The distinguished and accomplished scholar Maulana
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi Najafi, alias Hindi, who is among the
most pious of the scholars and was a leader of congregation in
the sanctuary of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) narrated to me that the
righteous gentleman, Haji Muhammad Abdullah Waiz who
frequented Masjid Sahla and Masjid Kufa too much, regarding
him, the reliable scholar, Shaykh Baqir bin Shaykh Hadi Kazmi,
caretaker of Najaf Ashraf, has narrated from Shaykh Mahdi
Zarijaadi that: Once I was in the Kufa Masjid, when I saw Haji
Abdullah that he was intending to go to Najaf after midnight in
order to reach there before dawn. I accompanied him. When we
reached the well situated in the middle of the route, we saw a
lion. As soon I saw it, I halted in my steps. Haji Abdullah asked:
What is the matter? I replied: There is a lion before us. He said:
Keep walking and have no fear. He insisted on me to walk while
I refused. At last he said: I will go ahead and stand before the
lion; will you then follow? I agreed to do that. He thus walked
before me and on reaching the lion placed his hand on it head.
Seeing this I also followed his steps in terror. The Haji then
joined me and that lion remained in its place. This incident
regarding him is also narrated by Aqa Shaykh Baqir that: My
maternal uncle (mother’s brother), Qari Shaykh Muhammad Ali,
who was the author of three books on the art of Quranic
recitation, and has also written a very fine book on the events of Kerbala based on selected traditions. Once I accompanied him to
Masjid Sahla during my youth. During those days this was a very
terrifying experience at night and the place had no habitation. On
reaching the Masjid we recited the prayer of honoring the Masjid
at the place of Hazrat Hujjat. After that we set out from there. My
uncle forgot to take his tobacco pouch back, which he
remembered at the gate of the Masjid and he sent me back inside
to get it back. It was the time of Isha when I went in to get it. I
found the pouch, but I saw a brilliant flaring at the middle of the
place as if it was a great flame of fire, which terrified me and I
came back to my uncle and narrated this. He said: We will soon
reach Masjid Kufa, where we shall ask Haji Abdullah about it; he
will definitely know about it. He was a frequent visitor to Masjid
Sahla. Thus, we reached Masjid Kufa and asked my uncle Haji
about what I had seen in Masjid Kufa. He replied that he had
witnessed the same a number of times and from different places
of Ziyarat – it was the specialty of the place of Hazrat Hujjat
(a.s.).
NAJMUS SAAQIB Incident Eighty-four: Haji Abdullah Waiz
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