Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 7289 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Among

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among those who came before you there was a king who had a sorcerer. When the sorcerer grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, so send me a boy whom I may teach sorcery. So he handed a boy over to him, and he began teaching him sorcery. Between the king and the sorcerer there was a monk. The boy heard his words, and his manner and his words pleased him. So whenever he went to the sorcerer, he would sit with the monk, and when he came late to the sorcerer, he would beat him and say: What held you back? And when he returned to his family, he would sit with the monk, and when he went to his family, they would say: What holds you back? and they would beat him. He complained of this to the monk, and the monk said: When the sorcerer wants to beat you, say: My family held me back; and when your family want to beat you, say: The sorcerer held me back. He said: While he was in this state, one day he came upon a huge beast that had prevented the people from passing. He said: Today I will know whether the affair of the sorcerer is dearer to Allah or the affair of the monk. So he took a stone and said: In the name of Allah. O Allah, if the affair of the monk is dearer to You and better, then kill this beast. He threw it at it and killed it, and the people went on their way. This reached the monk, and he said: My son, you are better than me, and you will surely be put to trial; if you are put to trial, do not point them to me. The boy began to cure the blind and the leper and those with such ailments. The king had a companion who became blind. He heard of him and came to him with many gifts and said: Cure me, and all that is here is yours. He said: I do not cure anyone; only Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, cures. If you believe in Allah, He will cure you. So he believed in Him, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, cured him, and he recovered. Then the king seized the blind man and kept tormenting him until he pointed him to the boy. The king said to him: Do you have a lord other than me? He said: Yes, my Lord and your Lord is Allah. He kept tormenting him until he pointed him to the monk. He seized him with torment and said: Turn back from your religion. He refused, so he ordered a saw, and it was placed on the parting of his head and they split him apart. And he said to the blind man: Turn back from your religion. He refused, so he placed the saw on the parting of his head until his two halves fell to the ground. Then it was said to the boy: Turn back from your religion. He refused, so he sent him with a group of men to a mountain and said: Take him up such-and-such a mountain, and when you reach its summit, if he turns back from his religion (leave him), otherwise roll him down. He said: So they took him to the mountain, and when they reached its summit, the boy said: O Allah, suffice me against them however You will. The mountain shook with them and they all fell, and the boy came until he entered upon the king. He said: What happened to your companions? He said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sufficed me against them. So he sent him with a group of men in a boat and said: Take him to the sea, and when you reach the middle of the sea, if he turns back (well and good), otherwise drown him. They took him, and when they reached the deep sea, the boy said: O Allah, suffice me against them however You will. They all drowned, and the boy came. He said: What happened to your companions? He said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sufficed me against them. Then he said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I command you; if you do it, you will kill me. He said: What is it? He said: Gather the people on a single plain, then take an arrow from your quiver and say: 'In the name of Allah, the Lord of the boy,' then shoot me. If you do that, you will kill me. So he did so; he set the arrow and said: 'In the name of Allah, the Lord of the boy,' and the arrow struck him in his temple. The boy placed his hand on the place of the arrow, and the boy died. The people said: We believe in the Lord of the boy, three times. It was said to the king: Do you see what you used to fear? By Allah, it has befallen you: all the people have believed. So he had trenches dug at the entrances of the roads and said: Whoever turns back from his religion (leave him), otherwise push him into it."