Umm Ayman set out on the Hijrah with no provisions and no water. Thirst almost claimed her life, but when the time to break her fast arrived—for she was fasting—she heard a sound above her. Looking up, she saw a bucket suspended in the air. She drank from it until her thirst was quenched, and she never felt thirsty again for the rest of her life.

Safīna, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, once informed a lion that he was the messenger of the Messenger of Allah. The lion then walked beside him until it brought him safely to his destination.

Al-Barāʾ ibn Mālik was such that whenever he swore an oath by Allah, it was fulfilled. When the fighting intensified for the Muslims in battle they would say, “O Barāʾ, call upon your Lord!” He would say, “My Lord, I beseech You—grant us their backs,” and the enemy would be routed. On the day of al-Qādisiyyah he declared, “I beseech You, my Lord—grant us their backs and make me the first martyr.” They were granted victory, and al-Barāʾ was killed as a martyr.

Khālid ibn al-Walīd once laid siege to a formidable fortress. Its defenders said, “We will not surrender until you drink poison.” He drank it, and it did him no harm.