I heard from Hajj Shaykh Muhammad Razi, a practical scholar and accomplished author of books like Athaar ul-Hujaat that he heard from Late Hajj Aga Yahya (congregational leader of Masjid Hajj Sayyid Azizullah, Tehran) and other scholars, that the Late Hajj Shaykh Ibrahim alias Sahibuzzamani said: I composed a panegyric (Qasida) on 11th Zilqad, birthday of Imam Ali Al-Ridha ('a) about the birth and praise of the holy Imam and left my place intending to recite it to the minister. When I was passing through the holy courtyard, I said to myself: Stupid man! The real king is this only. Where are you going? Why don't you recite your Qasida to him?

So I regretted my previous intention and came to the sepulcher (Zari) and recited my Qasida. After that I said: O master, I am in very constrained financial conditions. It would be great if you can bestow some reward to me.

Suddenly someone placed ten tomans in my hand from the right side. I said: Master, this is less. Immediately someone gave ten tomans from the left. Again I said that it was less and someone gave another ten tomans. In short, I requested six more times and each time ten tomans were given to me. (In fact at that time Ten tomans was a huge amount). When I found sixty tomans sufficient for my needs, I felt ashamed to ask for more. So I pocketed the money and thanked for it and came out of the holy shrine.

At the shoe booth, I met Hajj Shaykh Hasan Tehrani. As soon as he saw me, he took me aside and said: Hajj Shaykh, you have become very clever and you came to Imam Ali Al-Ridha ('a) directly. You composed the couplets and the Imam rewarded you. Tell me what is the amount you received as recompense? I said: Sixty Tomans. He asked: Are you prepared to exchange them for double the amount? I accepted the offer and gave him the sixty Tomans and took 120 Tomans in return.

Later, I regretted exchanging the money that the Imam had gifted. So I went back to the Shaykh and tried to persuade him to cancel the deal, but he was not prepared to do that any cost.