Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ali narrates: A man came to Imam Ali Naqi (a) wailing and weeping and said,
“Maula, the oppressors have arrested my son due to his devotion for your family, and they have taken him to a mountain top from where they would throw him down tonight and then bury him in the lap of that same hill.”
Imam Ali Naqi (a) said, “Then what do you want?”
“I only want whatever any kind father would seek regarding his son.”
“Don’t worry. If Allah wills, your son would reach you tomorrow safe and sound and he would narrate a strange story.”
Then man was consoled with the Imam’s assurance; so he returned home; and the following day his son arrived in great spirits.
He asked the son about his ordeal.
The son said: O father, the enemies had dug a grave for me and they had tied up my hands and feet. They were about to throw me down from the hilltop when all of a sudden ten pure and noble men appeared and asked: “Why are you crying?”
I said, “They want to kill me unjustly, that’s why.”
“If we got you freed, would you perform the Ziyarat of the tomb of the Prophet?”
“Definitely,” said I.
Then they caught hold of my guard, who wanted to torture me and threw him from the mountain peak so hard that no one could even hear his screams and when he hit the bottom, he bones were absolutely pulverized. When his companions saw the fate of their leader they started wailing and lamenting and they forgot about me completely.
Then those holy men held me by the shoulder, soared into the sky with me and deposited me here.
Right now they are at the door and they wish to take me to the tomb of the Holy Prophet (s) as they want to appoint me as a Khadim (attendant) of the Prophet’s shrine.
Later on that man met Imam Ali Naqi (a) and narrated the episode concerning his son and he was still in the company of the Imam when reports arrived that unknown persons pushed that guard from the mountain top killing him and his companions buried him below that hill.
Imam Ali Naqi (a) smiled and then remarked, “These people are ignorant of what we know.”
Ath-Thaqib fil Manaqib, Pg. 543; Al-Manaqib, Vol. 4, Pg. 416; Biharul Anwar, Vol. 50, Pg. 174, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 4.,Pg.165
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