It is narrated from Ahmad Dinawari Siraj Makuni from Abul Abbas famous as ‘Istara’ that he said:
I returned from Ardabil to Dainawar, intending to go for Hajj. This was a year or two after the martyrdom of Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibne Ali (a) and people were in great confusion.
The people of Dainawar rejoiced as they received the news of my arrival. The Shia gathered around me and said:
“Sixteen thousand dinars have been collected before us from the money of the Imams. We want you to carry this with you and submit them where they should be submitted.”
I said: “O people, this is a perplexing matter and we do not know the representative at this time.”
“We have chosen you to carry this money, because of our knowledge of your trustworthiness and generosity,” they said, “Act, so you do not lose the assets from your hands without a proof.”
The money was given to me in bags, each bag carrying the name of a man. I carried the money and left. As I arrived at Qarmissin, Ahmad Ibne Hasan Ibne Hasan was living there. I went to him and greeted him. When he saw me, he became very happy and then gave me one thousand dinars in a bag and bundles of colorful garments, in which objects, which I did not know what they were, were wrapped and tied. He said: “Carry these with you and do not withdraw your hands from them without a proof.”
I took the riches and the boxes, not knowing what was tied inside the garments, and went to Baghdad. I had only one purpose: to search for the person who was appointed as the emissary. I was told that there was a man known as Baqitani who was claiming to be an emissary; another man known as Ishaq Ahmar, who was claiming to be an emissary; and another Ja’far Amari, who was saying he was an emissary.
I began with Baqitani; I went to him and found him to be an awe-inspiring aged man with an evident manhood and an Arabian courser and many slaves. People had crowded before him and were engaged in discussions. I came to him and offered my greetings. He welcomed me, sat me in his proximity, and became happy and was kind to me. I kept sitting until most of the people had left.
He asked me about my religion. I said: “I am from Dainawar and have come with some assets as religious dues, which I need to submit.” “Bring them,” he said. “I need a proof,” I said. “You will come to me tomorrow,” he said. I went to him the next day; he did not offer me a proof. I went to him the third day; he did not offer me a proof.
I went to Ishaq Ahmar and found him to be a young man who was well-attended to his hygiene; his house was bigger than Baqitani’s, and on the same token, his horse and apparels and manhood more prominent, and his slaves greater than his. More people had gathered before him than Baqitani. I entered and offered greetings. He gave me a warm welcome and sat me in his proximity. I waited until few people were left. He asked me what I wanted. I told him what I had told Baqitani. I kept going to his house for three days, but he failed to provide me with a proof.
Then I went to Abu Ja’far Amari. I found him an aged man of great humility. He had a white cloak on him and was sitting on a woolen cushion in a small house; he did not have any slaves, nor any of the extravagance and horses and all which the others had.
I greeted him. He returned my greetings and had me sit near him. He was happy to see me. He asked me how I was. I told him that I had come from the mountains and was carrying some religious dues. He said: “If you desire that these commodities reach the person to whom it must reach, then you will go to Samarra and ask about the house of the son of Imam Reza, which is peopled by its inhabitants. There, you will find whom you are seeking.”
I left him and went to Samarra and went to the house of Ibne Reza and inquired about the representative. The doorman said that he is occupied now and he will come out soon. I sat at the door, waiting his exit. He came out after an hour. I rose and greeted him. He took my hand and led me towards the house he had. He asked me how I was and what had brought me to him.
I told him that I was bringing some goods for Imam Zamana (a) and that I need to deliver them after seeing a proof. He said: “Yes.” Then he offered me food and said: “Eat this and rest. You are tired and there is an hour remaining to noon prayers. I am going to bring you what you need.”
I ate and slept and when it was the time for prayers, I rose and prayed. Then I went to the riverbank and bathed and adorned myself. I returned to the house of the man and stayed until past a quarter of the night. Then he came at the quarter of the night passed, with a leaf in which it was written:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ahmad Ibne Muhammad Dainawari arrived. He brought sixteen thousand dinars in such and such sacs. These include the sacs of so-and-so with such and such amount of dinars. It had accounted for all the sacs, including the sac of so-and-so, a surveyor, stating, that it had sixteen dinars.
Satan whispered to me, so I said: “My master knows this better than me.” I kept reading the letter, which was mentioning each and every sac and the name of its sender until I reached its end.
Then it mentioned, “He carried from Qirmansha from Ahmad Ibne Hasan Madirani, the brother of Sawwaf, a sac which carries a thousand dinars,” and such and such boxes of garments; there is amongst them the garment of so-and-so and its color is such and such. It recounted all of the garments until its last with each one’s color and its sender.
I praised Allah and thanked Him for the end of doubts from my heart. He ordered me to submit all of what I had carried to where Abu Ja’far Amari orders me. I returned to Baghdad and went to Abu Ja’far Amari. My departure and return had taken three days. When Abu Ja’far (a) saw me, he asked, “Didn’t you go?” I said: “My master, I am coming back from Samarra.”
As I was speaking to Abu Ja’far about my trip, a letter came from our master the Master of the Affair (a). There was a list like the one I had, mentioning the goods and the garments. Abu Ja’far was ordered to submit all of that to Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Ahmad Ibne Ja’far Qattan Qummi.
Abu Ja’far Amari put on his clothes and said, “Bring what you have to Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Ahmad Qattan Qummi.” I took the money and the garments to the said person’s house and gave them to him.
Then I went for Hajj and when I returned to Dainawar, people gathered around me. I took out the list which the representative of our Master (a) had given to me. I read it to the people.
When he heard the sac mentioned on the name of the surveyor, he fell unconscious. We kept treating him until he regained his senses. He fell into prostration thanking Allah, the Exalted, and said:
“Praise belongs to the Lord, Who conferred on us the favor of guidance. Now I realized that the earth will never remain devoid of a Hujjah. This sac, by Allah, this surveyor gave it to me and no one knew it except Allah, the Exalted.”
I left there and later met with Abul Hasan Madirani and told him my narrative and read the list to him. He said:
“Subhan-Allah, I never doubted in anything. Do not doubt that Allah, the Exalted, will not let the earth be without His Hujjah.”
Then he narrated to me the incident of himself and Iddukain (which we have mentioned above).
Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 282; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 51, Pg. 300, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.292
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