Hadith 41

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Abu Al-Hassan Al Mustariq who said, ‘One day I was in a gathering of Al-Hassan Bin Abdullah Bin Hamdan Nasir Al-Dowla. We discussed the matter of Al-Nahiya (Imam-ajfj). He said, ‘I used to visit it (the area) until I was present at the gathering of my uncle Al-Husayn one day. I took to speak regarding that. He said, ‘O my son! I used to say (believe) in this word of yours (hold your beliefs) until I was delegated to the governance of Qum when it was difficult upon the sultan, and everyone who arrive to from the direction of the sultan, he would battle its people. He submitted an army to me, and I went out towards it. When I reached to the area of Tirz, I went out to hunt. I missed a game. I pursued it and was quick in its tracks until I reached to a river. I walked in it, and every time I walked, the rive became wider. While I was like that when a horseman emerged to me. Under him-ajfj was a strong horse, and he-ajfj had turbaned with a green woollen turban. I could not see from him-ajfj except his-ajfj eyes, and in his-ajfj legs were two red slippers. He-ajfj said to me: ‘O Husayn! ’ – and he-ajfj neither referred to me as a commander nor did he-ajfj teknonym me. I said, ‘What is that which you want? ’ He-ajfj said: ‘Why did you visit me-ajfj at Al-Nahiya and why did you prevent my-ajfj companions the Khums of your wealth? ’
And I was a dignified man who did not fear anything. I trembled and was awed by him-ajfj, and I said to him-ajfj, ‘I shall do so, my Master-ajfj, whatever you-ajfj are ordering me with! ’ He-ajfj said: ‘When you go to the place which you are heading towards, then enter it spontaneously and attain whatever you can attain in it. Carry a fifth of it to its rightful ones’. I said, ‘I hear, and I obey! ’ He-ajfj said: ‘Go rightfully guided’, and he-ajfj pulled the rein of hi