#14165 14165 - And from Jabir ibn Abd Allah who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) on the expedition of Dhat al-Riqa' until we reached Harrah Waqim. A Bedouin woman appeared with a son of hers and came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is my son, and the devil has overcome him." He said: "Bring him close to me." So she brought him close to him. He said: "Open his mouth." She opened it, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) spat into it and then said: "Begone, enemy of Allah, for I am the Messenger of Allah." He said this three times, then he said: "Go about your business with your son; there is nothing left upon him, and nothing of what used to afflict him shall return to him." Then we departed and alighted at a station in a vast, waterless desert where there were no trees. The Prophet (pbuh) said to Jabir: "O Jabir, go and look for a place for me" — meaning for performing ablution. I went but found nothing except two separate trees; had they been together, they would have screened him. I returned to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I found nothing but two separate trees; had they been together, they would have screened you." The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Go to them and say to them: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) says to you both: Come together." I went out and said it to them, and they came together until they were as if they shared a single trunk. Then I returned and informed the Prophet (pbuh), so the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) went out until he had relieved himself. Then he returned and said: "Go to them and say to them: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) says to you both: Return as you were." So they returned. Then we alighted in a valley among the valleys of Bani Muharib, and a man from Bani Muharib called Ghawrath ibn al-Harith approached him while the Prophet (pbuh) had his sword hanging. He said: "O Muhammad, give me this sword of yours." He unsheathed it and handed it to him. He brandished it and looked at it for a while, then he turned toward the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Muhammad, what prevents you from me?" He said: "Allah prevents me from you." His hand then trembled until the sword fell from his hand. The Prophet (pbuh) took it and said: "O Ghawrath, who prevents you from me?" He said: "No one; by my father, you are [the better man]." The Prophet (pbuh) then said: "O Allah, protect us from Ghawrath and his people." Then we turned back to return, and a man from the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) came with a bird's nest he was carrying, containing chicks, while their parents were following him and landing on the man's hand. The Prophet (pbuh) turned to those with him and said: "Are you amazed by the action of these two birds towards their chicks? By Him who sent me with the truth, Allah is more merciful to His servants than these two birds are to their chicks." Then we turned back to return until we reached Harrah Waqim, where the Bedouin woman — who had brought her son — met us with a skin of milk and a sheep, which she gifted to him. He said: "What did your son do? Has anything that used to afflict him affected him?" She said: "By Him who sent you with the truth, nothing of what used to afflict him has affected him." And he accepted her gift. We continued until we were at a descent from the Harrah, and a camel approached at a fast pace. He said: "Do you know what this camel said?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "This is a camel that has come to me seeking justice against its master; it claims that he used to plow with it for years, until it became mangy, emaciated, and old, and he wanted to slaughter it. Go, O Jabir, to its owner and bring him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I do not know its owner." He said: "It will lead you to him." It went out ahead of him, neck extended, until it stopped me at the gathering of Bani Khatmah. I said: "Where is the owner of this camel?" They said: "This is the camel of so-and-so, son of so-and-so." I went to him and said: "Respond to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." So he went out with me until he came to the Prophet (pbuh), and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "Your camel seeks justice against you. It claims that you plowed with it for a long time until you made it mangy and emaciated, and now that it is old, you want to slaughter it?" He said: "By Him who sent you with the truth, it is exactly as you said." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "Sell it to me." He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So he bought it from him, then let it loose among the trees until it grew a hump. Whenever any of the Muhajirun or Ansar had an ailment affecting their water-drawing camels, he would give it to them. It remained in that state for a long time. Muhammad ibn Talhah said: The Battle of Dhat al-Riqa' used to be called the Battle of Wonders.