Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ali bin Ayez Razi and he has narrated from Hasan bin Wajna Nasibi and he from Abu Nuaim Muhammad bin Ahmad Ansari
that:
“We were in Mecca sitting near the spout with a group of thirty Umrahpilgrims among whom were Mahmoodi, Allaan Kulaini, Abu Haitham, Abu Ja’far Ahwaal Hamadani, Muhammad bin Qasim Alawi comprising30 persons. Except for Muhammad bin Qasim Alawi Aqiqi none of them was Shia. It was the 6th of Zilhajj of the year 293 A.H. A young man approached us wearing Ihraam dress and carrying his slippers in his hands. He came among us and due to his awe and majesty we stood up and greeted him with Salaam. He glanced to the left and right and sat down among us. He asked: ‘Do you know what His Eminence, Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) used to say in his supplication?’ We asked: ‘What did he recite?’ He said: ‘He used to say:
O Allah, indeed I ask You by Your name due to which the sky and theearth stand, and by which it is possible to distinguish between right andwrong. Due to which different and separated people come together and bywhich there develops differences and dispersion in cohesive groups; andthrough which are calculated the number of sand particles in the desert, theweight of the mountains and the measure of water in the oceans. BlessMuhammad and the Progeny of Muhammad and widen and ease all myaffairs for me.’
Then the handsome youth stood up and we also followed by way ofrespect. He began to perform the circumambulation (Tawaf). As a result of his awe we forgot to ask him who he was. The next day at the same time, he completed the Tawaf and came to us and sat down among us in the same way. Then he glanced to the right and left and asked: ‘Do you know what supplication Amirul Momineen used to recite after the obligatory prayers?’ We asked: ‘What did he recite?’ He said: ‘He used to recite as follows:
O Allah, it is towards You that voices are raised. Supplications areaddressed to You alone. Before You only are cheeks placed in submission.Humility and lowliness is shown to You. Your command is honored in all thematters. O the best of those who are beseeched and One Who is better than all those who bestow. O the true one, O the forgiving one. O one who never breaks His promise. O one who also commands to ask from Him and also promises the fulfillment of supplications. O one who has said: ‘Call upon Me, I will answer you.’ O one who said: ‘And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.’ O one who said: Say: ‘O my servants! Who have acted extravagantly against their own souls, do notdespair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives the faults altogether;surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful.’
Then he looked to the right and the left and asked: ‘Do you know whatAmirul Momineen used to recite in the prostration of thankfulness (SajdahShukr)? ‘Please tell us what he used to say,’ we replied. He said: ‘He used tosay:
The weeping of those who weep does not increase anything except Yourgenerosity and kindness. O one who has the treasures of the heavens and theearth. O one whose mercy is widespread. My sins cannot restrain Your favorsfrom reaching me for which I pray to You. Regarding my affairs, do whatbefits You. You are powerful over every type of punishment and You havecomplete right upon all of them. I have no argument to support my case inYour court and neither have I an opportunity to present excuse. I present mysins to You and I confess of having committed them so that You may forgivethem and You are the best of those who know. I dissociate myself of all thesins that I have committed and all the mistakes I made and all the evils deedsI have performed. O my Lord, forgive me and have mercy on me andoverlook all that You know for You are the most powerful and kind.’
After that the young man arose and began to circle the Kaaba. We allalso rose up to pay respect. The next day he again came to us at the same time and like the previous day we welcomed and greeted him. He sat down in our company and glanced at the right and left. Then he said: Ali Ibnul Husain, Chief of those who prostrate (Sayyid us-Saajideen) used to recite this at this place in prostration (so saying he pointed to the Black Stone):
‘Your slave is at Your threshold, Your destitute is at Your door, You areasked for those things over which none except You have power.’
Then he looked to the right and the left and glanced at Muhammad binQasim Alawi from among us and said: ‘O Muhammad bin Qasim, you are,Insha Allah on the right path.’
Then he arose and entered the circling of the Kaaba. There was noneamong us that had not learnt by heart the supplications he had recited, but weforgot to ask him about himself everyday.
Mahmoodi asked us: ‘Do you know this man?’ ‘No,’ we replied. He said:
‘By Allah, he is the Master of your time.’ We asked: ‘How do you know, O Abu Ali?’ He said: ‘I prayed to my Lord for seven years to let me have theglimpse of the Master of the Age.’
Then he said: ‘Seven years ago that same gentleman was reciting thesupplication of Isha in Arafat. I asked him: ‘Who are you?’ He replied: ‘I ama human being.’ I asked: ‘From which race of human beings?’ He said: ‘From the Arabs.’
Then I asked: ‘From which Arab clan?’ He said: ‘From the most nobleand high clan.’ I asked: ‘Which is that?’ He replied: ‘Banu Hashim.’ I asked:‘From which branch of Banu Hashim?’ He said: ‘That which is the highest ingiving counsel and worthy of praise in its loftiness.’ I asked: ‘From which ofthese persons?’ He said: ‘From those who split the heads, fed the poor andprayed in the dead of the night when the people slept.’
I said to myself that he was an Alawite and I was inclined to theAlawites. Then he disappeared. I don’t know whether he went to the sky orinto the earth. I asked those who were around him whether they knew thatAlawite gentleman. ‘Yes,’ they replied, ‘He comes with us every year on foot to perform the Hajj.’ I told them that I didn’t see their footprints. Then I went towards Muzdalifah in a condition of grief and sorrow. That same night I saw the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) in dream. He said: ‘O Ahmad, you have seen what you desired.’ I said: ‘My master, who was he?’ He replied: ‘The one you sawyesterday at Asr was the Imam of your time.’
Abu Nuaim the narrator of this tradition says: When I heard this fromAbu Ali Mahmoodi, I scolded him why he did not inform us about it. Abu Ali said: I also forgot it when you were talking to him.
Reference : Beharul anwar vol 51.52.53 , Part 1 , The Promised Mahdi