He says through the same reference: My father informed
me: I used to travel for guidance of Bani Zubaid tribe to the
Island situated between Tigris and Euphrates to the south of
Hilla. In a village of that Island, which has around a hundred
houses, there is a tomb, which is called as the grave of Hamza,
son of Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.). People go there for Ziyarat and
many miracle cures are reported from there. But when I went
there, I passed the place without performing the Ziyarat, because
I was under the impression that he was buried in Rayy near the
tomb of Prince Abdul Azeem. Once it so happened that as per
habit, when I made this journey I also stayed for a time in that
place, and the people there requested me to come for the Ziyarat of that tomb, but I denied saying that I cannot perform the Ziyarat
of the tomb, which I do not recognize. My expression of this
view reduced the interests of others also. After that I set out from
there and stayed at night in the village of Majiduya at the houses
of some Sadat. When I woke up before dawn and finished the
Midnight Prayer, I was awaiting for post dawn devotions when a
Sayyid resident of that place, whose piety was known to me,
entered and after greeting took a seat. And he said: Maulana, did
you lodge in the village of Hamza yesterday and did not perform
his Ziyarat? I replied: Yes. He asked: Why? I replied: Because
Hamza, the son of Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) is buried in Rayy.
He replied: There are many popular legends, which do not have
any truth. The tomb in Rayy is not of Hamza, son of Imam
Moosa Kazim (a.s.). On the contrary, it is the grave of Abu Yaala
Hamza bin Qasim Alawi, a scholar of repute and an expert of
traditions; he is mentioned in books of Rejaal as well, where he is
extolled for his knowledge and abstinence. I said to myself: This
Sayyid is an ordinary person and is not well versed with Ilme
Rejaal, perhaps he heard this from some scholar. At that moment,
I forgot to ask him anything. And I stood up to see the rising of
dawn. He also rose up. It was dawn. I performed the prayer and
then continued to recite the post prayer recitations till sunrise.
Then I checked the books of Rejaal with me and found that what
he had mentioned was true. Later, when the people of the locality
came to meet me including that Sayyid, I asked: From where did
you get the information concerning the tomb of Hamza, which
you gave me before dawn? He said: I had not approached you; I
was out of town and I spent the night there, and I have come now
on hearing the news of your arrival. Then I said to the people of the locality that it was obligatory on me to go back for the Ziyarat
of Hamza and there was no doubt for me in the matter that the
gentleman I had seen was Saahebul Amr (a.s.). So I and all the
people of the locality set out for the Ziyarat and since that day
that tomb began to be frequented by people from far off places.
The author says: Shaykh Najjashi has said in Rejaal:
Hamza bin Qasim bin Ali bin Hamza bin Hasan bin Abdullah bin
Abbas bin Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.), Abu Yaala was a reliable
scholar and has narrated numerous traditions from our scholars.
He is the author of a book about those who have narrated from
Ja’far bin Muhammad (a.s.). It is learnt that he was a scholar of
the period of Minor Occultation, a contemporary of the father of
Saduq, Ibne Babawayh.
Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 53, pp. 286-287