As narrated by ‘Abbas رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ , he once said,

O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ! Signs of your Prophethood are what drew me towards accepting your faith.  (In your childhood) I saw you speaking to the moon in your cradle and pointing your finger towards it. Wherever you pointed, the moon would follow.

The final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied: “I would speak to the moon, and it would speak with me. It would divert my attention that I may not cry, and when it prostrated under the ‘Arsh, I could hear the sound of its tasbīh.”

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

When the sun set, and rose again

At a place named Sahba (صہبا) located near Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم performed ‘Asr salah and began to sleep with his blessed head in the lap of ‘Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ . During this time, he began to receive revelation. 

‘Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ kept sitting with the blessed head of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in his lap. This continued until sunset. Upon awakening, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم found ‘Ali رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ had missed ‘Asr salah.

The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم began to make du’a: “O Allah! Undoubtedly, ‘Ali was obeying You and Your Messenger. Turn back the sun so that he may offer his ‘Asr salah.”

Lady Asma bint ‘Umays رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا describes this miraculous incident: “With my own eyes, I saw the sun rise back into sky. Its sunshine spread onto hills, mountaintops and across the Earth.”^[1]