Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad binHatim (r.a.): Narrated to us Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ja’far: Narrated to usMuhammad bin Ja’far Farsi: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ismail bin Bilal:Narrated to us Azhari Masroor bin Aas: Narrated to us Muslim bin Fadl that he said:
“I went to meet Abu Saeed Ghanim bin Saeed Hindi in Kufa and askedhim about his well being and asked him about what has passed on him. Hesaid: I entered a city of India, called Kashmir and I was among the fortyadvisors of the king…”
Saduq has also mentioned in the same book that:
Narrated to us my father (r.a.) from Saad bin Abdullah from Allaan Kulainifrom Ali bin Qays from Ghanim bin Saeed Hindi who said that according to thestatement of a Allaan and group from Muhammad bin Muhammad Ashari hasnarrated from Ghanim that he said:
“Thus I was in Kashmir with the Indian king and I was one of the fortypersons who sat around him in his court. We were scholars of Taurat, Injeeland Zabur. Once there was a discussion among us with regard to ProphetMuhammad and we said that we have found him mentioned in our books.Thus it was decided that I should go and find him and ask him about thecorrect religion. So I set out with some money. On the way I was robbed and I somehow managed to reach Kabul. From Kabul I moved to Balkh which was ruled by Ibne Abu Shoor. I went to him and told him about myself. He summoned the scholars to have a discussion with me on Islam. So I asked them about Prophet Muhammad. They said that he was their Prophet and that he has passed away. So I asked them who his successor was. They said: Abu Bakr. I told them to mention his lineage. They took his lineage upto the Quraish. I said: Then the person whose successor is Abu Bakr, was not a prophet, because we have found in our books that his successor would be his cousin, the husband of his daughter and the father of his sons. All of them went to the king and said: This person has come out of polytheism and gone into disbelief. Therefore he must be executed. I said: I am following one religion and my aim is only to spread my knowledge.
So the king sent for Husain bin Askib and said: O Husain have adiscussion with this man. Husain said: He has been surrounded by thescholars and jurists, how can I have a discussion with him? Take him aside and have a discussion with him as I have told you, and be lenient with him. Thus Husain bin Askib took me aside and I asked him about Prophet
Muhammad. He said: As the scholars have informed you, he was our Prophet. But his successor is his cousin, Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.), the husband of his daughter, Fatima and the father of his sons, Hasan and Husain (a.s.). I said: I testify that there is no god, except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. He took me to the king and I declared my acceptance of Islam. Then I came with Husain bin Askib to his house. He explained the teachings of Islam. I said: We have read in our books that there is a successor for every caliph. So who is the successor of Ali? He replied: Hasan, then Husain and then he mentioned each of the names till he reached the name of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) and then he said: Now you yourself search for the successor of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.). So I set out to search for him.”
Muhammad bin Muhammad said: And he came upto Baghdad with us.He told us that he had a friend who was helping him in this matter, but duringthe same time I became fed up with some of his habits and I separated fromhim.
He said: One day I was walking on the bridge in Baghdad in acontemplative mood when a man approached and said to me: Come to yourmaster. He led me to a house which had a garden. Suddenly I saw my mastersitting there. When he saw me, he spoke to me in Hindi and he greeted me.He addressed me by my name and asked about each of the forty personsseparately. Then he said: You are planning to go for Hajj this year with thepeople of Qom. Don’t go for Hajj this year. Go to Khurasan and perform theHajj next year. Throwing a small pouch to me he said: You may use it foryour expenses and don’t stay in anyone’s house in Baghdad. And don’t tellanyone what you have seen. We set out from Uqbah and our Hajj was notcomplete and Ghanim went to Khurasan and he performed the Hajj thefollowing year. Then he came to us kindly and did not enter Qom and neitherdid he go for Hajj. He went to Khurasan instead and died there. May Allahhave mercy on him.
Muhammad bin Shazan from Kabul said: I saw him with Abu Saeed,who remembered that I was in search of the true religion that I had found inInjeel and for which I had left Kabul. Muhammad bin Shazan said: I havereceived news that he has reached till here. I continued to search for him till Ifound him and asked him about his story. He said that he was still in search.He settled down in Medina. Whomever he mentioned this to, ridiculed him.Till he met a Shaykh of Bani Hashim named Yahya bin Muhammad Areezi.He said: The person you are looking for is in Sariya. He said: I came to Sariya and went to a threshold that was sprayed with water. I felled myself at the place. A black servant emerged from the house and told me to go away from
there. I said I would not go anywhere. At last he told me to come inside.When I entered, I saw my master seated at the center of the house. Headdressed me by name which no one knew except my people in Kabul. Thenhe informed me about a few things. I said: My master, my livelihood is lost,please give me something. He said: It is lost because of your falsehood. Thenhe gave me rations and even though I had lost everything previously therations Imam gave me lasted for me. Then I returned. But when I went toMedina the following year and went to that house, I could not find anyonethere.”
Reference : Beharul anwar vol 51.52.53 , Part 1 , The Promised Mahdi