Third example: The following relates three instances of another miracle resembling those of Moses' whitened hand and staff.

First: Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal relates on Abu Sa'id al-Khudri's authority and verifies that God's Messenger gave Qatada ibn Nu'man a stick on a dark rainy night, saying: "This stick will light your surroundings as far as 7 meters. When you get home, you will see a black shadow that is Satan. Drive him away from your home." Qatada left with the stick, which was emitting light like the Moses' whitened hand. When he arrived home, he found the person described and drove him away.[4]

Second: During the Battle of Badr, which was a source of wonders, Ukkasha ibn Mihsan al-Asad broke his sword while fighting the polytheists. God's Messenger replaced his broken sword with a stick and told him to continue fighting. Suddenly, by God's power and permission, the stick changed into a long white sword. He fought with it and kept it with him until he was martyred during the Battle of Yamama.[5] This incident is indisputable, for Ukkasha was so proud of that sword that throughout his life it was widely known as "the aid."

Third: Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, one of the most brilliant scholars of his time, relates and verifies that 'Abdullah ibn Jahsh, a cousin of God's Messenger, broke his sword during the Battle of Uhud. The Messenger gave him a stick, which then became a sword in his hand. Ibn Jahsh fought with it, and that miracle remained a sword after the battle.[6] Years later, as reported by Ibn Sayyid al-Nas in his biography of the Prophet, it was sold to Buqhai Turki for 200 dirhams.[7]

[4]] Majma' al-Zawa'id, 2:166, related by Ibn Hanbal, Ibn Khuzayma, and Hakim.

[5] Sira ibn Hisham, 1:637; Bayhaqi, 4:97; Ibn al-Jawzi, Zad al-Ma'ad, 3:186.

[6] Isti'ab, 3:879; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 4583; also related by Bayhaqi.

[7] 'Uyun al-Athar, 2:20; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 4583.