A man named Zarafa, companion
of Mutawakkil, the Abbaside has narrated that there was an Indian conjurer in
the employ of Mutawakkil. He was an extraordinary magician having no peer.
Mutawakkil told him: “I will give you a thousand Dinars, if you can shame Ali
bin Muhammad Hadi.” He replied: “Order them to prepare delicate and light
loaves of bread. Spread out dinner cloths and place the loaves of bread upon
them.”
They did this and invited
Imam (a.s.).
There was a leather couch
with a picture of a lion.
The magician sat near that
couch till they brought the food and placed it on the dinner spread. They also
placed the loaves of bread before the Imam. When the Imam stretched out his
hand to pick the bread, the loaf moved away and flew out of his reach! The
second load also acted in the same manner when Imam (a.s.) tried to pick it up.
The people in the gathering and Mutawakkil began to guffaw.
At that moment Imam (a.s.)
tapped that image of the lion and said: “Seize this enemy
of God.” Suddenly that image turned into a real lion and leaped out of
the picture and swallowed the conjurer in one shot and then retracted to its
position. All those present there were shocked and terrified. Then Imam (a.s.)
arose and went out from there.
Mutawakkil said: “If you
like, you can stay here for a while and return that conjurer to us.” Imam
(a.s.) said: “By God, you will never see him again. Will you impose enemies of
Allah over His saints?” He said this and went out from there. Thus that man was
never seen again.
(Isbaatul Wilayah of Ayatullah Haaj Shaykh Ali Namazi
Shahroodi (r.a.) Section Seven: Obedience of animals and their pictures to
Prophet and Holy Imams (a.s.))
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