فرجعت فما من حجر لقيته...

فرجعت فما من حجر لقيته، ولا شجر رأيته إلا ناديته: يا أيها الحجر، يا أيها الشجر، إن محمدا يدعي شهادتك بنبوته، وتصديقك له برسالته، فبماذا تشهد له؟ فنطق الحجر والشجر: أشهد أن محمدا (صلى الله عليه وآله) رسول ربنا. As for the speech of the poisoned arm, this happened when the Messenger of Allah -saww was returning back to Medina after having been Granted victory by Allah -azwj in the battle of Khyber.

A Jewish woman came up to him -saww and expressed faith, and with her was a poisoned arm of a goat which had been grilled, and kept it in front of him -saww . The Messenger of Allah -saww asked: ‘What is this?’ She replied: ‘May my father and mother be sacrificed for you -saww O Messenger of Allah -saww !

I was very fearful for you when I heard about your -saww departure towards Khyber, as I know how brave those people are, and I had raised this goat like a child, but I knew how much you love to eat grilled meat, and I loved to prepared this arm of the goat for you, for I had vowed to Allah -azwj that if Allah -azwj were to Return you -saww safely from them, then I shall slaughter this goat and grill one of its arms for you -saww .

Now that you -saww have returned safely from them, I have come to fulfil my vow’. At that time with the Messenger of Allah -saww were Bara’a Bin Ma’roor and Ali Bin Abu Talib -asws . The Messenger of Allah -saww said: ‘Get me some bread.’ So they brought it for him -saww . Bara’a Bin Ma’roor extended his hand towards the food and took a morsel from it and put it into his mouth. Ali Bin Abu Talib -asws said to him: ‘O Bara’a, do not precede the Messenger of Allah -saww ‘.

Bara’a, who was a Bedouin, said to him -asws : ‘O Ali -asws ! Do you consider the Messenger of Allah -saww to be a miser?’ Ali -asws said: ‘I do not consider the Messenger of Allah -saww to be a miser but it is abhorrent, for it is not for his -saww friends not for anyone else from creation, to precede the Messenger of Allah -saww in words, or deeds, or eating or drinking.’ Bara’a said: ‘I do not consider the Messenger of Allah -saww to be a miser.’ Ali -asws said: ‘Neither do I -asws , but this Jewish woman who has brought this with her and we are not aware of its condition.