Pious man, Hajj Mulla Ali Kazerooni, from whom some stories have been narrated about acceptance of supplications and divine bestowals, narrates:

When the Almighty Allah gave me divine opportunity (Tawfiq) for Hajj, I set out from Kuwait to Jeddah by air. When I reached Jeddah, an announcement was made that we would be reaching Jeddah in a few moments, so everyone should be ready with his or her suitcase for customs check.

I looked for the suitcase key in my pocket, but could not find it. Then I realized that I had forgotten it at home. I was extremely anxious and beseeched to the Almighty: O Lord, I am Your guest and I want to put on the Ihram dress to enter into Your vicinity, but the Ihram garments are also there inside the suitcase, and the key is lost. What should I do?

He said: By God, at moment that key fell into my lap in such a way that my travel companion (son of late Hasan Dentist) also became aware of it, and he asked: What is it?

I explained the situation to him and thanked the Almighty Allah for the key.

It was mentioned in story no. 25 that such acceptance of supplications and extraordinary happenings are not unexpected from righteous persons.

Result Of Lifelong Sincerity

Hajj Ali, aged around seventy years, has, as far as I know, spent a lifetime in obedience, sincerity and love for God, Muhammad and Aale Muhammad ('a) and refraining from heedlessness about their circumstances and attention to the court of Almighty.

No doubt, one having such behavior scales the position of proximity and definitely reaches to the unlimited power of Almighty Allah. Since this world is limited, the believer sees that world after death, but sometimes a few things are experienced in this world as well, as mentioned in the story of Asif bin Barkhiya, who brought the throne of Bilquis from Syria to Prophet Sulaiman (‘a) in a blink, as stated in Surah Naml.

The Child Remains Suspended In Air

One day a religious fellow was passing through a street when he noticed a crowd and people were engrossed in something. He asked: What's the matter? They replied: A child wandered to the roof and his mother is wailing for him, as she is apprehensive that he might fall down from there. Meanwhile the boy stepped on the spout and fell. That religious man instantly said: O Allah, stop him.

The child became suspended in air, till he took him in his arms and conveyed him to his mother. When people witnessed this, they gathered around him and started kissing his hands and feet. He said: Gentlemen, this is nothing extraordinary. If a lowly man has passed his life in obedience of Almighty, and He in return fulfills his request; what is amazing in that?

That, which supports this statement is the following part of Hadith Qudsi in which the Almighty Allah says: "I am a companion of one who is My neighbor; and one who obeys Me, I do whatever he asks me to."1

• 1. Iqbal. Chapter of the rituals of the month of Rajab.