—some reports state that it was the very dish that praised Allah, while others say it was the food it held.

Al-Bukhari and others relate that “ʿAbbād ibn Bishr and Usayd ibn Ḥuḍayr left the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a pitch-black night. A light, like the tip of a whip, shone before them; when they parted company, the light divided and accompanied each of them.”

In the two Ṣaḥīḥs we find the story of al-Ṣiddīq, Abu Bakr. “He brought three guests home with him and, every time he lifted a bite to eat, what lay beneath it increased in size. They all ate until they were full, yet the food became even more plentiful than it had been. Abu Bakr and his wife looked at it and saw that it had multiplied, so he carried the dish to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Many other people then came and ate from it until they too were satisfied.”

Khubayb ibn ʿAdiyy was a prisoner of the idolaters in Mecca—may Allah ennoble it—and grapes were brought to him to eat, even though not a single grape could be found in the city.

ʿĀmir ibn Fuhayra was killed as a martyr. They searched for his body but could not find it, for at the moment of his death he was lifted up; ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl actually saw him being raised. ʿUrwa said: “They held that the angels were the ones who lifted him.”