Question:
Is the miracle of water flowing from the fingers of the Prophet ﷺ established?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
Answer:
Yes, the miracle of water gushing from the blessed fingers of the Prophet ﷺ is authentically established. This miracle occurred multiple times, reported through numerous authentic narrations that together reach the level of tawātur (mass-transmission). The scholars are in consensus regarding its authenticity.
Prophetic Evidence:
❀ ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd رضي الله عنه:
“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a journey when water became scarce. He ﷺ said: ‘Look for the remains of water.’ They brought a small container. The Prophet ﷺ put his hand in it and said: ‘Come to the blessed purification, and blessing is from Allah.’ I saw water flowing from between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. We also used to hear the glorification of food while it was being eaten.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 3579)
❀ Anas ibn Mālik رضي الله عنه:
“The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand in a stone vessel with little water, and all the people performed wuḍūʾ from it. They were eighty men.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 3575)
❀ Another report of Anas رضي الله عنه:
“At al-Zawrāʾ, the Prophet ﷺ put his hand in a vessel, and water started flowing from his fingers. Three hundred men performed wuḍūʾ from it.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 3572; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 2279)
❀ Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh رضي الله عنه:
“At Ḥudaybiyyah, people became very thirsty. The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand in a water container, and water began flowing from his fingers like springs. We drank and performed wuḍūʾ. We were 1500 men.”
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 3576)
Scholarly Statements:
❀ Imām Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Qurṭubī رحمه الله (656 AH):
“There is consensus on the miracle of water flowing from his fingers. This miracle occurred multiple times before large gatherings, and its narrations are so many that they yield certain knowledge (qatʿī) through tawātur maʿnawī.”
(al-Mufhim 1/320, 6/52)
❀ Imām al-Nawawī رحمه الله (676 AH):
“These ḥadīth of water gushing from his fingers and food increasing are clear miracles, reported from different occasions and circumstances, and their collection reaches tawātur.”
(Sharḥ al-Nawawī, 15/38)
❀ Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله (728 AH):
“Among the tawātur maʿnawī reports are the ḥadīth about shafāʿah, seeing Allah, al-Ḥawḍ, and water flowing from his fingers. These yield certain knowledge and establish truthfulness.”
(Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā, 18/16)
❀ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar رحمه الله (852 AH):
“The miracles other than the Qur’an, such as water flowing from his fingers, the increase of food, the splitting of the moon, and inanimate objects speaking, all collectively prove with certainty that extraordinary events occurred by his hand ﷺ.”
(Fatḥ al-Bārī, 6/582)
Conclusion:- The miracle of water flowing from the fingers of the Prophet ﷺ is authentic and mutawātir.
- It occurred multiple times in front of large groups of Companions.
- Scholars unanimously affirm it as one of the great miracles of the Prophet ﷺ.
