Punishing a magician

Miracles of Masoomeen
Muhammad bin Hasan Hazini narrates: A conjurer from India came to Mutawakkil and he used to make things vanish and the Caliph also became his fan.
Mutawakkil said,
“O Indian man, a person from the descendants of the Prophet would visit us shortly; show something that disgraces him in the court.”
When Imam Ali Naqi (a) arrived that conjurer displayed many tricks but the Imam paid no heed.
He said, “It seems that you don’t like my tricks; and I think you are hungry.”
Then he gestured at the image of bread on the carpet to go to the Imam and it moved and landed before the Imam.
Imam Ali Naqi (a) stepped on the image of a beast woven into the carpet and said,
“Arise and devour this fellow.”
As soon as the Imam mentioned this, the picture changed into a living beast which gulped down that Indian and after that reverted into a picture.
Mutawakkil swooned at this spectacle and his companions fled from there.

Mashariqul Anwaarul Yaqeen, Pg. 99; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 50, Pg. 211, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.140

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