجبال معه. قال الحافظ ابن كثير ﵀: "وأمّا تسبيح الطّير مع داود ﵇ فتسبيح الجبال الصمّ أعجبُ مِن ذلك، وقد تقدّم في الحديث أنّ الحصا سبّح في كفِّ رسول الله ﷺ، قال ابن حامد: وهذا حديثٌ معروفٌ مشهورٌ، وكانت الحجارُ والأشجارُ والمدرُ تسلِّم عليه ﷺ. وفي صحيح البخاري عن ابن مسعود قال: "لقد كنّا نسمع تسبيح الطعام وهو يُؤكل" يعني بيد النبيِّ ﷺ، وكلّمه ذراعُ الشّاة المسمومة وأعلمه بما فيه من السُّمِّ، وشهدت بنبُوَّته الحيواناتُ الإنسيّة والوحشيّة، والجمادات أيضاً كما تقدّم بسط ذلك كلِّه، ولا شكّ أنَّ صدور التسبيح من الحصا الصغار الصمّ التي لا تجاويف فيها أعجبُ مِن

١ المعجم الأوسط (رقم:١٢٤٤) ، ودلائل النبوة للبيهقي (٢/٥٥٥) ، وانظر: دلائل النبوة لأبي القاسم التيمي (١/٤٠٤ وما بعدها) ـ بتحقيق: الشيخ مساعد الراشد ـ قوله: "فصل في تسبيح الحصى في يده ﷺ".