The tree of al-Kharnubah and Sulayman 'Alayhim al-Salam

114. Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saleh, from Al-Waleed Bin Sabeeh, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام having said: ‘Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto Suleyman Bin Dawood عليه السلام that: “The sign of your عليه السلام death is a tree which will come out from Bayt Al-Maqdas called Al-Kharnouba”. Suleyman عليه السلام looked around one day and there was Al-Kharnouba tree which had emerged from Bayt Al-Maqdas. So he عليه السلام said to it: ‘What is your name?’ It said, ‘Al-Kharnouba’. Suleyman عليه السلام turned back to his عليه السلام Prayer Niche and stood leaning upon his staff. His عليه السلام soul was Captured (passed away) in that moment. The Jinn and the human beings kept on serving him عليه السلام and were striving in his عليه السلام command as before, and they were thinking that he عليه السلام was alive and had not died. The morning came and passed, and he عليه السلام was still standing still, until the woodworm gnawed away at his عليه السلام staff and it broke, and Suleyman عليه السلام fell down upon the ground. Have you not heard the Statemennt of the Mighty and Majestic: “[34:14] and when it fell down, the jinn came to know plainly that if they had known the unseen, they would not have tarried in abasing torment”.