Hazrat Abu Zar Ghifaari (Allaah be pleased with him) narrates, that my brother Anees said to me, I have some work in Makkah Mukarramah. You can take care of the goats, he said this and went away.

After sometimes he came back, then he proclaimed, I have met a person in Makkah who says that, he is the Prophet of Allaah.

I inquired what do the people say about him? Anees replied, that the people say, he is a poet, is a soothsayer [Kaahin], is a magician, then he started saying, Allaah’s oath!

I have heard the words of the soothsayer [Kaahin], his speech is not the speech of soothsayer. Allaah’s oath I have compared his speech with all forms of poetry, but no one will say this even after me that his speech is poetry. Allaah’s oath, he is truthful and those people who call him a poet etc., they are liars.

(Muslim Shareef, Kitaab ul Fazaail: 6359, Dalaailun Nubuwwat, pg. 208, Subulal Hudaa, vol-2, pg. 314)

Excerpt from the Book ‘Zikr e Jameel’ by Hazrat Maulana Muhammad Shafee Okarvi [Rahmatul Laah Alaieh]