Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 514-2b

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"From Ghaylān b. Salamah al-Thaqafī, who said: We went out with the Prophet of God ﷺ and we saw something wondrous from him. We passed through land in which there were scattered small palm trees, and the Prophet of God said: O Ghaylān, go to these two small palm trees and command one of them to join its companion, until I am screened by them and perform ablution. So I went and stood between them and said: The Prophet of God ﷺ commands one of you to join its companion. He said: One of them swayed, then was uprooted and moved along the ground until it joined its companion. Then the Prophet of God ﷺ dismounted and performed ablution behind them, then mounted, and the two went back along the ground to their place. He said: Then we dismounted with him at a halting place, and a woman came with a son of hers who was like a dinar, and she said: O Prophet of God, there was no boy in the neighbourhood dearer to me than this son of mine, but a fit of madness has struck him, and I find myself wishing for his death. So pray to God for him, O Prophet of God. He said: The Prophet ﷺ drew him near, then said: In the name of God, I am the Messenger of God, come out, enemy of God, three times. Then he said: Go with your son; he will not see any harm, God willing. Then we proceeded and dismounted at a halting place, and a man came and said: O Prophet of God, I had an orchard from which I and my family made our living, and in it I had two camels for drawing water. They went into a frenzy and kept themselves, my orchard and what is in it from me, and no one can approach them. So the Prophet ﷺ rose with his Companions until he reached the orchard and said to its owner: Open. He said: Their matter is graver than that. He said: Open. When he turned the key in the door, the two came with a rush like the rustling of the wind. When the door was opened and they looked at the Prophet ﷺ, they knelt, then prostrated. The Prophet ﷺ took hold of their heads and handed them over to their owner and said: Put them to work and feed them well. The people said: O Prophet of God, the animals prostrate to you; surely you deserve this more than anything. You have protected us from misguidance and rescued us from destruction. Will you permit us to prostrate to you? He said: What would you do with your brother when he died? Would you prostrate to his grave? They said: O Messenger of God, we follow your command. The Prophet ﷺ said: Prostration is only for the Ever-Living who does not die. If I were to command anyone of this nation to prostrate, I would command the woman to prostrate to her husband. He said: Then we returned, and the woman, the boy's mother, came and said: O Prophet of God, by the One who sent you with the truth, he has not ceased to be [one of the boys of the neighbourhood], and she brought ghee, milk and carrots. He returned the ghee and the carrots to her and commanded them to drink the milk."

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