A Sayyed recounts, ‘It was in 1370 A.H. just before the Hajj season. The Government had announced that only those with a valid permit would be allowed to go for Hajj. This announcement was a little harsh and it made me very restless.
I had decided to go for Hajj in that year. I began performing the Aamal Ashura and sought Imam Hussain’s help. I had completed the forty days, but to no effect. Then one night I approached the author of Daastanhaye Shaguft and explained my predicament to him. He had compiled all incidents of various persons who reaped benefits from the recitation of Ziyarat Ashura. However, he overlooked all those incidents where people’s demands were not fulfilled despite recitation of Ziyarat Ashura.
I suggested that he write a book with such incidents where people’s requests and demands remained unfulfilled despite recitation of Ziyarat. I for one, had completely lost faith in the Ziyarat Ashura. I decided to negate this belief about recitation of Ziyarat Ashura for forty days that supposed fulfilled one’s demands. That night my brother came and said, ‘Despite our best efforts there has been no change in the Government’s stand. We shall have to go to Tehran again tomorrow, maybe we will meet with some success.’ The next day we left for Tehran, with all relevant documents, in the hope that something may develop. But we only encountered dejection and despair.
We were about to return to Qum, then suddenly a person approached us and told us to appeal to one person, perhaps he could find a solution. He said that he had approached that person many times in the past and had never returned disappointed. I told my brother that if this problem is solved today, then it would be the direct result of Aamal Ashura and the grace of Allah. We approached that person. Even he seemed helpless with my case and said, ‘Your problem seems to have no solution in sight. I don’t know what to do.’
We were engaged in our conversation, when suddenly his telephone rang. The official at other end asked for the passports of another fifteen persons to be arranged, so that they could also go for Hajj. I requested him to add my name to that list of fifteen persons. Meanwhile there was another phone call. This time someone told that person to rush to the hospital where his mother was in her last stages (of life). That person gave some orders for my passport, and immediately rushed towards the hospital. By the 1st of Zilhajj, my passport was ready, by the 2nd I had the passport in my hand and by the 3rd I had left Iran, for Jeddah. Thus, I was blessed with the good fortuned of Hajj.
It should be mentioned here that, there were some other people like me who were also trying with desperation for Hajj. Moreover, unlike me, they had their passports ready, but could not go for Hajj. Anyway, when I returned from Hajj, I met a friend who had also implored Allah intensely for Hajj, but could not go. I asked him, ‘Had you recited Ziyarat Ashura?’ he replied, Except for Ziyarat Ashura, I had exhausted all other duas. This made me realize how mistaken I was, in my faithlessness of Ziyarat Ashura. I had to acknowledge the miraculous nature of this Ziyarat.
Miracles of Ziyarat e Ashura – P.E.T Publications