Browse approved accounts by category and verified person-registry attribution, with evidence levels and original sources. Prophetic miracles, karamat, historical accounts, and modern claims remain terminologically distinct.
Saintly karamahMoral warningMercy or blessingHistorical outcomeLater exegetical explanation
The Qur’an recounts an extraordinary moment in the story of Prophet Sulaiman and the Queen of Saba. Sulaiman asked his assembly who could bring her throne before her party arrived in submission. An ifrit from the jinn offered to bring it before Sulaiman rose from his place. Then an unnamed person described only as one who had knowledge from the Book promised to bring it before Sulaiman’s glance returned—and the throne was seen settled before him. The Qur’an does not name this person; major classical tafsir commonly identifies him as the righteous Asif ibn Barkhiya.
The person with knowledge of the Book (unnamed) · PER-000375 · Quran
Saintly karamahAccepted prayer
Al-Lalaka'i preserves a classical report in which an unnamed man falsely claimed that Habib al-Ajami owed him three hundred dirhams. Habib did not argue publicly with him; he asked him to return, performed ablution and prayer, and made a conditional supplication that the truth be made clear. The report says the claimant was then brought back afflicted on one side, confessed that the debt was invented to embarrass Habib into paying him, promised not to repeat the act, and after Habib prayed for his well-being stood up restored.
Habib al-Ajami · PER-000426 · Early history
Saintly karamah
A named account preserved by Ibn al-Sabbagh from al-Shadhili’s son Sharaf al-Din describes the saint’s final pilgrimage journey and last night at Humaythira. When al-Shadhili asked for water from the local brackish well, he drank from it and had the remaining water returned; his son reports that the well then became sweeter and more abundant. That same night al-Shadhili remained in remembrance of God until before dawn, when he died and was buried at Humaythira.
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili · PER-000438 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Al-Qushayri transmits through a named chain that Ibrahim al-Khawwas became so thirsty during a journey that he collapsed. When water touched his face and he opened his eyes, he saw a handsome rider who gave him water and took him behind him on his mount. After only a short time Madinah was visible, and the rider told him to convey greetings to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, identifying himself in that message as al-Khidr.
Ibrahim al-Khawwas · PER-000437 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Several classical biographical works preserve a striking one-line report about Ibrahim ibn Adham: he was said to pluck ripe dates from oak trees. Research shows that the wording is older than Abu Nu'aym's Hilya and already appears in Ibn Abi al-Dunya, who identifies the narrator as Abu al-Nadr al-Harith ibn al-Nu'man. Ibn Asakir and al-Dhahabi later preserve the same substance. The wording is genuinely classical, but its chain is materially disputed and the report provides no time, place, or eyewitness scene.
Ibrahim ibn Adham · PER-000430 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Al-Qushayri preserves a report from Hamid al-Aswad that during a night journey in the wilderness a lion or wild beast approached, so Hamid climbed a tree while Ibrahim al-Khawwas remained asleep. The animal came close, sniffed him from head to foot and left without harming him. The next night, a tiny bug bit Ibrahim and he groaned; when Hamid wondered at the contrast, Ibrahim explained that the first night he had been in a state “with God,” while the second he was “with himself.”
Ibrahim al-Khawwas · PER-000437 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya preserves a report from Ibrahim al-Khawwas in which a wounded lion approached him and placed its swollen paw before him for treatment. Ibrahim tended the wound, and after a short interval the lion returned with two cubs; the report says the cubs brought bread. The account is preserved through a named chain, though no formal grading for the complete chain is supplied here.
Ibrahim al-Khawwas · PER-000437 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Al-Qushayri attributes to Abu Bakr al-Shibli that he once resolved to eat only lawful food. While wandering in the wilderness, he saw a fig tree and reached for its fruit. The tree is reported to have called to him, reminding him to guard his covenant and saying that it belonged to a Jewish owner. The heart of the story is the warning at the exact moment al-Shibli was about to act against his own pledge.
Abu Bakr al-Shibli · PER-000455 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Al-Qushayri attributes to Ibrahim al-Khawwas that during a night journey toward Mecca he entered a ruined place and suddenly encountered a large lion. He became afraid, then heard an unseen voice telling him to stand firm because seventy thousand angels were around him guarding him. Classical biographies describe al-Khawwas as a traveler famous for tawakkul and repeated journeys to Mecca, giving the episode a clear setting within his life.
Ibrahim al-Khawwas · PER-000437 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Ahmad ibn Zafar, grandson of the vizier Ibn Hubayra, reports that his grandfather gave him gold to present to Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani and sent a greeting with him. After the Shaykh’s gathering ended, Ahmad hesitated to hand over the gold because of the crowd. Before Ahmad voiced that hesitation, the Shaykh told him to give what he had with him and not worry about the people. Ahmad says he obeyed and left astonished.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Ibn Rajab preserves a named written report through Safi al-Din Abd al-Mu’min, Abd al-Samad ibn Abi al-Jaysh, and Ahmad ibn Muti al-Bajisra’i. Ahmad relates that after Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani rebuked him, the Shaykh later said he had seen the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in a dream, where he was admonished three times that he was a teacher of good and should not be irritable. He then resumed teaching Ahmad.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
Saintly karamahHistorical outcome
Siyar al-A‘lam al-Nubala preserves a self-report attributed to Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani through material associated with Ibn al-Najjar and Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Jubba‘i. While leaving Baghdad because of turmoil, he is reported to have reached Bab al-Halba, heard a speaker he could not see, been pushed so that he fell, and been ordered to return because people would benefit from him. The account is historically reportable as a classical self-report, but it should be presented with caution rather than as an independently verified miracle.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
