Wooden bowl that did not burn

Miracles of Masoomeen

Tabari Imami has narrated through his chains of authorities from Shahr bin Wael that he said: 

I saw Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) holding a bowl of wood containing burning embers but that bowl was not getting burnt. I uttered in amazement, 

“What is this, O son of Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “This fire is taken from heat of the Earth. I dropped it into this bowl and you can see for yourself that it is not burning this bowl.”

(Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 97. Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) – Vol. 2. by Ayatullah Sayyid Hashim Bahrani.Amali, Tusi, Vol. 2, Pg. 360)

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