Repayment of Loan
Mirza Zainul Abedeen Salmaasi says – Once it so occurred that some wealthy people from Tehran came to Najaf Ashraf for Ziyarat and stayed at my residence. One early Wednesday morning, I brought them over from Najaf to the mosque of Kufa. We sat together in that part of
the mosque where Hazrat Ameerul Mo’meneen (as) used to recite his prayers and was fatally wounded with the sword. We had just sat there when Maulana Abdul Hameed Qazvini came there. He was carrying a tumbler of water and a food mat under his arm. He saw and turned in my direction. When he saw the other people from Tehran, he turned away and went in the direction of the grave of Janab Muslim Ibne Aqeel. I called out to him, Come over, all of these are our people only.
He came over and sat down amongst us. We exchanged greetings and then I asked him, where were you? He replied, Last night, as it was the eve of Wednesday, I was in Masjide’ Sehla till morning. I came to Kufa and soon I will leave for Najaf. I said, what is it with you that you frequently visit the mosque of Sehla? Have you observed something special there? He kept silent and did not reply. When I pressed him further for details, he said, I was once deep in debt and I had no means to repay it. I was very fearful that I should not die while I was having loans on my neck. God forbid, if that had to happen, how would I face the people (on the Day of Judgement). With these worries, I went one day to the blessed shrine of Hazrat Ameerul Mo’meneen (as). I just sat there and fixed my eyes on at the grave of the Imam (as).
I was narrating my difficulties to the Imam (as) when a young student passed from there and said to me, Janab Abdul Hameed Qazvini, why are you looking so worried? I replied that I am very deep in debt and am troubled how I will repay my loans. He said, you are anxious for nothing. I said, why do you say that? He replied, the one who has Imam Mahdi (as) with him, then he has no reason to be worried. I was highly inspired by these words of the student and said, so what should I do? He said, go and spend 40 Tuesday nights (eve of Wednesday) in Masjide’ Sehla and seek help from Imam Mahdi (as). Inshallah, he will solve your difficulties. Thus, I started visiting Masjide’ Sehla every Tuesday night. Even before the passage of 40 nights, I was able to repay my entire loan. I was very motivated by this and made up my mind that I will repeat this act and spend another 40 Tuesday nights in Masjide’ Sehla, this time with the intention of getting an opportunity to meet with my master Hazrat Imam Mahdi (as). I was performing this act regularly when the 40th Tuesday night of the sequence fell on the chehloom (40th day of martyrdom) of Imam Hussain (as). On account of chehloom, people were travelling to Karbala. I was in a dilemma. If I went to Karbala, I would lose the 40th night in Masjide’ Sehla and it is not appropriate that I don’t go to Karbala on chehloom. Finally, I decided that, God willing, if life permitted, I would perform the Ziyarat of Imam Hussain (as) next year. This year, I decided that I would complete the act which I had set out to do.
On Tuesday night, I reached Masjide’ Sehla and found that I was alone. Everybody had left for Karbala. There was no one there and the mosque was enveloped in darkness. I completed the aa’maal of Masjide’ Sehla, went to the roof of the mosque and after eating something, I went to sleep. After about two and a half hours, a person came to the mosque and shaking my leg said, O Abdul Hameed Qazvini, get up. I awoke and saw an Arab standing over me. I said, Yes, what is it? He said, get up. If you wish to do the Ziyarat of the prince, then do so. I thought to myself, perhaps some ajamee (non Arab) person has come and this person wants me to meet him since I am the only one available here. With this thought in mind, I said to him, you go. I have nothing to do with him.
Hearing my response, the Arab went away. As I lay down to go back to sleep, a thought struck me that anyways I had not gone close enough to him to meet him. It may not be a bad idea to catch a glimpse of him from afar and see who he is. I stood up and saw that a respected personality was seated in the western area of the mosque. His face was radiant as the full moon and some people were sitting around him. I turned to go back to sleep, but as I lay down a thought came to my mind that when I entered the mosque, all the lamps were silent and there was darkness all around. Then what was the reason that the mosque appeared illuminated? I got up from my place and went again to take a look, but saw that there was nobody there.
Ref: Bulbule Dostaan Hazrat Mahdi (as), volume 2, page 234
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