Kamil bin Ibrahim Madani

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Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik fromMuhammad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far from Muhammad bin Ahmad Ansari that hesaid:

“A  group  of  Mufawweza  sent  Kamil  bin  Ibrahim  Madani  to  HisEminence, Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.). Kamil bin Ibrahim says: I said tomyself: I will ask the Imam if only those who have the same beliefs as us will enter Paradise?

He says: When I met the Imam, I saw that he was wearing a richgarment. I said to myself: The Wali of Allah and the proof of Allah is himself  wearing such garments and prohibits us from them. And he also tells us to beequitable with our brothers in faith.

As I was engrossed in these thoughts, the Imam said smiling and turned up his sleeve: O Kamil, look here. I found that below the rich garment was a coarse shirt that was in contact with his body. “See this coarse garment is forthe Almighty Allah and the rich dress is for you people.”

Thus I greeted him and sat down near a door across which a curtainhung. Just then a gust of wind moved the curtain away. I saw a four-year-old handsome boy who called out: O Kamil bin Ibrahim, (I began to tremble andautomatically said: Labbaik Yaa Sayyidi) Here I am, O my master.

The boy said: You have come to the Wali of Allah and the proof of Allah with the query if those who don’t have the same belief as us will enter Paradise.

I said: By Allah, I wanted to ask this only.

He said: If it is so, very few people will enter Paradise. No, by Allah,even the Haqqiya will enter Paradise.

I asked: Who are Haqqiya?

He replied: Who love Imam Ali (a.s.) and who swear by his right, butthey don’t know what his rights and merits are.

Then that boy remained quiet for sometime and then said: And you also came here to ask about the belief of Mufawweza. Thus you should know thatthey are liars. And our hearts are abodes of divine intention and when Allahintends something, we are also ready for it. 

“And you do not please except that Allah please…” (Surah Dahr

76:30)

Then the curtain, which had moved away by the breeze, returned to itsposition and I did not dare move it away again.

After that Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) smiled at me and said: O Kamil,why are you sitting here. Your questions were answered by the one who willbe the divine proof and the Imam after me.

Kamil says: After that I came out from there and never saw him again.

Abu Naeem says: I met Kamil and asked him about this tradition and henarrated the same to me.

Reference : Beharul anwar vol 51.52.53 , Part 1 , The Promised Mahdi