Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 5925

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ فَأَقْبَلَ أَعْرَابِي فَلَمَّا دنا مِنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولَهُ قَالَ وَمَنْ يَشْهَدُ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُ؟ قَالَ: «هَذِهِ السَّلَمَةُ» فَدَعَاهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ بِشَاطِئِ الْوَادِي فَأَقْبَلَتْ تَخُدُّ الْأَرْضَ حَتَّى قَامَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَاسْتَشْهِدْهَا ثَلَاثًا فَشَهِدَتْ ثَلَاثًا أَنَّهُ كَمَا قَالَ ثُمَّ رجعتْ إِلى منبتِها. رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ

Translation

Ibn ‘Umar reported: We were traveling with the Prophet ﷺ when a Bedouin approached. As he came near, the Messenger of God ﷺ said to him, ‘Do you testify that there is no god but God alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger?’ He said, ‘Who will testify to what you say?’ He replied, ‘This acacia tree.’ The Messenger of God ﷺ called it while he was beside the valley. It came, furrowing the ground, until it stood before him. He asked it three times to testify, and three times it testified that he was as he had said. Then it returned to where it grew. [Al-Darimi transmitted it]