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.
Historical accountMercy or blessing
Al-Qushayri preserves a named-chain report in which Salim al-Maghribi asks Dhu al-Nun al-Misri what caused his repentance. Dhu al-Nun says that while traveling from Egypt toward some villages he slept in the desert and awoke to see a blind lark fall from its nest. He reports that the earth split and two small vessels appeared, one of gold and one of silver, containing sesame and water. After seeing the bird eat and drink, he said that this was enough for him, repented, and remained committed until Allah accepted him.
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-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
Historical account
The Baghdadi hadith scholar Abu Muhammad ibn al-Akhdar relates that he used to visit Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in the middle of winter, when the cold was severe. He describes the Shaykh wearing only one shirt and a cap, while people around him fanned him and sweat came from his body as though he were in intense heat. The named witness was a respected contemporary transmitter, making the report more substantial than an anonymous later tale.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · 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
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
Saintly karamahAccepted prayerTrial
A detailed supplied manaqib account relates that Hammad al-Dabbas tested Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in 499 AH by pushing him into freezing river water. Thirty years later, during a prolonged stay at Hammad’s grave in al-Shuniziyya, the report describes forgiveness, prayer for Hammad’s right hand, the amen of five thousand awliya, restoration of the hand and a handshake, followed by separate confirmations attributed to Yusuf al-Hamadhani and Abd al-Rahman al-Kurdi.
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · PER-000398 · Later manaqib accounts
