This version is therefore more complete, for it contains the account of the woman whose son Allah revived in answer to her supplication. We shall draw attention to that incident when discussing the miracles of the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, together with similar cases, God willing. In the same way we shall refer to the story of al-ʿAlāʾ that has just been mentioned, along with the reports we will cite here, when dealing with the miracles of Moses—peace be upon him—in the narrative of the sea being parted for the Children of Israel, as our shaykh has indicated in the heart of his discourse.

A further narrative resembling the story of al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥaḍramī
Al-Bayhaqī relates in Dalāʾil al-Nubuwwa—and this chain has likewise been cited earlier—through Sulaymān ibn Mihrān al-Aʿmash, from one of his companions, who said:

“We reached the Tigris while it was in full flood and the Persians were on the far side. One of the Muslims exclaimed, ‘In the name of Allah,’ then spurred his horse forward and it mounted the surface of the water. The people likewise said, ‘In the name of Allah,’ hurled themselves in, and their horses rose upon the water. The Persians watched them and cried, ‘Dīwān, Dīwān!’—meaning, ‘Madmen!’—then scattered in every direction. Nothing was missing from the Muslims’ possessions except a drinking-cup that had been hanging from a saddle-pommel. After we had crossed, we came upon the spoils and divided them up, and a man kept calling out, ‘Who will exchange a yellow one for a white?’(1)

We have already noted, in the Life of ʿUmar and its events, and in the Tafsīr as well,(2) that the first to plunge into the Tigris that day was Abū ʿUbayd al-Thaqafī,(3) the commander of the armies during the caliphate of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb—may Allah be pleased with him. He looked at the river and recited: ‘No soul can ever die except by Allah’s leave, at a time appointed’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:145). He then pronounced the Name of Allah, spurred his horse into the water, and the entire army followed. When the Persians saw them do so they began shouting, ‘Dīwānā, Dīwānā!’—‘Madmen, madmen!’—then turned and fled. The Muslims pursued, killed many of them, and captured abundant booty.

[Another story of a similar kind]
Al-Bayhaqī further reports, through Abū al-Naḍr from Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah, that Abū Muslim al-Khawlānī once came to the Tigris while it was sweeping along logs in its surge. He walked across the water, turned to his companions and said, ‘Are any of your belongings missing so that we may pray to Allah Most High for them?’ He then declared, ‘This chain of transmission is sound.’(4)