Fresh Dates from dried tree

Miracles of Masoomeen
Sulaiman bin Khalid said:
I and Abu Abdullah Balkhi were present in the company of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.). His Eminence said to a dry date palm, which dropped to the ground:

“O tree, give us to eat what Almighty Allah has given you.”

Sulaiman says: “Suddenly, fresh dates of different colors dropped from that dried tree and we ate from it to satiation.” Balkhi said: “May I be sacrificed on you this is like the story of Lady Maryam.”


(Isbaatul Wilayah of Ayatullah Haaj Shaykh Ali Namazi Shahroodi (r.a.) Section Nine: Obedience of trees and plants to the Prophet and Imams (a.s.), Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 47, p. 76)

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