On the way, one day at Johfa I headed for Ghadeer, which is at a distance of four miles from Johfa. I reached there and prayed in the Masjid and after that I supplicated Almighty Allah very fervently; but the aim was not fulfilled there also. So I went to Asfan and thus passing each stage in turn, reached Mecca. I stayed there for some days and was engrossed in Tawaf and other devotions.
One night, when I was doing the Tawaf, I noticed an extremely handsome and fragrant young man walking about and doing the Tawaf of the Kaaba. Some feelings arose in my heart; I moved towards him and touched him. He asked: Where do you belong to? I said: Iraq. He asked: Where in Iraq?
I said: Ahwaz.
He asked: Do you know Ibne Khasimi? I said: May Allah have mercy on him, he has passed away. He also expressed regret and said: May Allah have mercy on him, he used to spend the nights in worship and was a sincere supplicant.
Do you know Ali bin Ibrahim Mahziyar also? I said: I am Ali bin Ibrahim. He said: O Abul Hasan, may Allah keep you in health. Where is the sign that you received from Imam Hasan Askari (a)? I said: It is with me. He said: All right, take it out. When I took it out and he saw it, he was moved by it.
After that he said: O Mahziyar, the order for you is that you go on your way and make preparations. When a part of the night has passed, you should come to the pass of Bani Aamir. You will find me there.
Thus, I returned to my lodging and when it was past midnight, I prepared my mount, loaded my belongings and sat astride the animal to set out for the pass of Bani Aamir. On reaching there, I found that same youth calling out for me, saying: O Abul Hasan, come this side.
I turned my mount in that direction. When I reached him, he greeted me and said: Follow me, brother.
We set out from there making conversation, passing the mountains of Arafat and finally reached the mountains of Mina. The dawn was about to break when we were between the hills of Taif.
That youth asked me to dismount and recite the Midnight Prayer.
I recited the Midnight Prayer and he asked me to recite the Watr Prayer; which I also performed.
Then he said: Recite the dawn recitations and perform the prostration of thanks, which I also completed.
After that he mounted and asked me also to mount my beast. Then we set out from there till we reached the mountain peaks of Taif. He asked: Can you see anything?
I replied: Yes, I can see a sand dune on which a woolen tent is fixed through which light is filtering and this sight is pleasing to me.
He said: That is our destination. Then he said: All right brother, move on. He started and I followed him till we came down from the mountains and he said: Now dismount from your beast as even tyrants have to show humility here, and leave the rein free.
I asked: Who is there to take care of my beast?
He said: This is the sanctuary of Imam Qaim (a) and none, but a believer can enter and neither will anyone leave it, except for a believer.
I left the rein and the two of us began to walk till that youth reached the tent entrance asking me to wait outside. He returned after a few moments and asked me to enter.
When I entered, I saw a person dressed in waist cloth, with a sheet covering him. He was wheaten complexion, medium height, round head, wide forehead, eyebrows joined, prominent nose, full cheeks and a mole on his right cheek; it seemed as if a grain of musk was placed on ambergris.
When I noticed His Eminence, I greeted him and he replied to me and asked me about the people of Iraq.
I said: Master, the people of Iraq are living a life of disgrace and they are the most degraded of all.
He said: O Ibne Mahziyar, one day you will rule them just as they are ruling you today and that day, they shall be humiliated.
I said: Master, you are very remote from your country and this will take a long time.
He said: O Ibne Mahziyar, my father, His Eminence, Abu Muhammad (a) has told me not to live in the community on which Almighty Allah is infuriated and that which is failure in the world as well as the hereafter; and a painful chastisement is reserved for them.
He also told me to live in inaccessible mountains away from habitations. Allah is your helper, live in dissimulation till Almighty Allah allows me to reappear.
I asked: When will this reappearance be?
He replied: When you would be denied access to Kaaba. When the sun and the moon come together and will be surrounded by planets and stars.
I asked: Son of the Messenger of Allah, when will this come about? He replied: In so-and-so year, when Dabbatul Ardh will appear between Safa and Marwah. Who would be having the staff of Prophet Musa (a), the ring of Prophet Sulaiman (a). He will usher people to the field of gathering.
Dalailul Imamah, Pg. 296-297; Ghaibat Tusi, Pg. 263, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.303
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