Islamic Stories - Bahirah, the Monk Recognizes the Seal of Prophethood

When the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) was twelve years old,
he went with his uncle Abu Talib on a business journey to Syria. When
they reached Busra (which was a part of Syria, in the vicinity of
Howran under the Roman domain) they met a monk called Bahira (his real
name was Georges), who showed great kindness, and entertained them
lavishly. He had never been in the habit of receiving or entertaining
them before. He readily enough recognized the Prophet (Peace be upon
him) and said while taking his hand: "This is the master of all
humans. Allah will send him with a Message which will be a mercy to
all beings." Abu Talib asked: "How do you know that?" He replied:"When
you appeared from the direction of 'Aqabah, all stones and trees
prostrated themselves, which they never do except for a Prophet. I can
recognize him also by the seal of Prophethood which is below his
shoulder, like an apple. We have got tolearn this from our books."
Source: At Tirmidhi and At Tabari
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Mohammad (SAW) bringing fortune to Haleema and her tribe

Traditions delightfully relate how Haleemah and the whole of her
household were favoured by successive strokes of good fortune while
the baby Muhammad (Peace be upon him) lived under her care. Ibn Ishaq
statesthat Haleemah narrated that she along with her husband and a
suckling babe, set out from her village in the company of some women
of her clan in quest of children to suckle. She said:
It was a year of drought and famine and we had nothing to eat. I rode
ona brown she-ass. We alsohad with us an old she-camel. By Allah we
could not get even a drop of milk. We could not have a wink of sleep
during the night for the child kept crying on account of hunger. There
was not enough milk in my breast and even the she-camel had nothing to
feed him. We used to constantly pray for rain and immediate relief. At
length we reached Makkah lookingfor children to suckle. Not even a
single woman amongst us accepted the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon
him) offered to her. As soon as they were told that he was an orphan,
they refused him. We had fixed our eyes on the reward that we would
get from the child's father. An orphan! What are his grandfather and
mother likely to do? So we spurned him because of that. Every woman
who came with me got a suckling and when we were about to depart, I
said to my husband: "By Allah, I do not like to go back along with the
other women without any baby. I should go to that orphan and I must
take him." He said,"There is no harm in doing so and perhaps Allah
might bless us through him." So I went and took him because there was
simply no other alternative left for me but to take him. When I lifted
him in my arms and returned to myplace I put him on my breast and to
my great surprise, I found enoughmilk in it. He drank to hisheart's
content, and so did his foster brother and then both of them went to
sleep although my baby had not been able to sleep the previous night.
My husband then went to the she-camel to milk it and, to his
astonishment,he found plenty of milk in it. He milked it and wedrank
to our fill, and enjoyed a sound sleep during the night. The next
morning, my husband said: "By Allah Haleemah, you must understand that
you have been able to get a blessed child." And I replied: "By the
grace of Allah, I hope so."
The tradition is explicit on the point that Haleemah's return journey
and her subsequent life, as long as the Prophet (Peace beupon
him)stayed with her, was encircled with ahalo of good fortune. The
donkey that she rode when she came to Makkah was lean and almost
foundered; it recovered speed much to the amazement of Haleemah's
fellow travelers. By the time they reached the encampments in the
country of the clan of Sa'd, they found the scales of fortune turned
in their favour. The barren land sprouted forth luxuriant grass
andbeasts came back to them satisfied and full ofmilk. Muhammad (Peace
be upon him) stayed with Haleemah for two years until he was weaned as
Haleemah said:
We then took him back to his mother requestingher earnestly to have
him stay with us and benefit by the good fortune and blessings hehad
brought us. We persisted in our request which we substantiated by our
anxiety over the child catching a certain infection peculiar to
Makkah. At last, we weregranted our wish and the Prophet (Peace be
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Mockery is forbidden in the Qur’an

