It is narrated in the authentic collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that Ibn ʿAbbās said:
"The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to relieve himself. I prepared ablution water for him and placed it somewhere. When he returned and saw the water, he asked:
- Who did this? The Companions (ṣaḥāba) replied:
- Ibn ʿAbbās did it. Thereupon, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated:
- O Allah, make him a jurist in the religion, he made dua (supplication)." Al-Bayhaqī narrated that Ibn ʿAbbās said: "The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his hand on my shoulder and then supplicated:
- O Allah, make him a jurist in the religion and teach him interpretation, he made dua. Allah answered the supplication that His Messenger made for his cousin."
Ibn ʿAbbās was an imam in jurisprudence. His path was followed. People were guided by his hudā (guidance). His way was pursued and his example was followed in the sciences of sharia (the sacred law). Especially in the science of interpretation, which we call tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), he was a leader. The knowledge of the preceding Companions (ṣaḥāba) and the words he heard from his cousin, the Messenger of God, left a mark and impression on his mind. Al-Aʿmash narrated that ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd said regarding this:
"If Ibn ʿAbbās had lived until our time, none of us would have been able to match him. They used to say: 'Ibn ʿAbbās is an excellent interpreter of the Qur'an.' Ibn ʿAbbās passed away more than thirty years after ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd. Who knows how much more knowledge he acquired in that period. According to a narration from one of his companions, Ibn ʿAbbās interpreted Sūrat al-Baqara (or another surah) to his friends on the evening of the Day of ʿArafa. If the Byzantines, Turks, and Daylamites had heard his tafsir, they would have become Muslims. May Allah be pleased with him and grant him contentment (riḍā).
According to an authentic hadith, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for Anas b. Mālik to have abundant wealth and offspring, and this supplication was fulfilled.
Al-Tirmidhī narrated that Abū Khalda said: "I said to Abū ʿAlī:
- Did Anas hear hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
- He served him for ten years. The Messenger of God also supplicated for him.
He had a garden that yielded fruit twice a year. In his garden, there were basil plants that emitted the scent of musk."
According to an authentic hadith, as we have narrated, Anas had over a hundred or nearly a hundred children. According to another narration, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: "O Allah, prolong his life." By the blessing of this supplication, Anas lived for a hundred years. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for Umm Sulaym and Abū Ṭalḥa the day after their wedding night, and by the blessing of this supplication, they had a child, whom the Messenger of God named ʿAbdullāh. He had nine children, all of whom memorized the Qur'an. This is established in an authentic hadith.
In "Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim," it is narrated from Abū Kasīr al-ʿAnbarī that:
"Abū Hurayra asked the Messenger of God to supplicate for his mother, so that Allah would grant her hudā (guidance) by the blessing of this supplication. The Messenger of God supplicated for Abū Hurayra's mother. After the supplication, Abū Hurayra went home and saw his mother performing a major ablution behind the door. After she finished, she said:
- I bear witness that there is no deity but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Abū Hurayra began to weep with joy, then went and informed the Messenger of God, and asked him to supplicate that Allah make both himself and his mother beloved to the believers. The Messenger of God supplicated for both, and Allah made Abū Hurayra and his mother beloved to the believers. Regarding this, Abū Hurayra said: "All believing men and women loved us." Abū Hurayra spoke the truth in this matter. May Allah be pleased with him and grant him contentment (riḍā). One of the things that completed the acceptance of this supplication is that Allah made Abū Hurayra famous by mentioning his name on Fridays, as people recall him by reading the hadith he narrated before the Friday sermon. This is a connection of destiny and a spiritual decree.
According to an authentic hadith, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for Saʿd b. Abī Waqqāṣ when he was ill, and by the blessing of this supplication, he recovered. The Messenger of God also supplicated that his supplications be answered, saying: "O Allah, answer his supplication and make his arrows hit their targets." And so it was. He was an excellent commander of expeditions and armies.
