Hadith 259

ed our eyes. He-asws spoke with a speech, then said: ‘Untie your eyes! ’ We untied them and found ourselves to be upon a rug, and we were at a coast of the sea. He-asws spoke with a speech, andwhales of the sea responded to him-asws when there appeared among them, a large whale. He-asws said to it: ‘What is your name? ’ It said, ‘My name is Noun’. He-asws said to it: ‘Why did you withhold Yunus-as in your belly? ’ It said to him-asws: ‘The Wilayah of your-asws (grand) father‑asws (Ali-asws) was presented to him-as, be he denied it, so he-as was withheld in my belly. When he-as acknowledged with it, and complied, I was Commanded, so I threw him-as (on the coast), and like that is the one who denies your-asws Wilayah, People-asws of the Household. He would be eternally in the Fire of Al-Jaheem (a level of Hell)’. He-asws said to it: ‘O Abdullah-asws! Did you hear and witness? ’ He said to him-asws, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Tie up your eyes! ’ We tied them. He-asws spoke with a speech, then said: ‘Untie them! ’ We untied them, and behold, we were upon the rug in his-asws gathering. Abdullah bade him‑asws farewell and left. I said to him-asws, ‘O my Master-asws! I have seen a wonder during my day, and I believe in it. Do you-asws view that Abdullah Bin Umar believes in what I have believed in? ’ He-asws said: ‘Would you like to know that? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Arise and follow him and walk with him and listen to what he says to you’. I followed him in the street and walked with him. He said to me, ‘If only you knew the sorcery of the sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, this would not be anything within yourself. They are a people who are inheriting the sorcery, and elder from an elder’. During that I knew that the Imam‑asws was not saying except the truth’’. [132]