In the same way, the Maulavi has narrated that a handsome sixteen-year-old youth, who was famous as Aga Zubairi, in the Paimpa Madressa of Holy Mash-had, which has now closed down, used to visit Shaykh Qanbar Tawassuli. He was a pious human being and was mostly in fasting state, except on the two Eids. He was very eager to see the folks of the cave and Imam Zaman ('a) and was trying a great deal to achieve this aim.

He says: I abstained from full dinner for forty days; only at the time of breaking the fast did I take a handful of powdered grams. This was my usual meal.

Similar to this story of Mr. Khandahari, was one narrated to me by late Hajj Muhammad Kuwait around thirty-five years ago, when I performed Hajj in his company. He narrated:

Once my cousin had loaded coconuts on his ship and set out from Mumbai to Dubai. In normal circumstances, he should have reached there in a week's time, but even after three days there was no news of his.

The Maulavi has also narrated the following incident:

I was eight years old, when there was heavy rain and during that, I saw a fish drop from the sky and not even half a minute passed when a cat devoured it.

Similar to this incident is what passed on us during our Hajj journey. It was the time of the Second World War and I could not travel via Iran. So I set out by air and disembarked in Bahrain.

The Maulavi has also narrated:

During those days, Nasir ul-Islam, Abu ‘l-Waizeen had arrived in the Holy Mash-had. During Holy Ramadhan, he spoke on ethical issues from the pulpit. In the evenings, he discussed miraculous incidents witnessed at the holy shrine of Imam Ali Al-Ridha (‘a).

Shaykh Muhammad, alias Maulavi Khandahari, from whom many stories were narrated, says:

Fifty years ago, on 14th Muharram at the Eidgah of holy Mash­had, the caretaker of Holy tomb, Shaykh Muhammad Baqir Waiz narrated as follows:

Once during Muharram, I was invited by the Iranian business community in France to deliver Muharram lectures and I went there for the same.

He has also written that my brother-in-law (sister's husband), who had a clinic in Bedabad locality has narrated from Mash-hadi Ahmad the cook, whose shop was located in Bedabad that:

One day I was in the condition of ritual spirituality (Janabat) and was not unable to take a bath. In haste, I picked up the rice and meat dish (Biryani) and went to the house of Haji Muhammad Jawad, who lived in Bedabad near my shop.

Aga Hajj Muhammad Hasan Shirkat of Isfahan has written:

A relative of Aga Hajj Muhammad Jawad Bedabadi (regarding whom numerous stories are narrated in this book), who was a very nice man, narrated to me:

A strange news report was published in Kayhan Daily, Thursday, 3rd Mardad 1353 A.H. No. 9319; its gist is as follows:

A 1300-year-old corpse was found in a perfect condition in a pit, which a few unknown thieves had dug in Yazd.

It was attributed to be of Bibi Hayat, a famous lady from the early period of Islam.

Yazd correspondent of Kayhan says that with an aim to steal antiques the thieves dug up a grave in Fahraj village in Yazd. This grave was attributed to Bibi Hayat and her un-decayed and perfect body came out from the grave.

Distinguished mason, late Hajj Abd ul-Ali (r.a.) has narrated:

During my Ziyarat of Karbala, I was one day in the holy courtyard and another person was also there. I asked his name and he said: So and so Khorasani. I asked what his profession was and he said that he was a mason. I noted that we belonged to the same profession and asked him whether he was a visitor or a caretaker.

He explained: I am working on this site since many years. I asked: Have you have witnessed an extraordinary happening in this holy land?

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.