In that is mentioned the effect of the letter of plea of the most pious scholar, the late Sayyid Muhammad, son of Janab Sayyid Abbas, who is a resident of Jubbe Shees, a village of Jebel Amil. He suffered some oppressions at the hands of the tyrant ruler due to which he had to leave the place secretly when he had nothing to subsist on for even a single day. He was not accustomed to asking from others. After migrating from his native place, he continued to tour around the area and during that period of roaming he saw strange things in dream and wakefulness till he became the caretaker of Najaf Ashraf shrine and got the opportunity to stay in a part of the holy courtyard.
Five years passed after leaving home. His death occurred at this place only. He used to visit me at times. Sometimes he borrowed books of supplications from me. He was having tight financial conditions and he often recited supplications for increase in sustenance and he did not omit any of the effective supplications. So much so that once he supplicated for forty days in the service of the master of the age in such a way that every day he wrote a application and leave the town before sunrise and at a distance of three miles where no could see him, he used to conceal that letter of plea in mud and entrusting it to one of the deputies of Imam (a.s.) used to put it in the river. Thirty-eight or thirty-nine days passed in this manner, when returning from there he narrated that I was going on my in a very sorrowful mood, when a gentlemen in Arabic attire came from behind and greeted me. I replied in very ordinary way, but I did not become attentive to him. He walked with me for a distance and addressed me in the dialect of my native village: What is the matter Sayyid Muhammad? Why do you leave before sunrise and present a letter of request? Do you think that your Imam is not aware of your need? I was very amazed at this statement as till date no one was aware of this act and neither there is anyone from Jebel Amil in Najaf, whom I am not acquainted with. All of a sudden, I realized that it seems to be the Imam of the time. Because I had always heard that no one could be compared to the Imam with regard to the delicateness and softness of his hand. So I wanted to shake his hand in order to be sure and that I should adopt a conduct suitable for the presence of the Imam. So I stretched out my hand, shook hands and found them to be same as I had heard. Then I became sure that it was the Imam. At that time I was bestowed a great favor and I had succeeded in my aim. But when I wanted to kiss the hands, I did not find anyone there and the Imam disappeared from sight.
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