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Some Authentic Narrations Wrt To Miracle of The Splitting of The Moon From The Seerah of The Prophet ﷺ. (Thread)
From The Quran:
(1)The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].(2)And if they(the polytheists) see a miracle, they turn away and say 'passing magic'. (Surah Al-Qamar)
(1)The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].(2)And if they(the polytheists) see a miracle, they turn away and say 'passing magic'. (Surah Al-Qamar)
Narrated Anas that, “The Makkan people requested Allah's Messenger ﷺ to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon”. (B 3637)
‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ood narrated that we were along with Allah's Messenger ﷺ at Mina, that moon was split up into two. One of its parts was behind the mountain and the other one was on this side of the mountain. Allah's Messengerﷺ said to us: Bear witness to this. (M 2800)
Ibn Mas’ood narrates that: "The moon was split in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,(but) the Quraysh said, “This is from the magic of Muhammad, let's wait to see what the travellers say, Muhammad can't trick everyone (by magic)",...
(contd.)...so when the travellers arrived, they said the same (and confirmed the splitting of the moon)". (Musnad Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi 1/38, also supported by a narration of Sunan At-Tirmidhi 3289, Sahih(Al-Albani)).
The narration of Musnad Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi was declared Sahih by Dr.Muhammad bin Hamd As-Suyani in 'Al-Ahadith As-Saheehah Fee As-Seerah An-Nabawiyyah' and by Sh.Alawi bin Abdul Qadir As-Saqqaf in 'Takhreej Ahadith wa Athaar Fi Kutub Dhilal Al-Quran.
Narrated Jubair bin Mut'im: So they said: 'Muhammad has cast a spell upon us.' Some of them said: 'If he could cast a spell upon us, he can not cast a spell upon all of the people.'" (A portion of At-Tirmidhi 3289)
The authentic narrations of Musnad Abu Dawud At-Tayalisi &Sunan At-Tirmidhi both clarify that the miracle of the moon splitting was not something that was only visible to the Makkan polytheists but also to the travellers outside Makkah& thus had to visible all around the world.
Note:The famously quoted story of the King of Malabar (Kerala, India)- Cheraman Perumal about whom it was said that he saw the moon split and accepted Islam by coming to The Prophet ﷺ , and that later he was named Tajuddeen-is an unauthentic narration. (Islamweb-249724)
Similarly the story of the King of Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh, India)- Sarbatak -that he saw the miracle of moon splitting -is not authentic. (Islamweb-249724)
In the next thread I'll mention some reasons why the incident of the moon splitting wasn't reported from any other place in the world. In Sha Allah.
