Hadith 97

he uncleanness away from them and Purify them-asws with a Purification! ’
He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘(Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Muhammad-saww leapt until she-asws entered to a chamber of hers-asws. She-asws lined her-asws feet and prayed two Cycles, then raised the insider of her-asws palms towards the sky and said: ‘My-asws God-azwj, and my-asws Master-azwj! This is Muhammad-saww, Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and this is Ali-asws, son-asws of an uncle-as of Your-azwj Prophet-saww, and these two are Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, two grandsons-asws of Your-azwj Prophet-saww. My-asws God-azwj! Send down to us-asws a meal from the sky like what You-azwj had Sent down unto the children of Israel. They had eaten from it and (then) disbelieved with it. O Allah-azwj! Send down to us-asws, for we are believers with it! ’
Ibn Abbas said, ‘By Allah-azwj! The supplication had not even completed when she-asws was with a tray behind her-asws, effervescing steam, and its steam had an aroma purer than the yellow musk. She-asws embraced it, then came with it to the Prophet-saww, and Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. When Ali-asws looked at it, he-asws said to her-asws: ‘O Fatima-asws! From where is this for you-asws, and there was nothing with us-asws before? ’
The Prophet-saww said to him-asws: ‘Eat, Abu Al-Hassan-asws, and do not ask. The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who did not Cause me-saww to die until He-azwj Graced me-saww a child, her-asws example is an example of Maryam Bint Imran-as, Whenever Zakariyya entered the Prayer Niche to (see) her, he found food in her presence. He said: ‘O Maryam! From where does this come to you? ’ She said: ‘It is from Allah. Surely Allah Gives to whom He so Desires to without measure’ [3: 37]’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘The Prophet-saww, and Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws ate, and the Prophet-saww went out. And the Bedouin was provided, and he evened upon his ride and came to the clan of Suleym, and on that day they were four thousand men. When he paused in their midst, he called out to them at the top of his voice, ‘Say there is no god except Allah-azwj, Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj! ’ When they heard these words from him, they hasted to their swords and unsheathed them, then they said to him, ‘You have gone to the religion of Muhammad-saww, the sorcerer, the liar? ’ He said to them, ‘He-saww is neither a sorcerer nor a liar! ’
Then he said, ‘O community of the clan of Suleym! The God-azwj of Muhammad-saww is the best God, and Muhammad-saww is the best Prophet-saww. I went to him-saww hungry so he-saww fed me, and bare so he-saww clothed me-asws, and on foot so he-saww carried me (gave me a riding animal)’. Then he explained to them the story of the lizard with the Prophet and prosed them the poem which it has prosed regarding the Prophet-saww. Then he said, ‘O community of the clan of Suleym! Become Muslims, you will be safe from the Fire! ’ So, four thousand men became Muslims during that day and they were companions of the green flags, and they were around Rasool-Allah-saww’’. [186]