Allamah Sayyid Mahdi Qazwini, who was previously
mentioned in incident number forty-two, said: On 14th of Shaban,
with the intention of the Ziyarat of the Chief of the martyrs, we
set out from Hilla to Kerbala. When we reached Shatte Hindiyya
and crossed the west side, we saw that pilgrims coming from
Hilla, Najaf Ashraf and its surroundings are lodged in the houses
of Bani Taraf and there was no way for them to go to Kerbala
Moalla, because the men of Uniza tribe were waiting to plunder and kill them and they had barred the way for travelers. I prayed
the noon and the afternoon prayer. The climate was cloudy and
there was a slight drizzle, when suddenly I saw pilgrims emerge
from the houses and move towards Kerbala. I said to the Arab, at
whose place I had lodged to find out what the news was. He went
and returned immediately and said: Bani Taraf have agreed that
they will in any case convey the pilgrims to Kerbala even if they
have to fight a battle. I said to my companions that Bani Taraf
does not have the power of confrontation; rather it seems that
they were worried of the camping of the pilgrims on their lands
and they were finding it difficult to host them; that is why they
have used this tactic. Thus, it so happened that pilgrims started
returning, but they did not enter the houses of Bani Taraf. Instead
they sat under the shade of the walls. I was moved on seeing this
and I continued supplicate to the Almighty Allah to remove this
trouble from the pilgrims. I noticed a gentleman arrive mounted
on a elegant horse, which was never seen before. He held a long
spear and his sleeves were turned up. He greeted and then said:
The Unaiza are removed from the route and the pilgrims may
continue their journey. I asked: Can you bear the inconvenience
of traveling with us? He replied: Yes. I looked at my watch and
found that two and a half hours remained for sunset. I called for
my horse. But the Arab, whose guest I was, clung to me and said:
Don’t put yourself and other pilgrims in peril. Stay here for the
night so that the situation may become clear. I said that it was
must that I should go; I cannot forgo the special Ziyarat. Saying
this I mounted my horse and imitating me all the pilgrims set out.
That remarkable rider was leading like a lion, till we reached the
spot where the men of Unaiza had gathered, but we saw that the whole field was empty and there was no sign of them and only a
cloud of dust was rising in the desert. They had disappeared from
there completely, although I was thinking that I have seen that
gentleman before. But when he left us I remembered that he was
the same person who had come to my house in Hilla and had
informed about the conquest of Sulaimaniya that he is Hazrat
Sahibul Asr (a.s.). It was the miracle of the Imam that in spite of
the fact that Kerbala Moalla was at a distance of three Farsakhs
from the houses of Bani Taraf, but we covered this distance in an
hour and one and a half hour remained for sunset, when we
entered Kerbala. The following day when we investigated about
Unaiza, it was learnt from some farmers that they had definitely
lay in ambush, but an elegant gentleman mounted on a beautiful
horse passed by and he shouted out to them: Go away from here,
or your death is certain as infantry and cavalry is approaching.
They were so terrified that they fled from there at once and they
were in such haste that some of them even left their gear behind
and the field emptied in a moment. I inquired about the
appearance of that person. When they told me, I concluded that
he was the same person, who had accompanied us. And praise be
to Allah the Lord of the worlds. And salutations on Muhammad
and his purified progeny.
Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 53, pp. 288-290