Khums, offerings and gifts were collected from Qom and its surrounding areas. We loaded all of them on a camel and set out to deliver it to Imam Ali Naqi (a). We were on the way, when we met a servant of the Imam, who conveyed to us the following message from the Imam:
“Take it back. It is not the time to collect these things.”
After getting this message we retraced our steps to Qom and kept all the items in a secure place. After some days the Imam sent a message,
“I have sent a camel to you. Load all the things upon it and send it to us.”
The narrator says, “As per the instructions of the Imam, we loaded everything and after entrusting it to God Almighty drove the camel forward.”
When we met the Imam the following year, he said,
“The goods sent by you reached us safe and sound.”
Then he showed us those things and after observing them we said,
“Indeed, these are the same items that we had loaded on the camel.”
Mashariqul Anwaarul Yaqeen, Pg. 100; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 50, Pg. 185, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4,Pg.140
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