Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5926
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: بِمَا أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ؟ قَالَ: «إِنْ دَعَوْتَ هَذَا الْعِذْقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ النَّخْلَةِ يَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ» فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْزِلُ مِنَ النَّخْلَةِ حَتَّى سَقَطَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ارْجِعْ» فَعَادَ فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَصَححهُ
Ibn ‘Abbas reported: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, ‘How can I know that you are a Prophet?’ He replied, ‘If I call this cluster of dates from that palm, it will testify that I am the Messenger of God.’ The Messenger of God ﷺ called it, and it descended from the palm until it fell before him. Then he said, ‘Return.’ It went back. The Bedouin accepted Islam. [Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it and graded it sound]