ASK
THE IMAM OF YOUR TIME - IMAM ALI (A.S.)'S ADVISE
Muqaddas
Ardebeli was an illustrious Shia scholar. It is well- known
about him that whenever he used to encounter a difficult problem
which he was unable to solve, he used to go to the tomb of
Hazrat Ali (a.s.) and present his problem. Ali (a.s.), invariably
provided the solution, One of the students of Allama Ardebeli
who was knowing his teacher closely relates :
"It
was near midnight when being tired of studying, I was strolling
in the
courtyard of the shrine of Ameerul Momineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib
(a.s.).
In the luminous night, when all the doors or the sanctum were
locked I saw a person coming towards the tomb of Ali (a.s.).
For a moment, I thought that it
was a thief who intended to commit a robbery. I followed him.
But when he reached the main door, to my utter amazement,
the door swung open and the padlock opened by itself in welcome.
He continued to move towards the grave and whenever he neared
a dooir it opened by itself till he entered the sanctum of
Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) in a grand manner. He stood there
and saluted the Imam (a.s.). He received the reply to his
salutations and commenced the conversation. When the dialogue
ended, he emerged and
headed towards the mosque of Kufa. I followed him in order
to get to the bottom of the mystery. When he reached the mosque
of Kura, he entered the Mihrab (niche ot prayers where the
Imam stands) arid began to converse with someone in a subdued
voice. After the conversation was over, he came out of the
mosque and walked back to Najaf al-Ashraf. It was almost dawn
when he was near the gate of the twin city. Suddenly., I felt
like sneezing and though I tried my best to supress it, I
could not. The person ahead of me turned around and came towards
me.On a doser look, I recognized him to be my honorable teacher,
the great scholar Ayatullah Muqaddas-e-Ardebeli.
After conveying my salaam to him, I said, "From the time,
you entered the Holy Mausoleum till now, I have been following
you. I beg to know with whom were you talking at the mausoleum
of Ali (a.s.) and the mosque of Kufa?"
Muqaddas Ardebeli first put me under an oath not to disclose
this secret till he was allve. Then proceeded to tell me that
whenever he came across a diffiicult problem in Islamic laws
which he could not solve, he used to present
this query to Ali ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) and obtain the solution
for the same. Last night, Ali (a.s.) directed me to contact
Hazrat Sahibuz Zamaan (a.s.) and said,
"My son Mahdi (a.s.) is at the Mosque of Kufa. He is
the Imam of your time. Go to him and seek the solution of
your problem."
Obeying
the order of Ali (a.s.), I went to the Kufa mosque and found
Hazrat Sahibul Amr standing in the Mihrab. I presented my
problem to my Master and received the solution. (Al Anwaarun
Nomaniya, Vol. 2, p. 303)
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