"كان ملك فيمن كان قبلكم وكان له ساحر فلما كبر قال للملك: إني قد كبرت فابعث إلي غلاما أعلمه السحر فبعث إليه غلاما يعلمه فكان في طريقه إذا سلك راهب فقعد إليه وسمع كلامه، فأعجبه، فكان إذا أتى الساحر مر بالراهب وقعد إليه فإذا أتى الساحر ضربه فشكا ذلك إلى الراهب فقال: إذا جئت الساحر فقل: حبسني أهلي وإذا جئت أهلك فقل: حبسني الساحر، فبينما هوكذلك إذ أتى على دابة عظيمة قد حبست الناس فقال: اليوم أعلم الساحر أفضل أم الراهب؟ فأخذ حجرا فقال: اللهم إن كان أمر الراهب أحب إليك من أمر الساحر فاقتل هذه الدابة حتى يمضي الناس فرماها فقتلها ومضى الناس، فأتى الراهب فأخبره فقال له الراهب: أي بني أنت اليوم أفضل مني قد بلغ من أمرك ما أرى وإنك ستبتلى فلا تدل علي، وكان الغلام يبرئ الأكمه والأبرص ويدأوي الناس من سائر الأدواء فسمع جليس للملك كان قد عمي فأتاه بهدايا كثيرة فقال: ما هاهنا أجمع لك إن أنت شفيتني قال: إني لا أشفي أحد إنما يشفي الله عز وجل فإن آمنت بالله دعوت الله فشفاك فآمن بالله فشفاه الله، فأتى الملك فجلس إليه كما كان يجلس فقال له الملك: من رد عليك بصرك؟ قال: ربي قال: ولك رب غيري؟ قال: ربي وربك الله فأخذه فلم يزل يعذبه حتى دل على الغلام فجيء بالغلام فقال له الملك: أي بني قد بلغ من سحرك ما يبرئ الأكمه والأبرص وتفعل وتفعل! فقال: إني لا أشفي أحدا إنما يشفي الله عز وجل، فأخذه فلم يزل يعذبه حتى دل على الراهب فجيء بالراهب فقيل له: ارجع عن دينك فأبى فدعا بالمنشار فوضع المنشار على مفرق رأسه فشقه به حتى وقع شقاه ثم جيء بجليس الملك فقيل له: ارجع عن دينك فأبى فوضع المنشار في مفرق رأسه فشقه حتى وقع شقاه ثم جيء بالغلام فقيل له: ارجع عن دينك فأبى فدفعه إلى نفر من أصحابه فقال: اذهبوا به إلى جبل كذا وكذا فاصعدوا به الجبل فإذا بلغتم به ذروته فإن رجع عن دينه وإلا فاطرحوه، فذهبوا به فصعدوا به الجبل فقال: اللهم اكفنيهم بما شئت فرجف بهم الجبل فسقطوا وجاء يمشي إلى الملك فقال له الملك: ما فعل أصحابك؟ فقال: كفانيهم الله فدفعه إلى نفر من أصحابه فقال: اذهبوا به فاحملوه في قرقور فتوسطوا به البحر فإن رجع عن دينه وإلا فاقذفوه فذهبوا به فقال: اللهم اكفنيهم بما شئت فانكفأت بهم السفينة فغرقوا وجاء يمشي إلى الملك فقال له الملك: ما فعل أصحابك؟ فقال: كفانيهم الله، فقال للملك: إنك لست بقاتلي حتى تفعل ما آمرك به! قال: وما هو؟ قال: تجمع الناس في صعيد واحد وتصلبني على جذع ثم خذ سهما من كنانتي ثم ضع السهم في كبد القوس ثم قل: بسم الله رب الغلام ثم ارم فإنك إذا فعلت ذلك قتلتني، فجمع الناس في صعيد واحد وصلبه على جذع ثم أخذ سهما من كنانته ثم وضع السهم في كبد القوس ثم قال: بسم الله رب الغلام ثم رماه فوقع السهم في صدغه فوضع يده في صدغه موضع السهم فمات، فقال الناس: آمنا برب الغلام، آمنا برب الغلام آمنا برب الغلام فأتى الملك فقيل له: أرأيت ما كنت تحذر؟ قد والله نزل بك حذرك قد آمن الناس! فأمر بالأخدود بأفواه السكك فخدت وأضرم النيران وقال: من لم يرجع عن دينه فأقحموه فيها ففعلوا حتى جاءت امرأة ومعها صبي لها فتقاعست أن تقع فيها فقال لها الغلام: يا أمه اصبري فإنك على الحق "
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Among the people before you there was a king who had a sorcerer. When he grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, so send me a boy so that I may teach him sorcery. So the king sent him a boy for him to teach. On the boy's way there lived a monk; he would sit with him and listen to his words, and he came to like them. So whenever he went to the sorcerer, he would pass by the monk and sit with him, and when he reached the sorcerer, the sorcerer would beat him. He complained about this to the monk, and the monk said: When you go to the sorcerer, say: My family held me back; and when you go to your family, say: The sorcerer held me back. While he was in this state, a huge beast suddenly came and blocked the people's way. He said: Today I will know whether the sorcerer is better or the monk. