Hadith 148

thing from the matter of Al-Khums, and he-asws cut my discussion and said to me: ‘Stay in your place until I-asws return to you, for a need has presented to me-asws’. He-asws went out and returned very quickly and upon his-asws turban and his-asws clothes was a lot of dust. I said, ‘What is your-asws concern, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws? ’
He-asws said: ‘I-asws had faced soldiers from the Angels, and among them was Rasool-Allah-saww. They were intending the east of the city called Sahour, so I-asws went to greet unto him-saww, and this dust is from that’. I laughed from his-asws words and said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! A man-saww has decayed in his-saww grave, and you-asws are claiming that you-asws met him-saww at the moment and greeted unto him-saww? This cannot happen, ever! ’
He-asws was angered from my words, then looked at me and said: ‘Are you belying me-asws? ! ’ I said, ‘Do not be angry, for this is what cannot happen’. He-asws said: ‘Supposing I-asws present him-saww to you until you cannot deny anything from it, will you begin repentance to Allah-azwj from what you are upon? ’ I said, ‘By the life (from) Allah-azwj! Present him-saww to me’. He-asws said: ‘Arise! ’
I went out with him-asws to an outskirt of Al-Medina. He-asws said to me, ‘O doubter, close your eyes! ’ I closed them, and he-asws wiped (upon) them, then said: ‘O heedless one, open them! ’ I opened them, and there I was, by Allah-azwj, O servant of Allah-azwj, with Rasool-Allah-saww, with the Angels. I could not deny anything from it. By Allah-azwj! I remained astonished, looking into his-asws face. When I prolonged the looking at him-asws, I bit the nails with the teeth, and he-asws said to me: ‘O so and so, son of so and so! ‘Are you committing Kufr with the One Who Created you from dust, then from a seed, then Completed you as a man? [18: 37]’. He said, ‘I fell down unconscious upon the ground. When I woke up, he-asws said to me: ‘Did you see him-saww and heard his-saww speech? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Look at the Prophet-saww’. I looked and there was neither an eye, nor any trace, nor news from the Rasool-saww, nor from that thought. He-asws said to me: ‘O poor one! Start repenting from this moment of yours’. Thus, it was settled in my presence during that day, that he-asws is the most bewitching of the people of the earth, and by Allah-azwj, I had feared him-asws during that day and his-asws matter terrifies me, and had I not paused upon you-ra, O Salman-ra, that you-ra should separate from him-asws, I would not have informed you-ra. So, conceal this and be with us in order to become from us and to us, until Al-Madain and Persian make you-ra the ruler, and go to them and do not inform the son-asws of Abu Talib-asws with anything from what has flowed between us, for I do no