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Yunus bin Tabian narrates that once he and some other persons were in the company of
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.). The Imam (a.s.) observed,” Allah has made us the masters of
the treasures of the earth.” Then he hit the ground with his foot and gold emerged out of
it.
We said, “ O master! When you own such treasures, why your Shias are in abject
penury!”
The Imam (a.s.) said, “ The wealth of this world is transitory! We don’t prefer transitory
gains for our Shias. The wealth of the Hereafter is Permanent, that is in store for our
friends!”
It is narrated that one day Hazrat Ali (a.s.) was seated in the Koofa Mosque with his
companions They asked him, “ How is that more wealth and riches have been bestowed
by Allah on your foes than your friends.?”
Hazrat Ali (a.s.) replied, “ Do you think that we aver the worldly riches, and that Allah is
not bestownig them on us! “ Saying this, he picked up a handful of pebbles from the
ground. They saw that all the pebbles turned into precious stones.
Hazrat Al (a.s.)i then said, “ If we wish, the entire surface of the earth will turn into
jewels But we are not fond of worldly riches! “ Saying this, he threw all the precious
stones on the ground and they again turned into pebbles.
Abdu Samad bin Ali narrates that a person went to Imam Zain al Abedeen (a.s.) and said
that he was a sooth-sayer. The Imam (a.s.) told him that he would tell him of a person
who has, since you have arrived here, has travelled around fourteen worlds, each one
thrice as large as
This!”
The man asked, “ Who could be such a person?”
The Imam (a.s.) said, “ I am that person! If you ask I can tell you in detail what you have
eaten today and what all you have hidden in your house!”
Ali bin Hissan says that while he was at Sammarah he heard that a person was arrested
and brought from Syria with the accusation that he had claims to prophethood. Ali went
to the person and made som inquiries with him. The man said, “ I was at the place in
Syria where the severed head of Imam Hussain (a.s.) was kept. While I was offering
prayer, a person appeared and said,’ Get up and come with me!’ I went with the person.
After a while we reached the Mosque of Koofa. He asked me if I recognised the place. I
replied in the affirmative. Both of us offered prayer there and were blessed with the
sighting of the Prophet (a.s.).Then we reached Mecca and performed Haj. Immediately
after the Haj I found myself again in Syria and the person I had accompanied had
vanished. The following year same person again met me and took me round, as he did