Abdullah Ibne Razin narrated: “I lived in Medina of the Messenger of Allah. Abu Ja’far (a) would come every day to the Masjid at noon. He would enter the compound and would turn to the shrine of the Messenger of Allah and offer his greeting of peace. He would then turn to the house of Fatima (a), take off his shoes, stand up and pray. Satan induced temptation in my heart and said, “When he would come, go and pick up from the dust on which he has just stepped.”
I waited that day for that purpose. When it was noon he came on his donkey, but he did not dismount at the place that he would do so before. He came and dismounted on the rock in front the door of the Masjid. He then entered the Masjid, turned to the Shrine of the Messenger of Allah and offered his greeting of peace to the Messenger of Allah.”
The narrator has said that then he then turned to the place where he would pray. He did the same for several days. I then said to myself, “When will come this time and he will remove his shoes I will go and pick up from the gravel on which he has just stepped...”
When he came the next day at noon he dismounted on the rock then entered the Masjid, turned to the Shrine of the Messenger of Allah and offered his greeting of peace then came to the place where he would pray but prayed without removing his shoes and did the same thing for several days.
I said to myself, “I could not succeed this way but now I must find which public bath he uses to take a shower. I must wait at the door of the place and when he would come to the public bath I will pick up the dust from the spot on which he has just stepped.
I inquired about such public bath and found out that it is such a place in Baqi that belongs to man from the family of Talha. I found out about the day that he would go this bath.
On that day I went to the place and met the man from the family of Talha and began to talk to him while waiting for him (the Imam) to come.
The owner of the place said, “If you want to use the bath you must do now because later on it will not be available.”
I asked, “Why is that?”
He said, “Ibne Reza will come to use it.”
I asked, “Who is Ibne Reza?”
He said, “A man from the family of Muhammad (s). He is very pious and well disciplined.”
I asked, “Is it unlawful to use the public bath at the time that he is there?”
He said, “We just vacate the place and leave it just for him.”
The narrator has said that at that time he came with a few of his slaves. In front of him there was a slave who carried a piece of mat and brought it in all the way to the dressing-room where he spread it down. He (the Imam) also came in offered his greeting of peace and entered the dressing-room while still riding on the donkey. He then dismounted on the mat.
I said to the man from the family of Talha, “Is this the one whom you mentioned with all the superlatives?”
He said, “O you, by Allah, he never did this before. It only happened today.”
I said to myself, “This is because of what I have committed against my own soul.” I then said to myself, “I will wait until he comes out perhaps I will succeed in my plan.”
When he came out he asked his people to bring the donkey. The donkey was brought in the dressing-room and he rode on the donkey from the top of the mat and left.
I said to myself, “By Allah, this is enough I have troubled him so much and I will not do any such thing again and will not even think of doing such things.”
My decision was complete and solid. When it was noon of that day he came to the Masjid riding on his donkey and dismounted on the spot in the compound of the Masjid where he had usually been doing. Then he turned to Shrine of the Messenger of Allah and offered his greeting of peace and went to the place where he prayed in the house of Fatima (a). He took off his shoes and stood for prayer.”
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 493; Ithbatul Huda, Vol. 3, Pg. 331, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.58
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