Ali bin Yaqtin, minister of
Harun Rashid, narrates that the caliph summoned a magician, who performed
spells, so that His Eminence, Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) may be disgraced; that his
respect decreases and in this way, he is insulted in the view of people. So he
invoked a spell and placed a loaf of bread on the dinner spread of His
Eminence. When His Eminence tried to pick the loaf, it moved and flew away,
upon which Harun and others laughed much.
His Eminence was infuriated
and he raised his head. The command of the owner of the Wilayat was issued to
the print of lion on the curtain and he said: “O lion seize this enemy of
Allah.” The picture turned into a huge beast and it seized that sorcerer, tore
him into bits and devoured him.
Harun and his friends swooned
in terror. When they regained consciousness, Harun beseeched: “I ask you by my
right upon you to make the picture of the lion return that magician.”
His Eminence said:
“If the staff of Musa
(a.s.) had returned what it swallowed from the productions of the sorcerers,
this picture would also return that fellow.”
(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.), Uyun Akhbare Reza (a.s.), Chapter 8, Behaarul Anwaar, Vol. 48, p. 41)
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