Qais bin hajaj heard this from someone and quoted that when Hazrat Umar رضی اللہ عنہ conquered Egypt, the people of Egypt came to him in the month of “bona”. Bona is an Arabic name of a month. They told him that we have a practice for the Nile River. Without which the water in the river does not stay. Hazrat Umar رضی اللہ عنہ asked,”what is that” they said that every 12th night of the month, we give an unmarried girl to the river. The girl should be the only daughter of her parents. We make her parents agree to do so. We decorate the girl with good clothes and jewellery. They send her in the river. Hazrat ibn Al Aaz رضی اللہ عنہ replied to them that this practice is not from Islam so should not be followed. Three months passed and the water in the river stopped flowing. The people of Egypt decided to migrate. Hazrat ibn Al Aaz رضی اللہ عنہ wrote the whole condition to hazrat Umar. Hazrat Umarرضی اللہ عنہ said that this is true that this is not a practice in Islam and should not be followed. He wrote a chit and instructed hazrat ibn al aaz رضی اللہ عنہ to throw it in the river nile. Hazrat Umar رضی اللہ عنہ wrote in the chit, “from Umar, the person from ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی to the river Nile. If you were flowing on your own, then you are free not to flow. But if you were flowing on the order of ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی, then I ask ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی to order you to flow.”
Hazrat ibn Al Aas رضی اللہ عنہ throw the letter in the river on a day before the people used to throw the girl in the river. People of the Egypt decided to leave because their income was related to the water of Nile which was being affected. In the morning they all were surprised to see that ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی increased the water of river Nile and the water was flowing as usual. Since that day, the water of river Nile never died.
Hazrat Abu Huraira رضی اللہ عنہ reported to have said that when Prophet Muhammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلمsends hazrat Alaa bin Hazrami رضی اللہ عنہ to Tahreen, I also followed him and noticed three things in him. I don’t know which one is stranger. When we reached near to the sea he said, take ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی names and jump. So we took ALLAH سنحنہ تعالی name and jumped. We realized the shore safely but we didn’t get wet. According to one narration, Hazrat Alaa رضی اللہ عنہ asked the Muslims to go to darain so that they can have war against their enemies. Muslims prepared themselves. When they reached the sea so that they can get in to the ship, they realized that the destination is far and cannot reach in the ship. They jumped into the sea with their horse and they were saying
They all jumped into the sea and ALLAH سبحانہ تعالی helped them to reach their destination. They were running over the sea as if they are running on soft sand. They reached their destination and defeated their enemies. When they reached back, they were travelling in a jungle.
They felt thirsty. They prayed 2 rakat nafal, As soon as they finished praying, they found water in the form of a shadow from which they drank water and also let their camels drink water.
