The miracle of Isa (a.s.) of curing
the born blind and leper was emulated in the case of His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) and
it is reported that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) was in Mecca , when some polytheists came and said: O
Muhammad, our god is Hubal, he cures the sick, delivers the dead and heals our
wounds. His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) said: You lie. Hubal is not doing anything. On
the contrary, Allah treats whatever He likes. The polytheists did not like to
hear this. They said: O Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) we are afraid that Hubal would
involve you in paralysis, leprosy and many other diseases for making a claim
against him. His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) said: He is helpless and unable to do anything.
But yes, Almighty Allah is Omnipotent. He does whatever He likes.
The polytheists said: O Muhammad! Request your god whom you
worship, and if there is no god except Him, to involve us in the above diseases.
Then we will go to Hubal and request him to relieve us from this disease. So
that you may know that Hubal is a partner of your god whom you point to. At
that time Jibraeel Amin (a.s.) appeared and said: O Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.a.)
imprecate for some of them and Ali may do for some others. His Eminence
(s.a.w.a.) imprecated for twenty and Ali for ten person. They hardly reached
their homes when they were struck with leprosy, paralysis and blindness. Their
hands and feet separated from their bodies and except for their tongues and
ears, no part of their bodies remained free of disease. When this happened, they
were taken to Hubal and he was requested to give them health. They said: These
people fell into this because of the imprecation of Muhammad and Ali, so please
cure them. By the power of Allah, Hubal spoke up: O enemies of Allah! I am
unable to do anything. I swear by One Who appointed Muhammad to all creation and
made him excel all prophets and apostles. If he imprecates for me also, each
and every part of my body will break into small pieces and fly away in air and
my sign will not be seen. If Allah does this for me, my greatest part will be
smaller than one-hundredth of a rye seed. When the polytheists heard this from Hubal,
they came to the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) helplessly, weeping and wailing and saying:
All our hopes are dashed and no one can help us except you. Help us and pray to
Allah to cure our men. They will never harm you in the future. His Eminence
(s.a.w.a.) said: They will become healthy just as they became ill. I am
responsible for twenty of them and ten are Ali’s responsibility.
They brought twenty sick persons to the Prophet and ten to
Ali (a.s.). His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) told those twenty men to close their eyes
and pray as follows: O Allah, for the sake of the status of this person, for
whom You involved us in diseases, now for the sake of Muhammad and Ali (a.s.)
and their purified progeny, cure us of these diseases and give us health. In
the same way, Ali (a.s.) asked the ten persons and they did as told, and the
very moment they became healthy and stood up as if freed from a rope and no
sign of disease as left and they became healthier than what they were before
falling in that trouble. All the thirty men and a few friends of theirs
accepted Islam while others were overpowered by wickedness.
(Hayaat al-Qoolub of Allamah Mohammad Baqir Majlisi, pg. 244)
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