The miracles of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) are (divided) into two categories

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
“The miracles of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) are (divided) into two categories.
The first category: Tangible (Hisseeyah) and it is of three types
1.That which is outside of His (the Prophet’s) person, and they are the miracles that Allaah caused to take place by His (the Prophet’s) hands.
2. That which is within His person like the seal of prophethood between His shoulders, and that which was witnessed from His physical being and image which was an indication of His prophethood.
3. That which is in His characteristics. Like His truthfulness, trustworthiness, His courageousness etc..
 
The second category: Intellectual (Aqleeyah) and it is of six types.
1. He is from a tribe and not from the people of knowledge. He didn’t travel except to Shaam two times. Therefore He is not to be accused of claiming prophethood on His own when this is the situation.
2. Forty years of His age passed and He didn’t go into that matter (of informing of His prophethood). The youth is the age when one has the enthusiasm and the zealotry for the likes of these affairs (going against the norm).
3. His forbearance in conveying the message and the different types of hardship and tiredness (He encountered).
4. He was one who’s supplication was answered. He didn’t supplicate to Allaah for anything except Allaah that answered His supplication.
5. The glad tidings of His coming came in the previous scriptures and the proofs for that are many and present.
6. He gave information about matters of the unseen which testifies (to the fact) that He is a Prophet from Allaah. If that was not the case then who informed Him of that (which He informed of)?
This was taken from “Zubdatul-Fawaa-id min Kutubu Ibn Taymeeyah” pg. 127 “Fawaaidu Kitaab al-Jawaab as-Saheeh liman bad-dala Deenal-Maseeh”     Daar Tadmureeyah collected by Dr.Muhammad Abdur-Rahmaan al-A’reefee.
Abu Yusuf Khaleefah Walton
Monday night the 7th of Rajab 1430 Hijri, June 28th, 2009.

 

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