Muhammad bin Muhammad Amiri has narrated from Abi Saeed Ghanim Hindi that he said:
I lived in Kashmir under the rule of the Indian king and I was one of the forty persons who sat around him in his court. We were scholars of Taurat, Injeel and Zabur. Once there was a discussion among us with regard to Prophet Muhammad and we said that we have found him mentioned in our books.
Thus it was decided that I should go and find him and ask him about the correct religion. So I set out with some money. On the way I was robbed and I somehow managed to reach Kabul. From Kabul I moved to Balkh which was ruled by Ibne Abu Shoor. I went to him and told him about myself. He summoned the scholars to have a discussion with me on Islam. So I asked them about Prophet Muhammad. They said that he was their Prophet and that he has passed away.
So I asked them who his successor was. They said: Abu Bakr. I told them to mention his lineage. They took his lineage upto the Quraish. I said: Then the person whose successor is Abu Bakr, was not a prophet, because we have found in our books that his successor would be his cousin, the husband of his daughter and the father of his sons.
All of them went to the king and said: This person has come out of polytheism and gone into disbelief. Therefore he must be executed.
I said: I am following one religion and my aim is only to spread my knowledge.
So the king sent for Husain bin Askib and said: O Husain have a discussion with this man. Husain said: He has been surrounded by the scholars and jurists, how can I have a discussion with him? Take him aside and have a discussion with him as I have told you, and be lenient with him.
Thus Husain bin Askib took me aside and I asked him about Prophet Muhammad. He said: As the scholars have informed you, he was our Prophet. But his successor is his cousin, Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a), the husband of his daughter, Fatima and the father of his sons, Hasan and Husain (a).
I said: I testify that there is no god, except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. He took me to the king and I declared my acceptance of Islam. Then I came with Husain bin Askib to his house. He explained the teachings of Islam.
I said: We have read in our books that there is a successor for every caliph. So who is the successor of Ali? He replied: Hasan, then Husain and then he mentioned each of the names till he reached the name of Imam Hasan Askari (a) and then he said: Now you yourself search for the successor of Imam Hasan Askari (a). So I set out to search for him.”
Muhammad bin Muhammad said: And he came to Baghdad with us. He told us that he had a friend, who was helping him in this matter, but during the same time I became fed up with some of his habits and I separated from him.
He said: One day I was walking on the bridge in Baghdad in a contemplative mood when a man approached and said: Come to your master.
He led me to a house which had a garden. Suddenly I saw my master sitting there. When he saw me, he spoke to me in Hindi and he greeted me. He addressed me by my name and asked about each of the forty persons separately. Then he said: You are planning to go for Hajj this year with the people of Qom. Don’t go for Hajj this year. Go to Khorasan and perform the Hajj next year.
Throwing a small pouch to me he said: You may use it for your expenses and don’t stay in anyone’s house in Baghdad. And don’t tell anyone what you have seen. We set out from Uqbah and our Hajj was not complete and Ghanim went to Khorasan and he performed the Hajj the following year.
The narrator says: After that Abu Saeed Ghanim Kashmiri continued to reside in Mecca for the rest of his life and he passed away there only.
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 515; Kamaluddin, Pg. 437; Ithbatul Huda, Vol. 1, Pg. 153. Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4.pg.277
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