The Missing Camel

The Prophet’s camel went missing – ناقة رسول الله

Some of his companions went looking for it …

A hypocrite said to them:

أليس محمد يزعم أنه نبي ويخبركم عن خبر السماء وهو لا يدري أين ناقته؟
“Doesn’t Mohammad claim to be a Prophet? He tells you about the affairs of the heavens, yet he doesn’t know where his own camel is!”

The Prophet was informed about this and he told his companions:

والله ما أعلم إلا ما علمني الله وقد دلني الله عليها وهي في هذا الوادي في شعب كذا وكذا وقد حبستها شجرة بزمامها
“By God, I do not know except what God has taught me. And He has informed me about its whereabouts, its in such and such valley, between such and such mountain pass. Her reins are tied to a tree.”

They went there and found it exactly as described!

The hypocrites were astonished.

It backfired on them and became a sign of his Prophethood.

[‘Sahih Sirat al-Nabawiyah’, 471. ‘Sirah Ibn Hisham’, 2/523. ‘Tarikh Tabari’, 3/145. Bayhaqi in ‘Dalail al-Nubuwah’, 5/232].