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117. Special Attention Of Imam Husayn (‘A)

Every year, on the day of Arbaeen, Late Hajj Muhammad Al-Ridha Baqqal, a resident of Kucha Astana cooked and distributed forty Mann (120 kilos) rice among the people. The year he performed the Ziyarat of Karbala, he told his son to get the same quantity cooked on Arbaccn day and distribute it.

On the night after Arbaeen, Muhammad Al-Ridha saw Imam Husayn (‘a) in dream. He said: Muhammad Al-Ridha, since you have come to Karbala this year you have reduced the food by half. When he woke up, he was unable to comprehend the matter fully.

After Ziyarat, he returned to Shiraz and held dinner for friends and neighbors for three days. Then he asked his son what he had done that year. He said that he acted according to his directions on the day of Arbaeen.

At last, on further queries, he admitted that only 20 Mann had been cooked that day and the remaining 20 Mann was retained for cooking on his return from Ziyarat and the same was cooked in the last three days.