Hadith 81

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Neshapuri narrated while heading to Hajj, from Abu Al-Salt Al Harwy, ‘And he was a servant of Al-Reza-asws who said, ‘One day Al-Reza-asws woke up in the morning and said to me: ‘This dome in which is Haroun, come to be with a handful of soil from by its door, and a handful from its right-hand side and a handful from its left-hand side and a handful from its centre, and let each (portion of) soil be upon its limit’. I went to it and came to him-asws with that and made it to be in front of him-asws upon a towel. He-asws struck his-asws hand to the soil of the door and he-asws said: ‘This is from by the door? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘They will dig for me in this place. A rock would emerge, there would be no mean (way) in it’. Then he-asws threw it and grabbed the soil of the right-hand side, and said: ‘This is from its right? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘They will dig for me in this place. A mound would emerge, there would be no means in it’. Then he-asws threw it and grabbed the soil of the left-hand side and said: ‘Then they dig for me-asws in this place. A mound would emerge similar to the first one’. And he-asws threw it and grabbed the soil of the centre. He-asws this is soil from the centre. Then they will dig for me-asws in this place. The digging will continue until it is completed. When you are free from the digging, then place your hand on the lower end of the grave and speak with these phrases, for the water shall burst forth until it fills up the grave. Small fishes would appear in it. When you see these, break some crumbs for them. When they have eaten these, a large fish would emerge and swallow up those fishes, all of them. Then it shall disappear. When it disappears, place your hand upon the water and repeat those phrases, and the water would sink, all of it, and ask Al-Mamoun about me-asws, to be present at the time of digging, so he will witness all this’. Then he-asws said: ‘Just now his messenger will come (to summon me-asws). Follow me-asws. If I-asws were to stand up to leave from his presence, being of uncovered head, then speak to me with whatever you so desire to, and if I-asws were to stand to leave from his presence, covered of head, then do not speak to me-asws with anything’. He (the narrator) said, ‘The messenger of Al-Mamoun arrived. Al-Reza-asws wore his-asws clothes and went out, and I followed him-asws. When he-asws entered to see Al-Mamoun, he leapt towards him-asws. He kissed between his-asws eyes and seated him-asws with him upon his seat. And in front of him was a small tray wherein were grapes.