Hazrat Daniyal (A.S.) ki kahani, jo Islami riwayaat aur Ibn Abi Al-Dunya ki rawayat par mabni hai.
Ibn Abi Al-Dunya ne ek silsila-e-riwayat ke saath yeh waqiya bayan kiya hai ke Badshah Bukht Nasar ne do sheron ko qaboo meii kiya aur unhein ek gadday (kuwan) meii daal diya. Phir usne Hazrat Daniyal (A.S.) ko uthakar us gadday meii daal diya. Magar yeh dekha gaya ke sher un par hamla nahi kar rahe the, balke wo wahan Allah ki marzi se mehfooz rahe.
Jab Daniyal (A.S.) ko bhook aur pyas mehsoos hui, to Allah Ta’ala ne Hazrat Irmiyah (A.S.) ko jo us waqt Shaam (Palestine/Syria) mein thay, wahee bheji:
Daniyal (A.S.) ke liye khana aur pani tayar karo.
Hazrat Irmiyah (A.S.) ne arz kiya:
Aey Allah! Main to Baitul Maqdis (Jerusalem) mein hoon, jabke Daniyal (A.S.) Babylone (Iraq) mein hain!
Allah ne farmaya:
Tumhy jo hukm diya gaya hai wo karo, main tumhari madad karunga.
Irmiyah (A.S.) ne hukm ki takmeel ki aur Allah Ta’ala ne ek gaib ka madadgar bheja jo unhein khana lekar Babylon ke gadday tak pohchaya. Jab Daniyal (A.S.) ne yeh dekha to unhon ne pucha:
Tum kaun ho?
Irmiyah (A.S.) ne jawab diya: Main Irmiyah hoon.
Daniyal (A.S.) ne farmaya: Tum yahan kaise aaye?
Irmiyah (A.S.) ne kaha: Mujhe Allah ne tumhare paas bheja hai.
Daniyal (A.S.) ne Allah ka shukar ada kiya aur kaha:
Tareef us Allah ke liye hai jo apne bandon ko bhoolta nahi! Jo nekion ka sila nekion se deta hai, jo sabr ka badla amanat aur hifazat se deta hai, jo museebat ke baad sakoon ata karta hai, aur jo har mushkil waqt meii hamari madad karta hai!
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq ki riwayat hai ke jab Tastar (Iran ka ek ilaqa) Fateh hua, to wahan Al-Harmzan ke khazane mein ek bistar mila, jisme ek murda aadmi lehta tha, aur uske paas ek muqaddas kitaab thi.
Musalman is kitaab ko Hazrat Umar (R.A.) ke paas le gaye. Hazrat Umar (R.A.) ne Ka’b Al-Ahbar ko bulaya jo yahudi ilmon se waqif the, aur unse kaha ke is kitaab ka tarjuma karo. Is kitaab meii tareekh, hikmat, bayanat aur mustaqbil ke waqiyat likhe huye the.
Jab Hazrat Umar (R.A.) se poocha gaya ke yeh murda shakhs kaun tha, to kaha gaya ke yeh Hazrat Daniyal (A.S.) hain. Unki laash 300 saal se mehfooz thi, aur sirf unke dhaadi aur moochon ke baal badle thay. Yeh bhi kaha gaya ke anbiya ke jisam zameen nahi kha sakti.
Hazrat Umar (R.A.) ne hukm diya ke:
Unki qabr kisi ko maloom na ho taa ke log usse koi shirk ya bid'at na karen.
Unhein ek nadi ke kinare 13 alag-alag qabrain khod kar dafan kiya gaya taa ke asli qabar chhupa di jaye.
Ibn Abu Dunya ki ek riwayat hai ke Hazrat Abu Musa (R.A.) ne ek angothi dekhi jo Hazrat Daniyal (A.S.) ki thi. Us angothi ke naqsh meii do sher thay, jo beech mein ek aadmi ko hamla rahe thay.
Yeh kaha jata hai ke Daniyal (A.S.) ne yeh naqsh is liye banwaya tha taa ke hamesha Allah ki us ne’mat ko yaad rakhen jo unhein sheron se bachane ke liye ata ki gayi thi.
Hazrat Daniyal (A.S.) ki kahani Allah ki qudrat, sabr aur yaqeen ka saboot hai. Yeh batati hai ke jo Allah par bharosa rakhta hai, Allah uski hifazat karta hai, chahe wo kitni bhi mushkil halat mein ho.
Tareef us Allah ke liye hai jo apne bandon ko kabhi nahi bhoolta!