Sayyed Hasan Garfi, son of Raza Garfi, writes, ‘My father had a workshop in Isfahan. This incident occurred in 1325 A.H. My father’s workshop was robbed. The thief was arrested. But he did not confess to his crime and was therefore imprisoned for six months.
For the recovery of the stolen goods, my father decided to undertake recitation of Ziyarat Ashura for forty days. Every morning after the morning Salat, he used to recite it along with the hundred curses and salam and dua Alqamah. He finished recitation for forty days, but there was still no news of his stolen goods. But he continued recitation of Ziyarat even beyond the fortieth day, so that he may regain his goods.
On the fiftieth day, my eleven-year-old sister saw a dream. She saw four Sayyed men and Sayyed ladies pass by a roti shop. My sister did salam. They after replying to the salam remarked, ‘Tell your father that we shall soon return his goods. But he should also fulfill his pledge.’
After a few days, the thief released some goods in the market for sale. Now our products had our trademark imprinted on them. Besides, news of our stolen goods was published in various newspapers. So the purchaser realised that the goods actually belonged to Sayyed Raza Garfi. With the help of the trader, we tracked down the thief and it turned out to be the same person who was arrested earlier and imprisoned for six months. He was compelled to surrender the remaining goods as well. That thief spent the remaining days of his life in indigence and helplessness.
It must be mentioned here about the unfulfilled pledge pointed out in the dream. In 1321 A.H., my father had gone for Haj to Makka. There, when he settled his account with Haaj Husayn Ali Darbi Koshki, (the representative of Ayatullah Moshiray), he realized that he was indebted to the latter for a sum of three thousand tuman. And he had not yet repaid that debt. When my father realized this, he immediately rushed Husayn Ali Darbi, and repaid that sum.
Miracles of Ziyarat e Ashura – P.E.T Publications