حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

God preserves the righteous and mentions some of their miracles: On the authority of Khaythama, may God have mercy on him, he said: Blessed is the believer, how he is preserved in his offspring after him. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 2/64].

God preserved the righteous and mentioned some of their miracles: On the authority of Muhammad bin Hamza Al-Murtada, he said: Shaiban the shepherd, may God have mercy on him, when he became ritually impure and had no water, he would call upon his Lord, and a cloud would come and shade him, and he would bathe. He would go to Friday prayer and draw a line around his sheep, and when he came back he would find them in the same state, not having moved. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 3/83].

God preserved the righteous and mentioned some of their miracles: Ibn Kathir, may God have mercy on him, said: Abu Nasr al-Marwazi was an imam in the field of Quranic readings, and he had books on it. He traveled a lot for that purpose, and it happened that he was shipwrecked at sea during one of his travels. While the waves were lifting him up and putting him down, he saw that the sun had passed its zenith, so he intended to perform ablution. He plunged into the water, then he came out and found a piece of wood, so he climbed onto it and prayed on it, and God granted him safety through the blessing of the prayer, and he lived for a long time after that. [Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah 12/213].

God preserved the righteous and mentioned some of their miracles: Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari, may God have mercy on him, had exceeded one hundred years of age and was enjoying his mind and strength. One day he jumped from a ship he was in to the land with a great leap, and he was reproached for that, so he said: These are limbs that we preserved from sins in our youth, so God preserved them for us in our old age. [Al-Jami’ al-Muntakhab / 131].