In His Name and With the Remebrance of His Last Hujjat (a.t.f.s.)
An Imam appointed by Allah is a doting father
He was a resident of Port Maloomeen a port of Maajeen and the countries of Burma which till that time was a colony of the British. From there to Calcutta, the (then) capital of India is a distance of six days’ travel by steamship.
His father was a resident of Shiraz but he was born and bred in the port mentioned above. Three years before the date mentioned he fell sick with a very serious ailment. Such that after recovering from it he had become dumb and deaf. In order to seek cure he came for the Ziarat of the Imams (a.s.) of Iraq and he came to Kazmain to his family who were well known traders and he stayed there for 20 days till the water in the river came up and a streamer became ready to set out for Samarrah.
His relatives brought him to the boat and entrusted him to the travellers who were people of Baghdad and Kerbala and requested them to take care of him and help him. They also wrote to some caretakers of Samarrah to help him in his stay.
Thus when he had the honor to reach that blessed place it was afternoon of Friday the 10th of Jumadi II of the year mentioned.
He entered the illuminated cellar (Sardab) while some holy men and reliable persons were present there. He wanted to obtain proximity of the sacred place with all humility and seek mediation. He wrote about his condition on the surface of the wall and requested the people to pray for him. Himself also he remained a long time in prayers and seeking mediation. His prayer had not yet concluded when the Almighty Allah bestowed him cure by the miracle of Hazrat Hujjat (a.s.) and he came out of that place with an eloquent tongue.
On Saturday they brought him to the lecture of His Eminence, Chief of the Jurists and the senior-most scholar, the leader of Shias and the crown of Shariah, Aqa Mirza Muhammad Hasan Shirazi and he recited the Surah Hamd by way of benediction in the honorable company. That day all the places were immersed in joy and celebration and in the evenings of Sunday and Monday, scholars and nobles celebrated and made illuminations in the purified courtyard of the two Askari Imams (a.s.). They versified the incident and broadcasted the poems all over the country.
Among those who had been with this person on the boat and seen in him both the ailing condition as well as after the cure and composed poems about his miraculous recovery is the poet of the family of Infallibility, the great intellectual, Haaj Mulla Abbas Zanoozi Baghdadi who in his lengthy panegyric has written as follows:
Translation of the
Qasida couplets:
1 – That year happened that incident seeing which all visitors
to the place were pleased.
2 – I saw a young man from China there. Whose name was same as that of the Imam of guidance (Mahdi).
3 – Whenever this youth wanted to say something he used to only gesture and only in this way he conveyed his feelings.
4 – The illness had tied up his tongue and tears were flowing from his eyes.
5 – The youth came to the Sardab of one in whom all the people repose their hopes.
6 – He wants to do the Ziarat without the tongue but heart could not control it.
7 – He began to write about his condition on the surface of the wall that he wanted to be cured.
8 – I request to all those who read it to pray and recite Ziarat for me.
9 – Perhaps my tongue may regain its prior condition and I may be able to pray and recite Ziarat myself.
10 – Suddenly he saw a man approaching him and some pious persons also saw him.
11 – Carrying the best of the books, he came out from that same place of occultation.
12 – The youth gestured him to pray about that which he has written and that gentleman also prayed.
13 – After that he requested a Sayyid who was seated there to pray for this young man.
14 – That Sayyid arose from his place and taking the hand of the youth he took him to the place of the disappearance of the Imam of the time (a.t.f.s.).
15 – And with the Suffa (a raised platform in the cellar in Samarrah where people go for prayer and seeking mediation) which is the light of the eyes.
16 – And he lighted another lamp and brought it near the mouth of the young man to see if his tongue has started moving.
17 – Thus the youth began to pray and seek forgiveness while his eyes were immersed in tears.
18 – At that moment he decided to perform the ritual prayer while his heart was satisfied of being cured.
19 – Yes! The Almighty Allah had opened up his tongue and he performed the prayer with all its conditions.
