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In Part 2 of the Dala'il Al Khayrat, we find the following salawat that references some miracles of the Prophet ﷺ.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مَنْ تَفَجَّرَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِهِ المَاءُ النَّمِيرُ
"O Allah, bless the one from between whose fingers pure water flowed"

This miracle was not a one-off event but was witnessed many times in many places. It is not heard that this miracle has been performed by anyone except the Prophet ﷺ. There are numerous hadiths about these miracles; only two are mentioned below.

Anas bin Malik said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ at the time of the Asr prayer. People looked for water for wudu and could not find any, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some water. He placed his hand in the vessel and commanded the people to do wudu from it. I saw the water flowing from his fingers, and everyone, down to the last man, did wudu from it."

Jabir bin Abdullah narrates, "People were thirsty on the Day of Hudaybiyya and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a water vessel in front of him. He did wudu from it. The people went to him and said, 'We have not water except what is in your vessel.' The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand in the vessel and water flowed from between his fingers like a spring." Jabir was asked how many were there and he said, "There would have been enough if we had been a hundred thousand. We were fifteen thousand."

There are two opinions on the specifics of this miracle.
1. Qadi Iyad and others mention that the water flowed from within the Prophet ﷺ. This is the stronger opinion in relation to the miracle.
2. The second opinion is that Allah caused the water in the vessel to become abundant and it began emerging from between the fingers of the Prophet ﷺ

Sources: Al Shifa of Qadi Iyad, Al Fasi’s commentary on the Dala’il Al Khayrat (مطالع المسرات بجلاء دلائل الخيرات)