“By Allah, I then fell down unconscious.”
August 22, 2011 in Character of a Muslim, General Islam, Islamic History
“By Allah, I then fell down unconscious.” Saleh al-Mizee said: “In the middle of the day, I entered the graveyard. I looked at the graves and they were like a group of silent people. I said, ‘How perfect Allah is! Who will bring you back to life and resurrect you after a long period of decomposition?’ A caller called out to me from behind those holes (in the ground), saying: ‘O Saleh: "And among His Signs is that the heaven and the earth stand by His Command, then afterwards when He will call you by single call, behold, you will come out from the earth (i.e from your graves for reckoning and recompense)." (Quran: Surah Rum 30:25) Saleh said : “By Allah, I then fell down unconscious.” [Ibn Kathirs 'al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah']
‘Prophet Ibrahim brought Isma’eel’s mother (his wife, Hajar) and Isma’eel, while she was still nursing him, and then camped with them next to (the area where) the House (the Kaa’bah) was to be built, next to a large tree just above (the area where now exists the well of) Zamzam and which is also above the Masjid (the Holy Masjid in Makkah). At that time, Makkah had neither inhabitants nor a known source of water. He left them there and left with them a bag full of dates and a Siqaa’ (a jug usually made of leather) full of water.
