Hadith 13

of yours? ’
Ammar–ra said, ‘Yes. By Allah-azwj, Who, there is no god except Him, Sending Him-azwj with the Truth! Him-azwj has enumerated to me–ra from the merits and the wisdom what he–saww made me–ra to recognise from his–saww Prophet-hood, and made me–ra to understand from the merits of his–saww brother–asws, and his–saww successor–asws, and his–saww elite, and the best one to replace him–saww from after him–saww, and the submission to his–asws offspring, the goodly, the Chosen ones–asws. And he–saww has instructed me with the supplication by them–asws during my–ra difficulties, and my–ra worries, and my–ra needs. And he–saww promised me–ra that he–saww would not instruct me–ra with anything – so Ira would believe in it, being in his–saww obedience – except that Ira would accomplish it, even if he–saww were to order me–ra to drop the sky to the earth, or raise the earths to the skies, my–ra Lord–azwj would strengthen my–ra body with these two thin legs of mine’. The Jew said, ‘Never! By Allah-azwj, O Ammar–ra! Him-azwj is less in the Presence of Allah-azwj than that, and you–ra are more humble in the Presence of Allah-azwj and the presence of Him-azwj than that. No, and you are not even (able to lift) a rock wherein are forty of us (are sitting upon it)’. Ammar–ra stood up from him and said, ‘Ira have delivered to you the proof of my–ra Lord–azwj and advised to you, but, you are averse to the advice’. And he–ra came over to Rasool-Allah–saww. Rasool-Allah–saww said to him–ra: ‘O Ammar! The news of both of you–ra has been transmitted to me–saww. As for Huzeyfa–ra, so he fled with his–ra Religion, from the Him-azwj and his–la friends, therefore he–ra is from the righteous servants of Allah-azwj. And as for you–ra, O Ammar–ra! You–ra have defended on behalf of the Religion of Allah-azwj, and advised for Him-azwj, Rasool–saww of Allah-azwj, therefore you are from the fighters in the Way of Allah-azwj, the meritorious ones’. While Rasool-Allah–saww and Ammar–ra were discussing, the Jews came over, those who had spoken to him–ra, and they said, ‘O Him-azwj! This companion of yours–saww is claiming that you–saww were to instruct him–ra to raise the earth to the sky, or drop the sky to the earth, and he believes, being in your–saww obedience, and determines upon the submission to you–saww – Allah-azwj would Assist him upon it. And we are reducing from you–saww and from him–ra upon what he is below that. If you–saww were a Prophet–saww, then it would convince us if Ammar–ra would carry with the thin legs of his, this rock’. And the rock was standing there in front of the Prophet–saww at the back part of Al-Medina. Two hundred men had gathered upon it, in order to move it, but they were not able to. They said to him–saww, ‘O Him-azwj! If he–ra wishes to carry it, he–ra would not be able to (even) move it, and if he–ra were to carry that upon him, it would break his–ra legs, and his–ra body would be crushed’. Rasool-Allah–saww said: ‘Do not belittle his–ra legs, for they would be heavier in the scale of his–