The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) invoked a curse upon Abū Saʿda Usāma b. Qatāda when he gave false testimony, asking Allah to prolong his life, increase his poverty, and expose him to tribulations, and this also came to pass. When asked about this, the man would reply:
"I am an old man afflicted by tribulation. The curse of Saʿd has struck me."
It is established in "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī" and other books that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for Sāʾib b. Yazīd and wiped his hand over his head. As a result, Sāʾib lived to the age of ninety-four, and even at that age his body was upright. The hair on the spot touched by the Messenger of God did not turn gray. His hearing and strength remained sound."
Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal narrated that Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī said:
"The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me:
- Come closer to me, and he wiped his hand over my head. Then he supplicated: 'O Allah, make him beautiful and preserve his beauty.' Abū Zayd lived for over a hundred years, and except for a few hairs in his beard, he had no white hair. His face did not wrinkle until he died."
Al-Bayhaqī has narrated many similar reports, in which there are statements that heal the heart and fulfill their purpose.
Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal narrated that Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān said:
"I heard my father mention Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, saying:
"I was with Qatāda b. Malḥān at the place where he died. I met a man in the back of the house who greatly resembled Qatāda. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) had wiped his hand over his face. Whenever I saw him before, it was as if there was oil on his face."
It is established in the authentic collections of al-Bukhārī and Muslim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for blessing for ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAwf, whom he saw wearing armor dyed with saffron because he had just married. Allah answered the supplication of His Messenger, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān's trade prospered, he obtained many spoils, and became very wealthy. So much so that when he died, each of his four wives inherited a quarter of one-eighth of his estate, amounting to eighty thousand dinars. According to the hadith, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) gave ʿUrwa b. Abū Jaʿd al-Māzinī one dinar to buy a sheep. He bought two sheep with it, sold one for a dinar, and brought the Messenger of God a dinar and a sheep. Thereupon, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
- May Allah bless you in your transactions.
In another narration, the Messenger of God supplicated for blessing in his trade, and even if he bought land, he would profit from it.
Al-Bukhārī narrated that Abū ʿUqayl said: "My grandfather, ʿAbdullāh b. Hishām, would take me to the market and buy foodstuffs there. Ibn al-Zubayr and Ibn ʿUmar would meet him and say: 'Include us in your transactions, for the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for blessing for you.' Upon their request, he would include them in his transactions. Sometimes he would earn a camel-load of goods and send it home as it was."
Al-Bayhaqī narrated that Bilāl said:
"On a cold day, I called the morning adhān. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out of his house and found no one in the mosque.
- Where are the people? he asked.
- The cold has prevented them from coming to the mosque, I replied.
- O Allah, remove the cold from them, he supplicated.
Upon this supplication, I saw the congregation begin to come to the mosque."
Al-Bayhaqī narrated through Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥanz that Ibn ʿUmar said:
"The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) and ʿUmar, son of al-Khaṭṭāb, set out together. On the way, a woman met them and said:
- O Messenger of God! I am a Muslim and chaste woman. I have a husband at home, but he is like a woman. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her:
- Call your husband to me. The woman went and brought her husband, who was a bead-maker. The Messenger of God asked him:
- O servant of Allah, what do you say about your wife?
- By Allah who has honored you, I have so much intercourse with her and perform so many ritual baths that my hair never dries.
Upon this, his wife said:
- He only does this once a month. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) asked:
- Are you angry with your husband? She replied:
- Yes. Thereupon, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
- Bring your heads together. They brought their heads together. The Messenger of God placed the woman's forehead on her husband's forehead and then supplicated: 'O Allah, bring warmth between them and place love between them.' Then he and ʿUmar, son of al-Khaṭṭāb, went to the market of tent-makers. The woman came before the Messenger of God with a hide on her head. As soon as she saw him, she threw the hide to the ground and began to kiss his feet. The Messenger of God asked:
- How is it between you and your husband? The woman replied:
- By Allah who has honored you, nothing old or new is more beloved to me than he is. Thereupon, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
- I bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah. ʿUmar said:
- I also bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah." Abū al-Qāsim al-Baghawī narrated through Kāmil b. Ṭarḥa that Abū Ṭufayl said:
"A man had a son. He brought him to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), who supplicated for the child to be blessed and fortunate. He held his forehead, and hair grew on his forehead like a horse's forelock. When the boy grew up and adopted the views of the Khārijites, the hair on his forehead fell out. His father, fearing he would join the Khārijites, confined and tied him up. We went to him and advised him, saying:
- Did you not see the blessing of the Messenger of God upon you?
