THE INCIDENT OF AHMAH AS NARRATED BY MUJEERUL JARRAD

In view of that, if a throne of an Arab man could attain such honor and sublimity, then it is not strange that Almighty Allah decides the tombs of His intimate servants, especially those whose cradles were carried by the Archangels Gabriel and Michael; namely, Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn, to be shelters for the fearful, sanctuaries for the fugitive, refuges for the depressed, and remedy for the ailed.

Wherever you are, dear reader, try to reach the holy tomb of Imam ‘Ali (‘a), to stick to it by all strength, and to implore persistently there so that he may aid and save you from perdition in this world as well as the Next World.

It seems suitable to cite these verses on this occasion:

لُذْ اِلَى جُودِهِ تَجِدْهُ زَعِيما بِنَجَاةِ الْعُصَاةِ يَوْمَ لِقَاهَا

عَائِدٌ لِلْمُؤَمِّلِينَ مُجِيبٌ سَامِعٌ مَا تُسِرُّ مِنْ نَجْوَاهَا

In the book of Dar al-Islam, it is reported, on the authority of Shaykh al-Daylami on the authority of a group of righteous people of al-Najaf, that a man saw in dream that many lines were extended from the tombs inside and outside the holy shrine of Imam ‘Ali (‘a) to connect to the dome. When the man woke up, he composed the following poetic verses:

اِذَا مُتُّ فَادْفِنِّي اِلَى جَنْبِ حَيْدَرٍ اَبِي شَبَّرَ اَكْرِمْ بِهِ وَ شُبَيْرٍ

فَلَسْتُ اَخَافُ النَّارَ عِنْدَ جِوَارِهِ وَ لا اَتَّقِي مِنْ مُنْكَرٍ وَ نَكِيرٍ

فَعَارٌ عَلَى حَامِي الْحِمَى وَ هُوَ فِي الْحِمَى اِذَا ضَلَّ فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ عِقَالُ بَعِيرٍ