Miracle 17: The Water of the Euphrates

It is narrated from Hazrat Imam Mohammed Baqir (a.s.),

‘The people of Kufa complained to Imam Ali (a.s.) of the increase in water level of Euphrates, so he (a.s.) and Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) rode and paused at the Euphrates, while the water had risen over its sides. He (a.s.) struck it with a cane of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and it reduced by a cubit, and he (a.s.) hit it again, and it reduced by two cubits.

They said, ‘O Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)! If you could increase (the miracle) for us’. He (a.s.) said: ‘I asked Allah, the Almighty, so He Granted me what you saw, and I dislike it that I should become an insisting servant’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 112, Trad 3 ↩