It is narrated from Ali Ibne Khalid that: Muhammad who belonged to Zaidi sect said to me: “I was in the army camp and I was told that there was a prisoner brought from the area of Sham (Syria) tied up and that he has proclaimed himself a prophet.”
Ali Ibne Khalid has said, “I went to him and found my way through the guards until I reached him. I found him to be a man of understanding. I asked him, “O you, what is your story and your case?”
He said, “I am a man from Sham, worshipping Allah at a place called the ‘place of the head of Husain.’ During my worship a man came to me and said, “Come with me.”
I went with him and I found myself in the Masjid of Kufa. He asked, “Do you recognize this Masjid?”
I replied, “Yes, I recognize it.” He said, “He prayed and I prayed with him. Then I found us in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah in Medina. He offered greeting of peace to the Messenger of Allah and I did the same. He prayed and I prayed with him. He offered the special prayer for the Messenger of Allah. I was with him and found us in Mecca. I continued to find myself with him until we finished all the acts to be performed there. Then I found myself with him at the place that I would worship in Sham. The man left.
The next year I was with him again and we did as in the year before. When we finished all forms of worship and returned to my place of worship in Sham and he was about to leave, I asked: “I adjure you by the one who gave all these capabilities, tell me who are you?”
He said, “I am Muhammad Ibne Ali Ibne Musa (a).”
The news spread and it reached Muhammad Ibne Abdul Malik Zayyat. He sent his people who arrested me and tied me up in chains and transferred me to Iraq.”
The narrator said: “I asked him to send a petition to Muhammad Ibne Abdul Malik. He did so explaining the whole story but the answer to his petition bearing the signature of Muhammad Ibne Abdul Malik said:
“He should ask the one who took him from Sham to Kufa, then to Medina then to Mecca then back to Sham to release him from prison also.”
I felt very sad for him with a great deal of sympathy. I tried to cheer him up and asked him to exercise patience. Next early morning when I went to see him, I found people from the army, the chief of the security, the prison guard and crowd of people around and in the area.
I asked, “What is the matter?” They said, “The prisoner from Sham who had proclaimed himself as a prophet, has disappeared and no one knows if the earth swallowed him or the birds snatched him away.”
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 492; Basairud Darajaat, Pg. 402; Ikhtisaas, Mufeed, Pages. 320-321, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.55
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