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if the monk's way is more beloved to You than the sorcerer's way, then kill this beast so that the people may pass. He threw the stone, the beast died, and the people passed. He came to the monk and told him, and the monk said: My son, today you are better than me. Your affair has reached the level that I see, and you will surely be tested, so do not tell anyone where I am. The boy would cure the one born blind and the leper, and heal people of other diseases as well. A companion of the king who had become blind heard of this, and he came to him with many gifts and said: All this is yours if you cure me. The boy said: I do not cure anyone; only Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, cures. If you believe in Allah, I will pray to Allah and He will cure you. So he believed in Allah, and Allah cured him. Then he came to the king and sat with him as he used to sit before. The king asked him: Who restored your sight? He said: My Lord. The king said: Do you have a lord other than me? He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah. So the king seized him and kept torturing him until he pointed out the boy. The boy was brought, and the king said to him: My son, your sorcery has reached the point that you cure the one born blind and the leper, and you do this and that! The boy said: I do not cure anyone; only Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, cures. So the king seized him and kept torturing him until he pointed out the monk. The monk was brought and told: Turn back from your religion. He refused, so a saw was sent for, placed in the middle of his head, and he was sawn through until his two halves fell apart. Then the king's companion was brought and told: Turn back from your religion. He too refused, so the saw was placed in the middle of his head and he was sawn through until his two halves fell apart. Then the boy was brought and told: Turn back from your religion. He refused, so the king handed him over to some of his men and said: Take him to such-and-such a mountain and make him climb it; when you reach its summit, if he turns back from his religion (well and good), otherwise throw him down. So they took him and made him climb the mountain, and the boy said: O Allah, save me from them in whatever way You will. The mountain shook, they all fell, and the boy came walking to the king. The king asked: What happened to your companions? He said: Allah saved me from them. The king then handed him over to some other men of his and said: Take him, put him on a boat and take him to the middle of the sea; if he turns back from his religion (well and good), otherwise throw him into the sea. So they took him, and the boy said: O Allah, save me from them in whatever way You will. The boat capsized with them and they all drowned, and the boy came walking to the king. The king asked: What happened to your companions? He said: Allah saved me from them. Then the boy said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I command you. The king asked: What is it? The boy said: Gather the people on one open plain and crucify me on a tree trunk, then take an arrow from my quiver, place it in the middle of the bow, then say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of this boy, and then shoot. If you do that, you will be able to kill me. So the king gathered the people on one open plain and crucified him on a tree trunk, then took an arrow from his quiver, placed it in the middle of the bow and said: In the name of Allah, the Lord of this boy, and then shot the arrow, and it struck him in the temple. He placed his hand on the spot where the arrow had struck and died. The people said: We believe in the Lord of this boy, we believe in the Lord of this boy, we believe in the Lord of this boy. The king was approached and told: Have you seen what you used to fear? By Allah, the very thing you feared has befallen you; the people have believed! So the king had trenches dug at the entrances of the roads, had fires lit in them and said: Whoever does not turn back from his religion, throw him into it. And so it was done, until a woman came carrying her child, and she hesitated to fall into it. Her child said to her: Mother, be patient, for you are on the truth."