and his supplications would be answered. When they ran out of water, he prayed to Allah that they might have water to drink and perform ablution, and a supply for what lay ahead. His prayer was answered. When the sea blocked their way and they could not cross with their horses, he prayed to Allah, and they all crossed over the water without their horses’ saddles becoming wet. He also prayed to Allah that they would not see his body after his death, and they did not find it in the burial niche.
Something similar happened to “Abū Muslim al-Khawlānī,” who was thrown into the fire. He and the soldiers accompanying him walked across the Tigris while its floodwaters carried pieces of timber. He then turned to his companions and asked, “Are you missing any of your belongings, so that I may supplicate to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, about them?” One of them replied, “I have lost a fodder bag.” He said, “Follow me.” The man followed him and found it caught on something, so he retrieved it.
When al-Aswad al-‘Ansī claimed prophethood, he summoned Abū Muslim and asked him, “Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “I cannot hear.” He asked, “Do you testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “Yes.” Al-Aswad ordered a fire to be lit, and Abū Muslim was thrown into it. They found him standing in prayer within it, for it had become cool and safe for him.
He arrived in Medina after the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. ‘Umar seated him between himself and Abū Bakr al-Siddīq, may Allah be pleased with them both, and said, “Praise be to Allah, who did not let me die before I saw someone from the community of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, undergo what Abraham, Allah’s intimate friend, underwent.”
A servant girl put poison in his food, but it did not harm him. A woman turned his wife against him, so he supplicated against her, and she became blind. She then came to him and repented, so he supplicated for her, and Allah restored her sight.
“‘Āmir ibn ‘Abd Qays” would receive his stipend of two thousand dirhams in his sleeve, and never