20. Forecasting Future Events

Late Aga Rizvi said that the Late Bedabadi came to Shiraz by the route of Bushahar on way to Ziyarat of Medina. He stayed there for around two months. During those days, people were roughly divided into two groups. Some wanted democracy while some were in favor of autocracy. The Late Bedabadi wanted reconciliation between the two groups and was always concerned that there should be no violence. He was always striving in this regard and tried much to remove this discord.

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19. Abstinence From Dubious Food

Aga Eimani said: On the day Aga Bedabadi arrived; he said to father: I will eat only the food, which you arrange yourself and don't accept, that which others bring. By chance Hajj Shaykh ul-Islam brought a pair of partridges and said: I wish to make kebabs for the Aga. Father accepted them forgetting the directions of Aga Bedabadi. They were roasted and placed before the Aga for dinner. When he saw the partridge, he stood up from there and said to my father: "I told you not to accept anything from anyone." He did not eat even a particle from that.

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18. Seeking Mediation Of Qur’an

Hajj Muham ad Hasan Eimani said:

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17. Miracle Of Scholars

Aga Hajj Moin Shirazi, a resident of Tehran said: One day I was standing on a Tehran road with a cousin of mine, waiting for a taxi as we wanted to go to a distant place.

We stood there for around half an hour. All the taxis that passed were either engaged or the driver did not pay any attention to us. At last we were tired of waiting.

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16. Excellence Of Scholars

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.

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15. Bestowal Of Amir ul-Mu’minin ('A)

Learned and pious gentleman, the Late Hajj Mirza Muhammad Sadar Bushahri narrated:

Once my late father, Hajj Shaykh Muhammad Ali traveled from Najaf al-Ashraf to India. At that time my brother, Shaykh Ahmad and me were aged less than six or seven years. By chance the absence of my father so prolonged that the money he had left with my mother for household expenses was exhausted and we became involved in financial difficulties.

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14. Saved From Drowning

It is narrated from Shaykh Husayn that one Friday during his stay in Najaf he left for Kufa for sightseeing and strolling by the river banks and reached a spot where children were fishing. A person from Najaf al-Ashraf was also present there. He said to a child who was casting the net: This time cast the net betting on my luck. When he cast the net, there was movement in it. When it was retracted, it was found heavy. He said: How lucky you are! I have never seen such a heavy fish.

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13. Thousands Escape Death

Three years ago, I had the honor of the company of Aga Hajj Sayyid Muhammad Ali Qadi Tabrizi for some days in Tehran. I heard many stories from him and one of them is as follows:

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12. Two Strange Incidents

I heard from the Late Hajj Shaykh Murtaza Taliqani in Madrassa Sayyid, Najaf al-Ashraf that he witnessed two strange and opposite incidents during the time of Late Aga Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Yazdi:

One is that during summer, some students used to sleep in the courtyard and some on the terrace. One night I woke up due to commotion and saw students rushing to the courtyard and gathering around a boy. I asked what the matter was and was told that so and so Khorasani student (I forgot his name) was sleeping on the terrace; he turned sides in his sleep and fell down from the terrace.

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11. Bestowal Of Imam Husayn ('A) 1

The pious and righteous personality, the late Hajj Shaykh Ghulam Al-Ridha Tabisi, approximately thirty-three years ago came to Shiraz and stayed there for some months in Madressa of Aga Babakhan. When I went to meet him, he said:

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