Tanbiyatul Khaatir: Sayyid Ajal Ali son of Ibrahim Areezi Alawi Husainireports from Ali son of Ali son of Numa that he said:
“Hasan bin Ali bin Hamza Aqsasi related this incident in the house ofShareef Ali bin Ja’far bin Ali Madaini Alawi that there was a short-statureShaykh in Kufa who was well known for his piety, he liked sight-seeing, wasan ardent worshipper and preferred seclusion. And he was always in pursuitof historical information and traditional reports.
One day it so happened that I was in the gathering of my father when this gentleman arrived and began to converse with my father and the latter was listening to him intently.
The senior gentleman said: One night I was in Masjid Jofa, which is anancient Masjid on the outskirts of Kufa. Half the night had passed and I wasengrossed in secluded prayers when suddenly three persons entered. Whenthey reached the center of the courtyard, one of them squatted and began tomove the soil to the right and the left. A spring of water appeared and watergushed out of it.
He performed the ritual ablution with this water and gestured to the other two persons and they also performed the ablution. Then he stood in the front and the other two stood behind him to pray. I also went and stood at the back and recited the prayers with them.
Since I was astonished at the erupting of the spring, when the prayer wasconcluded, I asked the man to my right: Who is that gentleman? He told me:He is the Master of the Affair, son of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.). So I went forward and kissed the blessed hands of His Eminence and asked very respectfully: O son of Allah’s Messenger (s.a.w.s.), what is your opinionabout Shareef Umar, son of Hamza? Is he on the right faith? He replied: No,but it is possible he may come to the right path. However it is sure that hewould not die without seeing me.
The narrator says: We wrote down this interesting tradition, and sometime passed after this incident till Shareef Umar bin Hamza expired and it was not heard that he had seen Imam-e-Zamana (a.s.). One day I met that old gentleman at a place and reminded him about that incident and asked: Did you not say that Shareef would see Imam-e-Zamana (a.s.) before his death? The aged gentleman replied: How do you know that he did not meet His Eminence? After that, one day I met Shareef Abul Manaqib son of Shareef Umar son of Hamza and discussed about his father with him.
Shareef Abul Manaqib said: One night I was with my father when he was in his terminal illness. It was the last part of the night. The physical strength of my father was sapped and his voice had become feeble. All the doors of the house were shut when suddenly a man came to us and I was overwhelmed by his awe. We were so astonished that we didn’t even ask him how he managed to enter the house when all the doors were closed and what the purpose of his visit was. That gentleman sat besides my father, spoke softly to him and my father wept. Then he arose and went away. And when he went out of our sight, my father shook terribly and asked me to make him sit up. I helped him to sit up. He opened his eyes and asked: Where is that gentleman who was sitting near me? I replied that he had left. He said: Go after him. I went after him but could not find him again as all the doors were closed. I returned to my father and related the matter to him. Then I asked him who that gentleman was. He said: He is the Master of the Affair (a.s.). After that his illness intensified again and he became unconscious.
Reference : Beharul anwar vol 51.52.53 , Part 1 , The Promised Mahdi