The story of the poisoned goat meat
Imam Ahmad relates that Abi Rifai’ the servant of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) was given goat meat as a present. I placed it in the pot and cooked it, the
Prophet (P.B.U.H.) then entered and asked:
“What is this Abu Rifai’?”
I told him, it was goat meat given to us as a present.
He said, “Serve me the arm,”
I served him. He then said,
’’Serve me another arm.”
I served him another arm. He asked again to serve him another arm.
I said to him : 0 Messenger of Allah a goat has only two arms.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:
“If you could have been quiet you could have served me another arm and another until I stopped asking.”
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) liked to eat goats’ arms, that is why the Jews in Khaibar poisoned the arm of a goat brought by Zainab the Jewish woman as present to the Prophet (P.B.U.H.).
Then the poisoned arm told the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) about its poisoning.
Another version of Imam Al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim relates that, Anas Ibn Malik said:
A Jewish woman gave the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) poisoned goat meat. He ate from it then ordered that she should be brought to him. He asked herwhy she did so.
She said: I wanted to kill you.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said,
“Allah would never have empowered you over me”.
They (companions) said: Should we kill her?
He said no
In the version of Abu Daud, Jabir Ibn Abdullah said:
A Jewish woman from the people of Khaibar presented to the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) roasted, poisoned goat meat. The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) ate an arm from it and ate the rest of it with his companions, then he said to his companions,
“Stop eating”.
He then sent for the Jewish woman.
He asked her, “Did you poison this goat?”
The woman asked: Who informed you?
He said, “I was informed by what I am holding in my hand (the goat’s arm)”.
She said: I said to myself if you are a Prophet, it will not harm you and if you are not a Prophet
then your death will be a relief to us.
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) forgave her.
Nonetheless, some of the companions who ate it died. Imam Al-Baihaqi says that it is probable
that she was sentenced to death after some companions died.
The tree moved towards the Prophet (P.B.U.H.)
I earlier mentioned a hadith narrated by Jabir Ibn Abdullah where two trees moved and covered the Prophet (P.B.U.H.).
Here is another hadith reported by Imam Al-Baihaqi that narrated by Umar Ibn Al-Khattab that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) was seated on top of the mount AlHajun distressed, grieved, disheartened and saddened by the insults and annoyance of the disbelievers.
He said, “O Allah show me a miracle today, I will not take hto anyone who falsifies me after it”.
He then called a tree from a steep part of the city. The tree came towards the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) grooving the earth beneath. Then he ordered it to go its original position.. ..
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.)then said,
“I will not pay heed to anyone who falsifies me among my people after this”
A tree stump cries because of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.)
Imam Al-Shafi’ relates that Al-Tufail Ibn Ubay Ibn Ka’ab related from his father that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) used to preach while leaning on a date stump. A man stood among his companions and asked the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) whether it was possible for them to make him a pulpit on which he would stand on and preach from during Friday prayers.
He said, “yes”.
They then made him a three-stairs pulpit. Forth from, he stopped leaning against the date stump
while preaching. As a result, the date stump cried in pity. The Prophet heard the cries, he went to it and comforted it by caressing it. It was later taken by Ubay Ibn Ka’ab (R.A.) when the mosque was renovated.
Imam Al-Buhari relates from Jabir Ibn Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H.)
used to lean against a date tree during the Friday prayers. Then a person among the helpers said:
O Messenger (P.B.U.H.) of Allah should we not make you a pulpit?
He said, “If you would like to”.
They made him one. When it was Friday, the Prophet stood on the pulpit and preached. Suddenly, the date tree cried a baby’s cry. The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) descended the pulpit, hugged it and its cry gradually faded away. He said, “It cried because of the invocations of Allah that it used to hear”.
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