The miracle of lice was also manifested in the case
of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). When the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) declared
his prophethood in Medina and his position strengthened, one day His Eminence
(s.a.w.a.) was giving a discourse about how Allah had taken the trial of His
apostles to see whether they remained patient in calamities. He mentioned that
between the Rukn and Maqam are buried seventy prophets who died of hunger and
lice. The Jews, hypocrites and the wicked Quraish heard this and decidedamong themselves that they will eliminate the
Prophet and join him with those prophets so that he may not continue to
fabricate such things. So they decided that when they find him alone outside
Medina, they would surround him and finish him off. They were two hundred men
who had devised this plot. One day His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) went alone out of
Medina and they followed him. Suddenly one of them saw lice on his clothes and
on account of this he began to scratch his body and back. He felt ashamed of
his companions
and went away from them. One by one, the same thing
happened with each and everyone and they all went away. After that, the lice
increased beyond limits, their throats choked and they could not even eat and
drink, and they died within a period of two months. Some died within five days
and some in ten, some in less and some in more; but none lived for more than
two months. On account of the scourge of lice and hunger they were all destroyed.
This lice were sent by Allah as a divine sign on the enemies of His Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
(Hayaat
al-Qoolub of Allamah Mohammad Baqir
Majlisi, pg. 245)
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