Imam al-Mahdi prayed on his father’s body
The last important point in Imam Mahdi’s life, before Occultation , is the time when he prayed on his father’s body .
Abu Al Adyān , a servant of Imam Hassan Askari’s , narrates as this :
“In the last days of Imam Hassan Askari’s life , he gave me some letters and asked me to take them to Mdāen. “You shall return to Samaraa in fifteen days. ‘Imam said to me. “At that time people shall be crying and you shall find my body waiting to be washed [ before being buried]. " “My lord!” I asked, “Who will be your successor at that time?” “The one who asks you about the answers to my letters. “Imam responded. “Give me another sign!” I asked again. “The one who prays on my body, shall be my following Imam “He continued. “Can you give me one more sign? “I insisted. “The one who informs about what in the parcel is. “ He said but I could not ask what in the parcel is .
I took the letters to Madāen and as Imam foretold, I returned in fifteen days . When I arrived at his house , I heard people crying and saw his body waiting to be washed [ before being buried ] .
Then I saw Ja’afar , Imam Hassan Askari‘s brother standing at the door and some people condoling him on his brother’s death and congratulating him on his Imamate. “If Ja’afar is the next Imam, he shall ruin Imamate completely. “I thought, because I knew he played music, drank and gambled. But since I was looking for the sings, Imam Hassan Askari gave me, I went to him and condoled him, but [ not surprisingly] he did not ask about any of them [ not the answers to the letters]. At that time Aqid, one of the servants, came out and said to ja’afar: “My lord! Your brother’s body is ready. Come and pray on him. “I followed him into the house and some others came in after us. As soon as he wanted to pray on Imam Hassan Askari‘s body , a brunet boy , with waved hair and pearl _ white teeth came out . He went to ja’afar and said: “Oh, uncle! Move aside! I am more appropriate to pray on my father’s body than you! ja’afar stepped aside with a white face and without even one word! The boy came along and prayed on Imam Hassan Askari’s body. After the pray, he came to me and said. “Give me the responses to my father’s letter. “So I gave him those letters. “Here two signs! “I thought. But what is the parcel thing? “Then I went to ja’afar and found him sighing deeply! One asked him who that boy was. “I have not seen him before and I do not even know him; I swear to God! “ He answered.
In the meantime some people from Qom came and asked about Imam Hassan Askari. When we told them Imam had passed away, they asked “To whom shall we condole?” When people showed them ja’afar, they asked him: “We have brought some letters and some money. Tell us who sent the letters and how much the money is.“
Ja’afar got angry and cried: “Are you asking me about occult knowledge ? “suddenly a servant came out and said: “You have brought a letter form who and another from who [he said the names of the senders] and also a parcel in which there are one thousand dinars and the marks on ten of them are almost wiped out! “They gave him the letters and the money and said: “The one who has sent you, is the real Imam …” (Kamāl-al-Din, vol. 2, p. 475)
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