Mengenai malam sebelum Perang Badar, ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb berkata, “Nabi ﷺ menunjukkan kepada kami tempat-tempat di mana mereka [musuh] di Badar akan mati. Beliau meletakkan tangannya di suatu tempat di tanah dan berkata, ‘Di sini si fulan akan mati besok, insya Allah, dan di sini si fulan akan mati.’ Demi Dzat yang mengutusnya dengan kebenaran, tidak ada seorang pun dari mereka yang tewas di tempat lain selain tepat di tempat yang tersentuh tangan Nabi ﷺ.”276

Regarding the night prior to the Battle of Badr, ‘Umar ibn al- Khaṭṭ āb  said, “The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم showed us where those [enemies] at Badr would die. He would place his hand somewhere on the ground and say, ‘This is where so-and-so will die tomorrow, by God’s will, and this is where so-and-so will die.’ I swear by the One who sent him with the Truth, none of them fell anywhere other than exactly where the Prophet’s hand had touched.”276

Anas ibn Mālik meriwayatkan bahwa ketika Perang Mu’tah sedang berlangsung di Yordania, Nabi ﷺ memberitahukan kepada penduduk Madinah tentang gugurnya Zayd ibn Ḥārithah, Ja‘far ibn Abī Ṭālib, dan ‘Abdullāh ibn Rawāḥah. Meskipun mereka berada sejauh 600 mil, Nabi ﷺ bersabda, “Zayd mengambil bendera (sebagai panglima) lalu ia gugur, kemudian Ja‘far mengambil bendera lalu ia gugur, kemudian Ibn Rawāḥah mengambil bendera lalu ia gugur.” Anas menggambarkan bahwa ketika Nabi ﷺ menyampaikan hal ini kepada mereka, “kedua matanya meneteskan air mata.” Beliau ﷺ melanjutkan, “Kemudian bendera diambil oleh salah satu pedang Allah (Khālid ibn al-Walīd), dan Allah memberinya kemenangan.”277 Pasukan itu akhirnya kembali ke Madinah, dengan kesaksian para saksi mata yang sesuai persis dengan apa yang telah digambarkan oleh Nabi ﷺ.

Anas ibn Mālik  reported that, as the Battle of Mu’tah was taking place in Jordan, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم informed the people in Madinah of the martyrdom of Zayd ibn Ḥārithah, Ja‘far ibn Abī Ṭālib, and ‘Abdullāh ibn Rawāḥah. Even though they were 600 miles away, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Zayd took the flag (as commander) and was killed, then Ja‘far took the flag and was killed, then Ibn Rawāḥah took the flag and was killed.” Anas describes that as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was telling them this, “his eyes were shedding tears.” He صلى الله عليه وسلم continued, “Then the flag was taken by one of God’s swords (Khālid ibn al-Walīd), and Allah made him victorious.”277 That army eventually returned to Madinah, with eyewitness accounts that matched exactly what the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had described.

Abū Ḥumayd al-Sā‘idī berkata, "Ketika kami sampai di Tabūk, Nabi ﷺ bersabda, 'Malam ini akan ada angin kencang, maka janganlah seorang pun berdiri, dan siapa yang memiliki unta hendaklah ia mengikatnya.' Kami pun mengikat unta-unta kami. Lalu pada malam itu benar-benar bertiup angin kencang, dan seorang laki-laki berdiri, sehingga ia terhempas hingga ke sebuah gunung yang disebut Ṭay'."278

Abū Ḥumayd al-Sā‘idī  said, “When we reached Tabūk, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, ‘There will be a strong wind tonight and so no one should stand and whoever has a camel should fasten it.’ We fastened our camels, and then a strong wind did in fact blow at night, and a man stood up and was consequently blown away to a mountain called Ṭay’.”278

Sahl bin Sa‘d meriwayatkan bahwa ketika Nabi ﷺ dan para Sahabatnya kembali ke perkemahan setelah sehari berperang, beliau mendengar orang-orang memuji keberanian seorang laki-laki yang “mengalahkan setiap musuh yang menghadapinya; tidak ada yang melebihinya hari ini.” Mengejutkan mereka yang hadir, Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, “Bahkan, dia akan berada di Neraka.” Seorang laki-laki berkata, “Aku akan membuntutinya,” dan ia mengikuti laki-laki itu di setiap langkahnya. Tak lama kemudian, laki-laki ini datang kepada Nabi ﷺ dan berkata, “Aku bersaksi bahwa engkau benar-benar Rasulullah!” Beliau ﷺ bertanya, “Mengapa [engkau mengatakan] itu?” Ia menjawab, “Orang-orang terkejut ketika engkau mengatakan bahwa laki-laki ini akan berada di Neraka, maka aku mengikutinya hingga ia terluka parah dan ingin mempercepat kematiannya. Ia meletakkan gagang pedangnya di tanah dan ujungnya di antara dadanya, lalu ia bersandar padanya dan membunuh dirinya sendiri.” Menjelaskan bahwa dosa besar ini menjadi tanda adanya keikhlasan yang tidak tampak bagi orang lain sebelumnya, Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, “Sungguh, seseorang mungkin melakukan amalan ahli Surga, menurut apa yang tampak bagi manusia, padahal pada hakikatnya ia termasuk penghuni Neraka. Dan seseorang mungkin melakukan amalan ahli Neraka, menurut apa yang tampak bagi manusia, padahal pada hakikatnya ia termasuk penghuni Surga.”279

Sahl ibn Sa‘d  reports that as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and his Companions returned to camp after a day of battle, he overheard people celebrating the valor of a man “who vanquished every enemy that faced him; none outdid him today.” To the shock of those present, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Rather, he will be in the Hellfire.” One man said, “I will shadow him,” and closely followed him at every turn. Soon thereafter, this man came to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and said, “I testify that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah!” He صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Why [do you say] that?” He said, “The people were astounded when you said this man would be in the Hellfire, so I followed him until he was badly wounded and sought to hasten his death. He placed the handle of his sword on the ground and its tip between his chest, then leaned on it and killed himself.” Explaining that this mortal sin was an indicator of prior insincerity undetected by others, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said, “Certainly, a man may perform the deeds of the people of Paradise, in terms of what is apparent to the people, while in reality he is among the people of the Hellfire. And a man may perform the deeds of the people of the Hellfire, in terms of what is apparent to the people, while in reality he is among the people of Paradise.”279