Prophet’s answers that the earth rejects an apostate
Imam Ahmad relates that Anas ibn Malik (R.A.) said: There was a man amongst us from the
clan of Al-Najar who used to be the Prophet’s (P.B.U.H.) writer. He then ceased to be a Muslim,
and as a result he fled.
As he was fleeing, he met with some Jews who recognized him and said:
This is the man who used to write for Muhammad.
They later killed him and buried him. The earth did not accept him, so with time it ejected him, they reburied him and he was ejected again while his face had already started decomposing. They
had no choice but to abandon him (Musnad Imam Ahmad Vol. 3 Pg. 272)
Questions that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) was asked and to which he answered in conformity to what was revealed in the holy scriptures before him
1 Holy Prophet’s answers about the Soul, Dhul Qarnain and the Companions of the cave
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq relates that Ibn Abbas (R.A.) said:
The Quraish sent Ibn Harith and U ’qba Ibn Abu Mu’ti’ to the Jewish Rabbis in Medina to inquire about the authenticity of Muhammad’s prophethood because they knew more about Prophets than they did. The Jews told them to ask the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) three questions:
(1) Ask him, what happened to the young men who disappeared during the first centuries?
(2) Ask him, about the story of the man who traveled east and west of the earth?
(3) Ask him about the Soul? If he answered these questions, follow him for he is a true Prophet.
Then the two returned to Mecca and informed the Quraish of their findings. Henceforth, they went to the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) and asked him the questions. He (P.B.U.H.) told them that he will answer them the following day (forgetting to say Insha Allah), hoping for a revelation (wahi).
Fifteen days passed without any revelation. People said:
Muhammad promised us tomorrow and it is now fifteen days, he has not said a word about what he was asked.
The Prophet was perturbed by the word going around Mecca. Finally, Jibril came and revealed to him Suratul Kahf (Chapter of the Cave), in which were verses that answered their first two questions. Allah the Exalted says:
“And they ask you (O Muhammad) about the Ruh (the Soul); Say: ‘The Ruh (the Soul) is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you, (mankind) have been given only a little ”(Suratul Al-Isra 85)
We have talked about this lengthily in the book of tafseer (Tafseer Ibn Kathir), anyone who wants more details can refer to it. Allah the Exalted also revealed:
“Do you think that the people of the Cave and the Inscription (the news or the names of
the people of the Cave) were a wonder among Our Signs….And never say of anything, ‘I shall do such and such thing tomorrow.(Suratul Kahf 9-23)
Then, Allah also mentioned the story of Musa and Al-Khidhir then Dhul Qamain. Allah the Exalted says:
“And they ask you about Dhul-Qamain Say: T shall recite to you something of his story’ ”(Suratul Kahf 83)
The Almighty in the above verse and the ones that follow, explained and told his story. What the Quraish asked the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) are happenings that conform with the stories found in the Books of Ahl Al-Kitab (People of Book), such are among the little truth found in them.
Nonetheless, what has been distorted and changed is unacceptable because the Lord has sent down Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) truthfully and revealed a book to him which expounds to the people the controversies in reports and judgements.
2 Prophet’s answers to the questions of the Jewish rabbis concerning the Hereafter.
Imam Al-Bukhari relates that Abdullah Ibn Salaam came to Medina and went to the Prophet
(P.B.U.H.) and said: I will ask you three questions to which only a Prophet can answer. He said:
(1) What is the first sign of the Day of Judgement?
(2) Which is the first food that the people of paradise will eat?
(3) What makes a child resemble his father? And what makes a child resemble his maternal uncles?
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said,
“The first sign of the Day of Judgement is a fire that will force people to move from the east to the west
and the first food in Paradise is whale’s liver and regarding similarity of the child, if the man ejaculates first, then the child will resemble his father and if the wife ejaculates first then the child will resemble her.
Abdallah said:
I bear witness that you are a Messenger of Allah.
Abdallah then informed the Prophet that if the Jews knew about his conversion then they would speak ill of him to the Prophet (P.B.U.H.), as they were a perversive people. The Jews came
to the Prophet (P.B.U.H.), and Abdallah went inside the house. The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) then asked them about Abdallah Ibn Salaam and
they said:
Our scholar and a son of our scholar. Our rabbi and son of our rabbi. Then the Prophet asked them,
“What if Abdallah converted to Islam?”
They said: May Allah distance him from that.
At that instant, Abdallah came out to them and said: I bear witness that there is none worth
to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger.
They said: He is an evil one and son of an evil In another version, Imam Muslim narrated
that Thubaan,
a servant of the Messenger of Allah said: I was asleep in the Prophet’s (P.B.U.H.) house, when a Jewish scholar came and said:
Assalam alaika O Muhammad. I pushed him and he asked me:
Why do you push me?
I asked him:
Why do you not say, O Messenger of Allah?
The Jewish scholar replied saying: I call him by the name his people call him.
Then the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) answered and said:
“My name is Muhammad by which my people call me”.
The Jew said:
I have come to ask you questions.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:
“Is it going to benefit you if I answer you?”
He replied and said:
I will listen and put what you say into consideration.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said: “Ask”.
The Jew asked: Where people are going to be the day the earth will changed to another earth and sky?
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:
“The people will be in darkness before the bridge (sirat)
He then asked:
Who will be the first people to cross?
He (P.B.U.H.) said
“The Emigrants(Muhajireen) who were poor”
The Jew then asked:
What they wibe served on entering Paradise?
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.)said:
“The outermost part of a Whale’s liver”.
The Jew asked:
What meal would they be served with for the day.
He (P.B.U.H.) said:
“A bull from Paradise, which they will eat from its sides”.
The Jew asked:
What will be their drink?
He (P.B.U.H.) said:
“From a spring called Salsabil.
The Jew then said:
You spoke the truth and I have come to ask you about something that is not known by any among the people on earth except a Prophet or one or two people.
The Prophet then asked him,
“Is it going to benefit you if I answered you?”
He said:
I hear with my ears, I have come to ask you about a child.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said,
“A man’s sperm is white and a woman’s sperm is yellow, if they meet and the man’s sperm is faster then the woman’s then the child will be a boy by Allah’s will and if the woman’s sperm is faster then the
man’s then the child will be a girl by Allah’s will”.
The Jew said: I do believe that you are a Prophet (P.B.U.H.), then he went
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