NAJMUS SAAQIB Incident Incident Twenty-nine: Amir Ishaq Astarabadi

Story of Amir Ishaq Astarabadi, which Allamah Majlisi has
narrated from his father in Behaarul Anwaar.[1]

The humble author has seen in the writing of his father,
Mulla Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, on the back of the well known supplication known
as Hirze Yamani, longer than what is mentioned there with permission for some
persons:

We mention the translation of its chapter:

So to say: Thus, verily, Amir Muhammad Hashim requested me
to permit him to narrate the Hirze Yamani, which is attributed to Ameerul
Momineen (a.s.) – so I gave permission to him so that he may narrate this
supplication from me through my authorities from Sayyid Amir Ishaq Astarabadi,
who is buried in Kerbala from our master, Sahibul Asr (a.s.).

Sayyid said: “The cause of that honor is that one year when
I was on my way to the Holy House of Allah, along with other pilgrims, and when
we were at a distance of seven or nine stages from Mecca, I was, for some reason, left behind
the caravan and soon they went out of my sight. I lost my way and was overcome
with thirst, I was about to die when I prayed:

“O the righteous one, O Aba Saaleh guide us to the path, may
Allah have mercy on you.”

Suddenly an apparition became visible at the end of the
desert, before I could make it out, it had already reached me. I saw a handsome
youth wearing clean clothes of green hue and having a noble demeanor riding a
camel and carrying water in a container. I saluted him and he replied to my
Salaam and asked: Are you thirsty? ‘Yes,’ I replied. He gave me the vessel and
I drank the water. Then he asked: Would you like to join your caravan? ‘Yes,’
said I. He made me mount behind him and moved to Mecca. I had the habit of reciting the
Hirz-e-Yamaani everyday. At that time also I began to recite it, at some points
he used to say: ‘Recite like this.’

Not much time passed that he said: ‘Do you recognize this
place?’ I looked and saw that I was at Abtah. He said: ‘Alight.’ I alighted,
but when I turned back he had disappeared. At that moment, I realized that he
was Qaaem (a.s.). I became regretful at his separation and was sorry that I had
not recognized him before. After seven days, my caravan reached Mecca and people found me
there – while they had lost hopes of my survival – therefore I became famous
for having the land folded for me.”

I concealed myself after completing the rituals of Hajj. And
this Sayyid performed the Hajj on foot forty times. And when I met him in
Isfahan, when he had returned from Kerbala and was intending to perform the Ziyarat
of Imam Ali bin Moosa Reza (a.s.) and he owed the dower of his wife; seven
Tumans and only has this much money, which was with a person who resided in
Mashad.

He saw in dream that his end was near. He said: I served the
shrine of Kerbala for fifty years so that I should die over there and I fear
that I will die somewhere else.

When our friends came to know about him they paid the amount
and sent some escorts with him. So he said: When the Sayyid reached Kerbala and
his debt was paid, he fell ill and passed away on the ninth day and was buried
in his house and I has seen the like of this miracle acts from him during his
stay in Isfahan.
May Allah be pleased with him.

For me there are many permissions for this supplication and
I have summarized it and I hope that he would not forget me in the acceptance
of prayer.

I request him that he should recite this supplication only for
the Almighty Allah and he should not recite it for the destruction of the
enemies if he has faith; no matter how corrupt or cruel he may be and that he
should recite for all purposes. On the contrary, it may also be recited for
seeking proximity to the Almighty Allah and to remove the harm of the Shayateen
from the men and jinns from him and from all the believers. If it is possible
he should make an intention of near about this meaning and the first thing is
to leave everything, which is against proximity to the Almighty Allah –
Muhammad Taqi Majlisi.

The seal of the scholars and narration experts, Shaykh Abul
Hasan Sharif, student of Allamah Majlisi, has narrated this incident at the end
of the first volume of his Ziyaul Aalameen from his teacher from his
father till the entry of the Sayyid into Mecca.
Then he said: The father of the Shaykh said to me: I took the formula of the
supplication from him for correction by Imam (a.s.) and he gave permission to
me to narrate it from Imam (a.s.) and also gave permission to his son. It is
forty years since I am reciting that supplication and deriving unlimited
benefits from it.

At that place he has narrated the incident of the dream of
the Sayyid that he said in his dream: Make haste to travel to Kerbala as your
end is near. And this Dua is present in this manner only in Behaarul Anwaar,
Vol. 92.[2]