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SINCERE WITNESSING AND THE MIRACULOUS MEAL

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“On the day of the battle of Tabuk the Muslims were extremely hungry so they asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, would you permit us to slaughter our camels and eat their meat and use their fat?’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, gave them permission. Whereupon Omar said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, if we do this, our transport will suffer. If you ask everyone to bring whatever they have left over and if you pray over it and supplicate to Allah to bless it, He would bestow His blessings upon it.’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, agreed and asked for his leather table covering to be brought and spread out. Then he asked his Companions to bring their left-overs, and this they did. One brought a handful of beans, another brought a handful of dates, a third brought a piece of bread and they placed them on the covering. Then the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, supplicated for it to be blessed. When he had finished his supplication he said: ‘Pick up your bowls’ and everyone filled his bowl with food, and there was not one empty bowl in the whole camp. All of them had enough to suffice them, and there was still some left over! The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: ‘I bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and that I am His Messenger. No worshiper of Allah who meets Him with these two affirmations, believing sincerely in them, will be denied Paradise.’”

Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah (or Abu Sa'id Khudri) who related this hadith