Sayyid Ali bin Abdul Hameed, a person of faith, in the book of Sultan alMufarraj writes:
“Of all those who have seen Imam Zamana (a.s.), there is the mostfamous and well known incident of Abu Rahjeh Hamaami in Hilla, and it isnarrated by a group of scholars and eminent people of that town. Amongthose eminent personalities is also the pious, senior and virtuous ShaykhShamsuddin Muhammad bin Qaroon.
He says that there was a ruler in Hilla called ‘Marjaan, the younger’.Some people reported to him that Abu Rajeh abuses the companions of the Prophet. So he got Abu Rajeh arrested and ordered him to be beaten. Theybeat him so severely that each part of his body was injured and they hit at his mouth so much that his teeth were broken.
Then they pierced his tongue with a thick iron needle. Then they piercedhis nose and put a rope through it. After that he was given over to the ruler’s men to take him around the lanes of Hilla in this manner and ordered that heshould be thrashed from every side. It happened in this way and the poor man fell down exhausted; people thought that he was dead.
They informed the king and he ordered his execution. Those present inthe court wanted to know what purpose would be served by his execution.Since he was an old man this much punishment was enough for him. He wasalready dead, so he should be left now, and he would die his natural death.Why should the king take the responsibility of his death? When peoplepetitioned much, he ordered his release.
Since he was seriously injured, his relatives carried him home like acorpse, everyone was sure that he would not survive that night as no sign oflife remained in his body. However when people came to see him the next day they found him in perfect health and physically fit, engrossed in ritual prayers. His teeth, that had been broken, were back in his mouth in a perfect condition. The wounds of his body and face had healed so completely as if he never had any injuries in the first place.
They were shocked at this and asked him how that came to be. He said: Iwas looking at death with my own eyes. Since my tongue could not move, Iwas unable to utter any supplication, so I prayed to Allah in my mind andbeseeched my master. When the greater part of the night had passed, I sawthat the complete house was lit by a luminosity and my master, His Eminence, the Master of the Time was stroking my face and saying: Now get up and go to your family. You are perfectly all right now. Thus when I got up in the morning, I was absolutely healthy as you can all see.
Shamsuddin Muhammad bin Qaroon says: By Allah, Abu Rajeh was afrail and thin man, having sallow complexion; he was very ugly and had asmall beard. I used to visit the same public bath he frequented and I alwayssaw him in the above condition. But that morning when I went to see himwith other people, I saw him physically strong, his limbs powerful and hisheight had also increased. The beard was also bigger than before and thecomplexion had a pinkish hue. It seemed as if he were a young man of twenty years. And he remained like that till his end.
When the news of his miraculous recovery spread, the governor of Hilla summoned him; who one day before had seen him in a very serious condition;
but now he was perfectly cured and there no sign of any injury and his teeth were also intact. The ruler was highly impressed by this and filled with awe. Previously when he sat at the place of Imam Zamana (a.s.) in Hilla, he used to turn his back to it, but after this incident, he used to sit facing it and he also changed his behavior with the people of Hilla. He used to forgive their mistakes and acted nicely with everyone in general. But all this was of no use to him and he died after some days.
Reference : Beharul anwar vol 51.52.53 , Part 1 , The Promised Mahdi