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 isno 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. 241 -
242)
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