Hojjatoleslam Valmoslemin Haj Sayed Hassan Naqibi Hamedani, the owner of numerous books, who is presently serving in the sacred shrine of Hazrat Fatimeh Ma’soumeh (a.s.), wrote in a letter on 1997 corresponding to 21 Moharram 1418 (A.H.): To: Hojjatoleslam Valmoslemin Haj Sheikh Ali Rabbni Khalkhali Considering your devotion and sincerity to the sacred shrine of infallible Imams, particularly the master of martyrs and martyrs of Karbala (a.s.), and gathering the miracles and wonders of the God’s sincere servant, flag-bearer of Karbala, I too present you the wonder which I witnesses to register it in your valuable book. On 1961, it was the first time that I was traveling from Najaf Ashraf to Karkouk to become familiar with the people there, and find a propagation opportunity. In Tasein area, I together with one of my cleric friends, who was native of the area, and had led me to there, went to a mosque called “Zolfi Ionin Jame’ai” in Turkish, that is, “Mosque of Zolfi family”, and its main sponsors were two brothers called “Haj Jalal Afandi” and “Haj Ja’far”. We were talking on a bench in the yard of mosque, when a man around 40 years old entered, and presented a big bag of sugar to the mosque. We invited him to sit and drink tea. He too accepted. After greeting, I asked him his name. He smiled and said: Sorry, my name is Osman! Hearing this name, I thought that he is joking with me, and is going to test my attitude towards the Sunnite brothers in that area forming the majority of inhabitants. I said: Are you joking with me. He said: No. Really my name is Osman. I asked: Had you already been a Sunnite and converted to Shiite? He said: No. I said: My brother, a Shiite never calls his child Osman. If you are Shiite, why your name is Osman?! And if you are Sunnite, why you have brought sugar for mourning ceremonies for Hossein?! He replied: I was and am a Sunnite, and added: I could not have a child, and referred to various physicians, but of no use, so that they told me: You can never have a child. I was completely in despair. One of my Shiite friends told me: Do you want me to lead you to a physician who can treat you to have a child? I said: Yes, who is he? He answered: He is the son of Ali, the flag-bearer of Karbala, Hazrat Abalfazl Abbas (a.s.), but you shall vow, and resort to him sincerely. Although, we Shiite call him “the gate to the people’s needs”, and we resort to him in hardships. I too was very desirous of having a child, vowed and said: O Abalfazl, if my friend is right that you are “the gate to the people’s needs, and help the helpless, I have resorted to you. I want to have a child. Ask God to grant me a child. I will present one big bag of sugar to your mourning gathering as far as I am alive. Thanks to God, it is several years that God has granted me a son for the blessing of your Abalfazl Abbas (a.s.), and every year, I fulfill my vow. Then, he smiled and said: Do you think that “the gate to the people’s needs” only belongs to you Shiite?! I asked him: Why you do not convert to Shiite observing this wonder? He said: All of my relatives will change to enemy with me. Converting to Shiite calls for courage, and I can’t.
Abul Fazl al Abbas: Eminence and Status Syed Mohamad Masoom