Safwan bin Yahya narrates that Abdi said:
My wife said: It is a long time since we visited Imam Sadiq
(a.s.). We must go for Hajj this year and visit Imam Ja’far Sadiq
(a.s.) as well. I said: By God, I have no means of traveling for Hajj.
But my wife said: Sell my garments, gold and jewels to fund the
journey. I did that and we set out for Mecca. When we reached near
Medina, my wife fell seriously ill; in such a way that she was on the
verge of death and I lost all hopes for her survival.
When we entered Medina, I left her alone and having lost all
hope that she would live, came to Imam Sadiq (a.s.). His Eminence
was wearing two colored garments. I greeted the Imam and narrated
our condition.
Imam (a.s.) said: “Are you aggrieved because of this?” “Yes,” I
replied.
Imam (a.s.) said: “I have supplicated and she has regained
health. Go back and you would find her sitting; while your slave girl
is giving her Tabarzad sugar.”1 I returned immediately to find what
the Imam had predicted. I asked the wife what she had gone through.
She said: “Almighty Allah has bestowed health to me.” I said: I
made haste to meet you to narrate a matter and I explained the
incident between me and Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.).
She said: When you went away, I saw myself on the verge of
death. A man came in two colored garments and asked about my
condition. I said: “I am on the verge of death and the angel of death
has arrived to capture my soul.”
He said: “O angel of death.” He replied: “Here I am, O rightful
Imam. Imam (a.s.) said: “Are you not commanded to obey me?”
“Yes, “ he replied. Imam (a.s.) said: “I command you to delay
capturing her soul for twenty years.” He said: “I obey.” Then that
master went out along with the angel of death and I regained health
Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 47, p. 115
Isbaatul Wilayah (Part One) – Ayatullah AliNamazi Shahroodi (r.a.)