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Dou bin Ali al-Ijli reports that a man from Faras (Persia) came
to Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (p) and with the Imam’s (p) permission
lived with him as his servant.
The Farasi (Persian) reports: One day I entered the house of Imam
(p) and heard a voice from the men’s quarters. The Imam (p)
called me and ordered me to stay where I was. I noticed a maidservant
coming out of the quarters carrying something wrapped up in her
arms. The Imam (p) told me to enter the quarters. After I entered,
the Imam (p) called the maidservant and told her to bring what she
had with her. When she returned, the Imam (p) told her to uncover
what she had brought. It was a baby with a charming face, and when
the Imam (p) uncovered the baby’s body, I noticed that the
hair had grown from the middle of his chest to his navel. It was
greenish but not black in colour. Then the Imam (p) told the maidservant
that he (the baby) will be her master and ordered her to take the
baby away. I did not see the baby again while the Imam (p) was alive.
Translator’s note: The Twelfth Imam (p), son of Imam al-Hasan
al-Askari (p), is in occultation according to the commandment of
God and will reappear followed by Prophet Isa (Jesus) (p) at the
will of God to reclaim the world towards truth and justice. He is
the namesake of the Prophet Muhammad (p) and his epithets are Mehdi,
Qaim-e-Aale Muhammad, Hujjat and as a mark of respect, his name
is never uttered or written. The letters suffixed to his epithet
stand for ‘Ajjalallahu Ta’ala Farajahu’ which
means ‘May God hasten his reappearance.’
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