A learned Sayyid scholar, whose truthfulness and piety are doubtless, was once going for the Ziyarat of Sayyid Muhammad from Samarrah on foot and he lost his way. Being despaired of life, he fell down in a swoon due to the intense heat and extreme hunger and thirst. After some time, when he regained consciousness, he realized that his head was in the lap of a person, who put a glass of water at his lips.

The Sayyid says: I had never in my life tasted such sweet and cool water. After his thirst was quenched, he opened the dinner spread and gave him two or three loaves of millet bread. When he ate them, that Arab said: O Sayyid, take bath in this stream.

The Sayyid says: I said: Brother, there is no stream over here and I almost died of thirst when you arrived to help me.

The Arab said: This is a flowing stream of clear and pure water. He says: As soon as he said this, I looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a flowing stream of crystal-clear water. I was astounded that even though the stream was so near, I was dying of thirst. That Arab asked: Sayyid, where are you headed? I replied: The mausoleum of Sayyid Muhammad. He said: This is the mausoleum of Sayyid Muhammad.

The Sayyid says: I noticed that I was close to the mausoleum of Sayyid Muhammad, although the point from where I had lost my way was in Qadisya, which was very far from there.

In any case, within that short time, the beneficial points that the Arab mentioned to me was emphasis on recitation of Qur’an and necessity of declaring immunity from those who claim that there is distortion in Holy Qur’an. He also condemned the reporters, who have fabricated traditions of distortion. He emphasized on goodness to parents when they are alive and after their death. Ziyarat of holy places and tombs of the Holy Imams (‘a) and Imamzadahs; emphasis on respecting the descendants of Amir ul-Mu’minin ('a) and stress on Midnight Prayers.

He also said: Sayyid, I am surprised on scholars who consider themselves to be related to us and who are not regular in this. He stressed on other things as well.

The Sayyid says: When I deliberated on the identity of this Arab gentleman from whom I had seen those strange happenings and heard advices, he immediately disappeared.