It's a sin and a depravity according to the Qur'an for a believer to
criticize a person ' s' defects withmockery. Mockery is a
characteristic of those who live in distance from religious moral
values and do not fear Allah as should be. Thesepeople resort to such
methods as caricature etc. When they want to criticize a person or an
event and thus exceed the limits of respect and courtesy by choosing a
language, which is not compatible with the Qur'anic moral values.
Whereas, a Muslim uses amethod of communication while criticizing a
manner which he finds not compatible with the Qur'anic moral values
and the Hadith, thus he expresses the falsity of the manner in
question according to the Qur'an and the Hadith of our Prophet (may
Allah bless him and grant him peace). Especially about the issues
concerning religion and holy values, he uses careful and mindful
tongue as a necessity of his deep love and respect for Allah. Allah
mentions in the Qur'an that ordering good and forbidding evilis an
important sign of believers:
Those who repent, thosewho worship, those whopraise, those who fast,
those who bow, those who prostrate, those who command the right,those
who forbid the wrong , those who preserve the limits of Allah: give
good news to the believers. (Surat at-Tawba, 112)
Throughout the history, prophets and sincere believers were mocked,
and Allah imposed punishments on those who were in depravity against
believers:
Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who jeered were
engulfed by what they mocked . ( Surat al-An'am, 10)
Allah mentioned in the Qur'an that mockery is an indecent morality and
a sin and thus, believers should avoid such depravity. Moreover, Allah
informs believers in a verse in case they encounter an atmosphere
where there's mockery about the religious issues, they should leave or
they would be in the positionof those who do it:
It has been sent down toyou in the Book that when you hear Allah's
Signs being rejected andmocked at by people, you must not sit with
them till they start talking of other things. Ifyou do you are just
the same as them . Allah will gather all the hypocrites and
unbelievers into Hell. (Surat an-Nisa', 140)
Allah informs us the position of those who resort to mockery in some
other verses in the Qur'an.
You who believe! Do nottake as friends any of those given the Book
before you or the unbelievers who make a mockery and a game outof your
believe . Fear [and respect] Allah if youare believers. (Surat
al-Ma'ida, 57)
... lest anyone should say, 'Alas for me for neglecting what Allah was
due, and being one of the scoffers !' (Surat az-Zumar, 56)
When he does learn something of Our Signs, he makes a mockery of them
. Such people will have a humiliating punishment. (Surat al-Jathiyya,
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Atheistic freemasonry -- The antichrist system -- Strives for setting believers at loggerheadsby using the press

Atheistic freemasonry, the system of the antichrist, has gained
dominion over a fractionof the highly effective worldwide press.
Atheistic freemasonry is able to affect the entire world by using the
aforementioned fractionof press, make provocation as it wills, and
direct the world as it wills.
This is the method of theantichrist. It was mentioned in the hadith
that the antichrist woulddeceive people by using instruments of press
andmedia:
When dajjal (the antichrist) emerges, he cries so loud that the people
of both East and West hear him. (Ibn Kathir, an-Nihaiah, 1:96)
The cry of the antichrist, which was mentioned inthe hadith refers to
TV and radio (Allah knows the truth). The antichrist reaches all
humanity via TV and radio, spreads its sly propaganda and deceives
them.
A voice saying, "Dajjal (the antichrist) entered your houses and took
your children as prisoners" will be heard.(Muhyiddin ibn Arabi,
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations), I-XII (Cairo:
1392/1972), 2:168)
The system of the antichrist, that is atheistic freemasonry, strives
for setting sincerebelievers at loggerheadsand raises strife and
defeatism between themby using instruments of press and media. A large
section of Muslims, Christians and Jews around the world have been in
error by getting deceived through the propaganda of atheist
freemasons, thus an artificial opposition is formed between them which
is formed by the antichrist. Some Jews consider Muslims dangerous,
Christians are in an intellectual disunity with the Jews and as a
result of this artificial strife, religious people are put into a
position to attack each other. By such an insidious game, the
antichrist is setting Muslims, Christians and Jews all around the
world at loggerheads and makes them oppresseach other. This system is
preventing them to befriends and act in unity. Members of three
religions are defeated instead of getting stronger by uniting in the
true path. With this method the antichrist tries to deter the devout
people getting more devout, being in unity, following the decrees of
the religion and getting stronger.
And the system of the antichrist found the opportunity to strengthen
by using this strife. Through the clash between devout people and the
spread of the irreligion, the atheistic freemasonry gains strength and
can rule the world.
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi explained this deviant method of the antichrist
as follows deriving from a hadith:
According to a noble Hadith of the Prophet (saas), noxious and awesome
persons like Sufyan and the dajjal (the antichrist) will cometo rule
over the godless at the end of time, and exploiting the greed, discord
and hatred amongst the Muslims and mankind, they will need only a
small force to reduce humanity to anarchy and the vast world of Islam
to slavery.(Twenty-second Letter)
Bediuzzaman informed that the antichrist will enslave the whole
humanity with a small force by benefiting fromthe artificially made
opposition between devout people by the antichrist and it will bring
them strife and oppression. Atheist freemasons bring about the spread
of oppressionand strife by setting the followers of Allah at
loggerheads. Thus, the atheist rule proceeds.
This antichrist system, byAllah's leave, will totally be eliminated
with the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as). What
believers should do is to pave the way for Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the
Prophet Jesus (as) during the End Times to eradicate the antichrist
system and to defeat thisdevious game. This will be possible with the
sincere Muslims, Christians and Jews being in unity and loving and to
praising the name of Allah altogether.
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