Revelation About the Killing of False Prophet Aswad al-Ansi

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

والصلاة والسلام على نبيه الكريم

ذٰلِکَ مِنۡ اَنۡۢبَآءِ الۡغَیۡبِ نُوۡحِیۡہِ اِلَیۡکَ

Previously I mentioned a strong proof for the Prophesy of Muhammad (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam), namely, his being informed by means of divine Revelation about the killing of Chosroes II (Khosrow Parviz) by his son Sheroe (Kavad II) on 28 February, 628 CE.

Similarly, when the false prophet Aswad al-’Ansi (Abhalah bin Ka’b bin Ghawth) was killed by sayyidina Fayruz ad-Daylami (radi Allahu anhu) the holy Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) was informed of it that night through divine Revelation and announced to the people:

قُتِلَ الْعَنْسِيُّ الْبَارِحَةَ قَتَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مُبَارَكٌ مِنْ ‌أَهْلِ ‌بَيْتٍ ‌مُبَارَكينَ

The Ansi was killed yesterday. He was killed by a blessed man of a blessed house

(Tarikh at-Tabari; v.3, p.236)

When the people asked the Prophet (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) who the man was that had killed the false prophet, he said:

فَيْرُوزُ فَازَ فَيْرُوزُ

Fayruz! Fayruz has succeeded

(ibid)

It is narrated that later sayyidina Fayruz (radi Allahu anhu) brought the severed head of Aswad al-’Ansi to the holy Prophet Muhammad (sall Allahu alayhi wasallam) as reported in Sunan al-Kubra of Imam an-Nasa’i (v.8, p.51, #8619)