It is also narrated from the same Shaykh Baqir an incident
about a very pious man, who was a very dutiful son of his father
and he was so caring that he placed a pot of water in the toilet
and till the father completed his ablutions, he waited outside. He
was always in the service of his father; however on Wednesday
eves he used to visit Masjid Sahla. But at one time he stopped
going there as well. When he was asked about it, he said: Once,
when I was going there for forty Wednesdays regularly, on the
last Wednesday, it so happened that I could not leave during the
day. Night fell, although it was a moonlit night. But I was alone.
After walking for a time only a third of the distance remained
when I saw an Arab riding in my direction. I thought that I was
about to be robbed of my possessions. The rider came near and
spoke to me in rural dialect and first thing that he asked was
where I was headed. I said I was going to Masjid Sahla. Then he
asked if I have something to eat. I said I have nothing. He told
me: Check your pocket. Again I repeated that I had nothing. He
chided me at this point and I found that there were some raisins
in my pocket I had bought for my child, which I had forgotten to
give him. Then he said thrice: I advise you about your aged
father. I emphasize you about him and I command you about
him. He stated this and disappeared from my sight. I immediately
realized that it was Hazrat Hujjat (a.s.), who could not bear that I
should remain away from the service of my father even for a
single night. That is the reason why I stopped going to Masjid
Sahla on Wednesday eves.