Salih bin Mitham Asadi says that Abaya bin Rabi took me to the locality of Bani Waliba to meet with a very aged lady. There was a deep mark on her forehead due to excess of prostration. Introducing me, he said to her:
Hababa, this is your nephew.
Whose son? Asked Hababa.
He is Salih bin Mitham, said Abaya bin Rabi.
He is indeed my nephew, said Hababa. Shall I narrate an incident, nephew?
By all means, I said.
Hababa said: It was my habit that every other day or every fourth day I went to view the holy face of Imam Husain (a). But subsequently it so happened that white spots of leprosy spread on my forehead, due to which I did not remain worthy of visiting anyone. And I did not even go to visit my lord and master (the Imam). After some days Imam Husain (a) said: It is many days since Hababa visited us?
His companions said: Poor lady, she is ill with leprosy; therefore she has stopped going out.
Imam (a) said: Come, let us go to visit her. So he came along with some of his companions to the Masjid of my house. At that time I was also present there and engrossed in worship.
When the Imam asked me the reason for not having visited for long, I said:
Maula, the marks of leprosy have become prominent on my forehead, so I stopped going out.
Imam Husain (a) applied his saliva on those stains and said:
Hababa, give thanks to Allah; I have removed your malady. I performed the prostration of thanks. When I looked in the mirror I saw that no trace of leprosy remained. Imam Husain (a) said:
Hababa, we and our Shia are firm on the true nature whereas others are aloof from it.
Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 77.
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