Kafur, the servant narrates: In the area Imam Ali Naqi (a) resided, there lived people practicing various skills and crafts. Yunus, the engraver also lived over there and he visited the Imam every evening and served him. One day he came trembling to the Imam and said,
“Maula, I entrust my children to you. Please treat them kindly after me.”
“But what is the matter?” the Imam asked.
“Just know that the order for my death is issued,” he replied.
“What is the reason behind that?” asked the Imam.
“Maula, the fact is that Ibne Bagha (a well known Turkish chief) had left a precious gemstone with me for engraving and while I was doing that it broke into two. I have to deliver it to him tomorrow and you know well that Musa Ibne Bagha would either give me a thousand lashes or execute me.”
The Imam said, “Don’t worry! Go home and everything would be all right.”
The following day he again came to the Imam trembling and said,
“Maula, Musa bin Bagha’s man has come to collect the gemstone. What should I tell him?”
“There is no need to worry. First go and see what he has to say.”
So Yunus went home and after sometime again came to the Imam and said, “Musa’s agent brought the message that since his two slave girls were fighting for that stone, I should split it into two so that both are pacified.”
Imam Ali Naqi (a) said,
“O Lord, I thank you for having deemed us among Your right praisers.” Then he asked,
“So, Yunus, what did you say?”
Yunus said, “I told him: Collect it tomorrow.” “You did it right,” said he.
Amali, Tusi, Vol. 1, Pg. 294-295; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 50, Pg. 125, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.124
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