Thousand of miracles have been reported over the last
fourteen hundred years surrounding the Commander of the Faithful, Conqueror of
Khyber, and the spouse of the Chief of the Women of the World and Lady of
Paradise, Fatima Zahra (s.a.), the Vicegerent of the Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.), Infallible Imam Ali (a.s.).
Some of the miracles as reported in the Holy Shrine
itself are reproduced as under:
1. A century of service at the Sacred Shrine
of Mawla Mushkilkusha Imam Ali (a.s.): It happened in the year 501 A.H. The
conditions in Iraq were deplorable as poverty was widespread. Everyone was
leaving the town in search of sustenance. Abul
Baqaa Aawiqah, one hundred and ten years old, was the caretaker of the sacred
shrine of Amir-al-Momineen (a.s.),
he was not willing to leave but his family forced him to leave and he
responded. He came for the last time and bid farewell to the Imam (a.s.). While
travelling, they made a stop for rest and Abul Baqaa slept for a while. Imam Ali (a.s.) visited him in dream and
said: “O Abul Baqaa, are you leaving
me after serving for a long duration of service?” Abul Baqaa got up crying.
When people inquired for the reason, he explained the dream to them and
returned to Najaf al-Ashraf.
Abul Baqaa narrates that: “Three days after
this episode, a man entered the Shrine carrying a heavy load on his back. The
man then gave him some money and requested him to buy some food for him. Abul
Baqaa went home along with the stranger. They shared the food he had purchased.
Afterwards, the man asked Abul Baqaa to bring some scales to weigh gold. Abul Baqaa brought the scale along with
some weights, big and small, including one used for weighing grains, from a
goldsmith named Zaid bin Waqisah. The visitor bunched all weights into one end
of the scale and piled the other end with the gold from his bag. After weighing
the gold, he gave it to the caretaker
of the shrine. The caretaker inquired: “O Master! What do I do with this gold?”
He replied: “This is for you to
keep. It has been given by the person who has called you back into service. I
was commanded to give according to the measures of weights you have brought. If
you have brought more weights, I would have given more.”
2. A blind man from Tikrit regains his
eyesight: Narrated by Shaikh Husyin ibn Abdul Karim, “A blind man entered the Mausoleum of the Commander of the Faithful. He
was so old that his eye-balls had loosened in his sockets. After frequent
supplications and entreaties, he stood
before the mausoleum and spoke in a not-too-polite manner with Imam Ali (a.s.).
Many a times I thought of reprimanding him for such a manner of speech but did
not do so. This continued for some time.
One day I heard a lot of commotion outside the shrine. I came out to
investigate and was told that the eyesight of a blind man has been restored. I
thought to myself: I wish it is the same blind old man. I moved to the
courtyard of the shrine and found that indeed it was the same man.”
3. A disguised Christian: Ali ibn Yahya
ibn Husayn Tahhal Miqdadi has narrated from his father who has recounted from
his father: A handsome man in beautiful attire came to me and said after
presenting two Dinars, take them and allow me inside the shrine, locking it up that
I may occupy myself in prayer without interruption. I took the money, accepted
the request and went off to bed after locking him up. I saw Amir-al-Momineen in
my dream. Imam Ali (a.s.) ordered me: “Get
up and remove him from my mausoleum. He is a Christian”
Ali ibn Tahhal woke up. He tied the neck of
the man in a rope and reprimanded: “Get
up and go. You are a Christian. Trying to cheat with two Dinars, are you? He
refuted: I am not a Christian.
I said: No, you are A Christian. For
Amir-al –Momineen has come to me in a dream and has instructed that you are a Christian
and to be removed from here.
He
replied: Give me your hand. I bear witness Allah is One, there is no God except
Allah, Muhammad (s.a.w.a.s.) is His Messenger, and Amir-al-Momineen (a.s.) is
the caliph of Allah. By the Al-Mighty, nobody knew me when I left Syria and
nobody is familiar with me in Iraq.” He spent the rest of his life as a model
Muslim!
References:
Irshad-al-Qulub (v 2 page 343and 437),
Bihar-ul-Anwar (v 42 page 314and 317), Furhat-ul-Quraa (page 144)
Farhatun Nawaa (page 146)
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