Bayhaqi's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa — the moon's splitting

دلائل النبوة للبيهيقي — انشقاق القمر

Al-Bayhaqi opens his Meccan proofs with the polytheists' demand for a sign: on the authority of Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him) the people of Mecca asked the Prophet ﷺ to show them a sign and he showed them the moon splitting in two, twice. He notes that al-Bukhari and Muslim both transmit it through Yunus ibn Muhammad, adds the Ibn Mas'ud report that the moon split in two in the Prophet's time, and frames the verse on the moon's splitting as a standing proof of the mission.

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«إن أهل مكة سألوا رسول الله أن يريهم آية فأراهم انشقاق القمر مرتين»

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Part of: Dalail al-Nubuwwa
Mentions: Muhammad

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Dalail al-Nubuwwa — al-Bayhaqi

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Bayhaqi's Dala'il — the palm trunk's lament

The Prophet used to preach facing a palm trunk until a minbar was made for him; the trunk then wailed and wept until its cry was heard, and he came down and embraced it — it was said to weep for no longer hearing the remembrance at its side. Another chain has the trunk crack and split as he passed it, until he touched it and it fell silent; Ubayy ibn Ka'b kept it in his house until worms consumed it. Al-Shafi'i summed it: God gave no prophet what He gave Muhammad — the trunk that wailed when the minbar was set for him.