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.
Prophetic miracleProphetic confirmation signMoral warningProof against opponentsHistorical outcomeLater exegetical explanation
The Qur’an presents the staff of Prophet Moses as one of his clearest prophetic miracles. At the sacred call, his ordinary shepherd’s staff became a living, moving serpent by Allah’s command and was then restored to its former state. Later, before Pharaoh and in a deliberately public contest, the same sign overwhelmed the magicians’ visual deception, swallowed what they had fabricated, and led the expert magicians themselves to prostrate and believe. Their faith remained firm even when Pharaoh threatened mutilation and crucifixion.
Prophet Moses (Musa) · PER-000366 · Quran
Saintly karamahMercy or blessing
Al-Qushayri preserves an account in which Salim al-Maghribi asked Dhu al-Nun al-Misri, may Allah have mercy on him, what had led him to repentance. Dhu al-Nun described a journey from Egypt toward some villages, where he awoke in the desert and saw a blind lark fall from its nest. He then saw the earth split and two small vessels appear, one of gold and one of silver, containing sesame and water; the bird ate and drank from them. Dhu al-Nun said that the sight was enough to turn him toward repentance and that he remained at the door until Allah accepted him. Al-Dhahabi later preserved the same core story in his biography of Dhu al-Nun.
Dhu al-Nun al-Misri · PER-000450 · 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-Qushayri preserves a report from Ibrahim al-Khawwas, may Allah have mercy on him, about an unusual encounter with a wounded lion. The lion approached him with a swollen paw and placed it before him. Ibrahim treated the wound and bandaged it, after which the animal went away. A short time later the lion returned with two cubs, and the report says that the cubs brought bread for Ibrahim. The story is preserved in al-Risala al-Qushayriyya.
Ibrahim al-Khawwas · PER-000437 · Later manaqib accounts
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
Al-Dhahabi preserves a report from Abu Muhammad ibn al-Akhdar about Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah have mercy on him. Ibn al-Akhdar says that he used to visit the Shaykh in the middle of winter when the cold was severe. He saw him wearing only a shirt and a cap while people around him fanned him, and sweat came from his body as though he were in intense summer heat. The same winter observation is also preserved in al-Dhahabi’s Tarikh al-Islam.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Later manaqib accounts
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 asked him to convey his greeting. After the Shaykh’s gathering ended, Ahmad hesitated inwardly to hand over the gold because of the crowd. Before Ahmad voiced that concern, 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 · Later manaqib accounts
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 karamah
Siyar A'lam al-Nubala preserves an account attributed to Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah have mercy on him, from a time of turmoil in Baghdad when he intended to leave the city. Near Bab al-Halba, he heard a speaker whom he could not see and then fell after a reported push or blow. He was told not to continue leaving Baghdad but to return, because people would benefit from him. The story is presented here according to the account preserved in that classical source.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
Saintly karamah
Bahjat al-Asrar preserves a report attributed to Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani’s mother, Umm al-Khayr Fatima, that while he was an infant he did not nurse during the daylight hours of Ramadan. The report adds that on a day when the crescent had been obscured and people were uncertain whether Ramadan had begun, his refusal to nurse during the day was taken locally as a sign, and the day was later recognized as a day of Ramadan.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
Saintly karamahTrial
Ibn Rajab preserves a famous report transmitted through Musa, the son of Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, in which a luminous apparition appeared to Abd al-Qadir and claimed to be his Lord. It then told him that things forbidden by the divine law had been made lawful for him. Abd al-Qadir rejected the claim because it contradicted the revealed law and identified the experience as satanic deception.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Early history
