Aswad bin Saeed says that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a,s) said: “O Aswad bin Saeed, there is a rope between us and every land, like a mason holds a cord. And whenever we receive any divine command regarding any part of the earth, we pull that rope and that land comes to us along with its wells, markets and houses till we apply whatever command we received from Almighty Allah."
Jabir bin Yazid says that one day I went to meet Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) and complained to him about my poverty and neediness.
He said: Jabir, we don’t have any dirham.
After sometime Kumayt Asadi came to the Imam and said: O son of Messenger of Allah, if you allow, I would like to recite a panegyric in your praise.
Imam (a.s) permitted him. Hazrat Kumayt recited a panegyric. As soon as the panegyric ended Imam (a.s) said to his servant: Bring a money bag from the house and give it to Kumayt.
The servant went into the room that the Imam had indicated and found a bag kept over there. He brought it and gave it to Kumayt.
Again Kumayt said: If you permit, I would like to recite another panegyric. Definitely, said the Imam. So Kumayt recited another poem. Imam (a.s) said to the servant: Go and bring Kumayt another bag of money. The servant brought another bag and handed it to Kumayt.
Kumayt said: Master, if you permit I want to recite another poem in your honor. Imam (a.s) allowed him to recite and he recited another poem before the Imam. Again he ordered the servant: Go and bring Kumayt another bag of money from that room.
The servant brought the third money bag and gave it to Kumayt. Kumayt said: Maula, I did not compose those poems for worldly gains. Through my recitations, I only want to endeavor to fulfill the right of my devotion to you. So please excuse me from accepting this reward. When Imam (a.s) saw the insistence of Kumayt he told the servant to pick up the bags and put them back into the room.
Jabir says that I was mentally aggrieved on witnessing this and said that when I mentioned my need to him he said that he didn’t have anything. But he gave thirty thousand gold coins to Kumayt.
As soon as I thought this Imam (a.s) called me: “Jabir, get up and look into the room properly.”
I arose and went and looked in that same room, but did not see anything.
Then Imam (a.s) said: Jabir, what we have kept hidden from you is much more than what we have shown you. Then he held my hand and took me inside the house. He kicked the ground and pure gold size of a camel head emerged from below. He said: Look at this Jabir, and don’t mention it to anyone, except your trustworthy brothers. God has granted us the power to do anything we like. And if we pull the cord of the earth and try to make it move, we can indeed move it.
(2 Al-Ikhtisaas, Shaykh Mufeed, Pg. 323-324,Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 99.Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) – Vol. 2. by Ayatullah Sayyid Hashim Bahrani.Amali, Tusi, Vol. 2, Pg. 367)
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