those on the ship.”(1) He then remained silent for a while and added, “It has now come through.” The full narration is found in al-Bayhaqī’s Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwah. That vessel had been on the verge of sinking, and on board were the Ashʿarīs who later reached him while he was at Khaybar.

Another instance is his foretelling about the grave of Abū Righāl. As he passed by it on his way to Ṭāʾif he said that inside it lay a twig of gold; they dug it up and found it exactly as he had described—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him. Abū Dāwūd(2) narrated this through Abū Isḥāq, from Ismāʿīl ibn Umayyah, from Baḥr ibn Abī Baḥr, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr.

Likewise, consider what he ﷺ said to the Anṣār when he addressed them in a sermon to console them for what had arisen in the hearts of some after he had shown favour in the distribution to reconcile the hearts of certain Arab leaders, the chiefs of Quraysh, and others. He said:

“Are you not pleased that people depart with sheep and camels while you depart with the Messenger of Allah, taking him back to your dwellings?”(3)

He also said, “After me you will encounter favouritism, so remain patient until you meet me at the Basin.”(4)

And he said, “The people will become many, whereas the Anṣār will grow few.”(5)

In an earlier address upon al-Ṣafā he told them, “Verily, life is with you and death is with you.”(6)

Everything occurred exactly as he had foretold.

Al-Bukhārī(7) relates: “Yahyā ibn Bukayr narrated to us; al-Layth narrated to us, from Yūnus, from Ibn Shihāb, who said: Sāʿīd ibn al-Musayyab informed me on the authority of Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘When Chosroes dies there will be no Chosroes after him, and when Caesar dies there will be no Caesar after him. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muḥammad, the treasures of both will surely be spent in the path of Allah.’”