We continued to advise him until he abandoned the views of the Khārijites. Then Allah caused the hair on his forehead to grow again because of his tawba (repentance)."
A man named Firās b. ʿUmar from the Banū Lays tribe suffered from severe headaches. His father brought him to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) and sat him before him. The skin wrinkled, and hair grew where the Prophet's fingers touched. After that, the man's headache disappeared and never returned."
Ḥāfiẓ Abū Bakr al-Bazzār narrated that Nabīgha al-Jaʿdī said:
"I came to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) and recited the following poem:
'In chastity and dignity, we have reached the heavens. But we hope for a rank even higher than this.' After I recited this poem, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me:
- O Abū Laylā, where is that higher rank?
- In Paradise.
- God willing, so it shall be.
After saying this, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
- Recite poetry to me. I recited the following poem:
'There is no good in gentleness that does not protect its purity from impurity, nor in gentleness that has no anger or wrath.
There is no good in ignorance that does not know how to retract a wrong decision, nor in ignorance that lacks gentleness.'
After I finished reciting, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me:
- You have spoken well. May Allah not break your mouth."
Al-Bayhaqī narrated that Yaʿlā b. Ashdaq said: "I heard Nabīgha from the Banū Jaʿda tribe say:
I recited this poem to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), and he liked it. It was as follows:
'The height of our honor and nobility has reached the sky.
We hope for a rank even higher than this.'
After I finished the poem, the Messenger of God asked me:
- O Abū Laylā! Where is that higher rank?
- In Paradise.
- God willing, so it shall be."
Then I recited to the Messenger of God this poem as well:
'There is no good in gentleness that does not protect its purity from impurity, nor in gentleness that has no anger or wrath.
There is no good in ignorance that does not know how to retract a wrong decision, nor in ignorance that lacks gentleness.'
After I finished my poem, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me:
- You have spoken well. May Allah not break your mouth. The narrator Yaʿlā said:
I saw Nabīgha when he was over a hundred years old, and not a single tooth had fallen out."
Al-Bayhaqī narrated that Nabīgha said: "While I was reciting this poem, the Messenger of God listened to me:
'In chastity and dignity, we have reached the heavens.
But we hope for a rank even higher than this.'
The narrator says: When I saw Nabīgha, his teeth resembled pearls and a spring of water. Not a single tooth had fallen out or moved from its place."
Al-Bayhaqī narrated through Abū Bakr al-Qāḍī that Anas said:
"The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) looked toward Iraq, Syria, and Yemen—but I do not know which direction he looked first—and then said:
'O Allah, turn their hearts toward obedience, and remove their sins.'
Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī narrated that Zayd b. Thābit said:
"The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) looked toward Yemen and said:
- O Allah, turn their hearts toward obedience. Then he looked toward Syria and said:
- O Allah, turn their hearts toward obedience, and grant us blessing in our measure and our mudd (measures of capacity)."
This supplication was fulfilled. The people of Yemen became Muslims before those of Syria. Then, before Iraq, goodness and blessing were seen in Yemen. It was also promised that the people of Syria would remain upon hudā (guidance) and be helpers of the religion until the end of time."
Imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, in his work "Musnad," narrated:
"The Hour will not be established until the good and righteous people of Iraq migrate to Syria, and the evil people of Syria migrate to Iraq."