Hadith 31

d my word would not be accepted from me that he-asws has offended against me’. Ali-asws smiled and said: ‘O servant of Allah-azwj! I-asws as healthy as I-asws was (physically now). It did not harm me-asws what you claimed that it has poison, so close your eyes’. He closed. Then he-asws said: ‘Open your eyes’. He opened, and looked at the face of Ali-asws, and he-asws was white, red, unblemished redness. The man trembled from what he saw, and Ali-asws smiled and said: ‘Where is the paleness which you claimed that it is with me-asws? ’ So, the man said, ‘By Allah-azwj! It isn’t what I saw before. You-asws were pale, and now you-asws are rosy’. Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws said: ‘The paleness has declined from me-asws due to your poison which you claimed that it would kill me-asws. And as for these two legs of mine-asws’ – and he-asws extended his-asws left and uncovered from his-asws leg – ‘So you-asws are claiming that I-asws am needy to be kind to my-asws body, in carrying what I carry from the load upon it, it might break the two legs, and I-asws will (now) show you that the medicine of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic is different to your medicine’ – and he-asws struck his-asws hand at a large wooden pillar, upon its top was the ceiling sitting on it in which he-asws was, and above it were two rooms (storeys), one of them above the other – and he-asws moved it and carried it, and the ceiling and the walls raised, and above them were the two rooms (storeys), and there was faintness upon the Greek (physician). Amir-Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Pour water upon him! ’ So, they poured water upon him, and he awoke, and he was saying, ‘By Allah-azwj, I have not seen wonders like today’. Ali-asws said to him: ‘This is the strength of the two thin legs and their carrying (capacity). Where is this medicine of your (now), O Greek? ’ The Greek said, ‘Similar to you-asws was Muhammad-saww’. Ali-asws said: ‘And my-asws knowledge is (in) fact from his-saww knowledge, and my-asws intellect is in fact from his-saww intellect, and my-asws strength but from his-saww strength? A Saqafy (man) who was a physician of the Arabs, came to him-saww and said to him-saww, ‘If there was insanity with you-saww, I can cure you-saww’. Muhammad-saww said to him: ‘Would you like me-saww to show you a sign by which you can know my-saww needlessness from your medicine, and your need to my-saww medicine? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-saww said: ‘Which sign do you want? ’ He said, ‘Call that bunch’ – and he-saww gestured towards a distant palm tree. He-saww called it, and it uprooted itself from the ground – and it was grooving in