Another incident about Sayed Murtada is recorded in the books of history. The author of Qasas al Ulema writes that the mausoleum of Hazrat Amir al Momineen (a.s) was under construction and the decoration with gold and silver was in progress. This caused a spurt in the people visiting the shrine.
One day a Faqir reached Najaf e Ashraf and when he entered the room where the Imam (a.s)’s sarcophagus is located, he noticed that four chandeliers made of gold and silver were hanging from the roof over the four corners of the sarcophagus. It isn’t known who this Faqir was and from where. But he went close to the sarcophagus and said, “O Amir al Momineen (a.s)! Over your sarcophagus chandeliers of gold and silver are hanging! These things are of no use for you! Bestow on me one of the chandeliers that I sell it and live happily ever after!”
While the Faqir was making this petition standing near the sarcophagus, one of the chandeliers dropped near his feet on the floor. He advanced forward to pick it. But the attendants at the mausoleum snatched it from his hands and once again attached it at the designated place on the roof. The Faqir went away. The next morning he again came to the mausoleum and repeated the petition as he did the previous morning. The chandelier again fell near his feet and the attendants restored it to its place. The third day too the same thing happened. The attendants were surprised and confused with what was happening repeatedly.
Those were the days when the people were well aware of the principles of the Faith and never made their decisions acceding only to conjecture. They approached the most erudite person of those days, Sayed Murtada to seek a solution. They took the Faqir to him and recounted the entire episode.
Sayed Murtada said, “Don’t give him anything! The things inside the mausoleum are kept there in trust. He asked them to keep the chandelier in its place and deny the man of what he wanted!” Thus the Faqir went out.
That day too Sayed Murtada, as usual, was suggesting solutions of the problems of innumerable persons. The event that we are discussing slipped entirely off his mind. He slept in the night and saw Syeda Fatima Zehra (a.s) in his dream. She told him, “The Dervish (the Faqir) is an ardent admirer of the Ahl al Bayt (a.s). What he was getting was a gift from us! Now it is your duty to give him the gift and asuuage his feelings! Otherwise we shall not be pleased with you!”
At this point Sayed Murtada awoke from his dream. It is recorded in the history that the Faqir was asleep at that time at his place. The Faqir, who too was a Sayed, saw Hazrat Fatima Zehra (a.s) in his dream when she said, “You are an admirer of Al e Mohammed (s.a) and therefore the chandelier has been gifted to you by us. Tomorrow my son, Sayed Murtada, will come to you and he will try to appease you. Whatever you want to ask for, you must! He will agree to all your demands.Then only you must reconcile with him!”
The Faqir demanded for a very big amount. Sayed Murtada was the most affluent person of the time. The Sixth Imam (a.s) had said about the Sayed to Ishaq ibne Ammar that sometimes Allah endows both piety and riches on the same person in abundant measure and, added. , that Sayed Murtada was such a person! Therefore Sayed Murtada instantaneously complied with his demands.
Then the Faqir said, “O person! The lady who came in your dream came in my dream as well! She had ordered me to reconcile with you! I am now pleased with you!”
One can well imagine from this incident that elevated position of the Mujtahids and the visions they were getting of the Infallibles (a.s) to help them resolve the intricate problems they face in the discharge of their duties! Even to this day the Mujtahids are carrying forward their duties and studies with the same dedication!
BIOGRAPHY OF JANAB SYED MURTAZA ALEM-UL-HODA