It is narrated that my Late grandfather, Akhund Mulla Abdullah Bahbani was the student of the great Shaykh. Shaykh Murtaza Ansari, may his station be exalted and as a result of the tragedies of life, he was in a very bad financial condition and had accumulated debts up to 500 Tomans, whose repayment looked impossible in normal circumstances, (because it was a huge amount hundred years ago). He mentioned this to his teacher, who thought about it for some time and then said: Go to Tabriz, if Allah wills, your problems would be solved.

He set out immediately and on reaching Tabriz, went to the house of the Late Friday leader and the most famous scholar of Tabriz of that time, but the latter paid no particular attention to him. He spent the night in the outer portion of his house. After the Morning call for prayer someone knocked at the door. When the servant opened the door, the chief trader said: I have some work with the Imam. He asked the Imam: Has some scholar visited you last night? He replied: Yes, a scholar from Najaf al-Ashraf, but so far I have not asked hi m about his identity and the purpose of his visit.

The chief trader said: I beseech you to entrust your guest to me. Imam said: No problem; the Shaykh is staying in that outer room. The chief trader stepped forward and took the Shaykh to his place with all respect. He arranged a dinner and invited at least fifty traders.

After dinner, he said: Gentlemen, last night I had a dream that I was outside the city, when suddenly I had the honor to see Amir ul-Mu’minin ('a) riding to this city. I hastened forward and kissed the stirrup and asked: Master, what is the occasion, that you blessed our Tabriz with your presence? Imam ('a) said: I have fallen in debts and I have come here for assistance.

I woke up and began to contemplate on the dream. I interpreted it to mean that a proximate devotee of Ali ('a) is indebted and has come to our city. After that I pondered more and concluded that most probably it could be Sayyids or scholars. I considered where I should search for him and said to myself: If he is a scholar, he would definitely be staying at the place of some scholar.

So after Morning Prayer, I decided to first check the houses of religious scholars; and after that make inquiries at inns and caravanserais. By chance, I first visited the house of the Friday congregation leader and found this Shaykh there. I learnt that he is a scholar from Najaf and has come to our city from the neighborhood of Amir ul-Mu’minin ('a). so that his debts may be liquidated. He is indebted for more than 500 Tomans and I myself contribute 100 Tomans. After that other traders also separately contributed and amount sufficient to repay the debts was collected. With the balance amount, he managed to buy a house in Najaf al-Ashraf. The Late Sayyid used to say that the house still stands and has come to me in inheritance.