Allamah Hilli (648-726 A.D.) (May Allah be satisfied with him) is the most remarkable personality of the Shias. He had no equal during his period and was the most outstanding writer of the Shias. He has been specially blessed by the Imam-e-Zamana(a.s.) with a special favour. The following incident is well known among the people.
We have related the incident from the Majalisul Momineen of Shaheed Salis Qazi Nurullah Shustari.
One of the exceptional aspects of Allamah Hilli’s time was that during his tenure a person had written a book against Shiaism and he used to quote from it in assemblies and thus managed to mislead quite a few people and created doubts regarding the Imamite faith.
However, he never lent anyone this book for the fear that it may fall into the hands of the Shias and they may write a rebuttal.
In order to obtain this book, Allamah Hilli, began to attend the
sermons of this man and also introduced himself as a student of this person. After having achieved the confidence of the teacher he requested him to lend the book for some time.
It was difficult for that person to refuse Allamah Hilli; so he told him, “I have vowed that I will not give this book to anyone for more than a single night.”
Allamah Hilli accepted it as there was no other way. That night he felt very exalted and began to copy I the book. He had planned to take down as much as possible so that he could refute the arguments of the book. Around midnight when he could not resist the onslaught of sleep, a respectful guest arrived and after the pleasantries he told Allamah Hilli to go to sleep and entrust him with the completion of the book.
Allamah agreed to it without any questions. When he wake up after some time, he found that there was no sign of his guest. Upon searching he found that the book had already been completed by his guest; and at the end of it something extra was mentioned. When he looked closely, he found that the following words had been added at the end: “Inscribed by the Hujjat.”
(Rawzatul Jannaat, Vol.2, Pg.282, Jannatul Maawa incident no. 22, Najmus Saqib incident no. 15)