Each miracle related below was transmitted through various—sometimes as many as 16—channels. Most took place before large groups and were narrated by many persons of truth and good repute. For example, one of the people fed with four handfuls of food relates the incident while the rest remain silent (i.e., they do not contradict him). Their silence indicates agreement. This is especially true for the truthful, straightforward, and honest Companions who reject and oppose all falsehood. The incidents given below are narrated by many people and confirmed by the witnesses' silence, thus making each incident definite to the degree of tawatur in meaning.

Moreover, history books and biographies of the Prophet record that the Companions, next to preserving the Qur'an and its verses, did their best to record and preserve the Messenger's deeds and words, especially those concerning miracles and Divine Commands, and to confirm their authenticity. They never neglected even an apparently insignificant act or state of the Prophet, as confirmed by the books of Tradition.

While the Prophet was alive, the miracles and Traditions forming the basis of religious injunctions were written down by many Companions, especially the "Seven 'Abdullahs," notably 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (the "Interpreter of the Qur'an") and 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al‑'As. Some or years later, thousands of Tabi'un researchers recorded these, and later on the four imams of Islamic jurisprudence and thousands of discerning Traditionists also would write them down and transmit them.

Two centuries after the Prophet's migration, the compilers of the six esteemed and most authentic books of Traditions, at the head of whom are Imam al‑Bukhari and Imam Muslim, shouldered the task of preserving the Traditions. In the meantime, meticulous critics identified false reports produced by heretics or careless and ignorant people. In later centuries, Traditions continued to be distinguished from fabrications and distortions by people of profound learning and such meticulous researchers as Ibn al‑Jawzi and Jalal al‑Din al‑Suyuti, who was honored many times while awake with the presence and conversation of God's Messenger, as confirmed by those of spiritual realization.

Thus the miracles cited below come down to us through numerous safe and trustworthy hands, for which we thank God, since this is by His grace. No one has the right to doubt their authenticity. Examples of authentically narrated miracles concerning the Prophet's increasing of food through his blessing are as follows: