Hadith 16

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the Sheikh Al Tusi – Abu Muhammad Al Fahham who said, ‘It is narrated to me by Abu Al-Tayyib Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Buttah, and he would not enter the shrine and would perform visitation from behind the window. He said to me, ‘I came on the day of Ashura at midday, at noon, and the sun was boiling (hot) and the road was empty from every one, and I was panicking from the evil of the wicked ones, and from the harsh one from the people of the city, until I reached the wall which I had passed by from it to the orshard. I extended my eyes and there was a man seated at the door. His-ajfj back was towards me, as if he-ajfj was looking into a notebook. He-ajfj said to me, ‘To where, O Abu Al-Tayyib? ’ – in a voice resembling the voice of Husayn Bin Ali Bin Abu Ja’far Ibn Al-Reza-asws. I said, ‘This is Husayn who has come to visit his brother-asws’. I said, ‘O my Master-ajfj! Can I go to perform visitation from the window and (then) I shall come to you-ajfj and fulfil your-ajfj rights! ’ He-ajfj said: ‘And why will you not enter, O Abu Al-Tayyib? ’ I said to him-ajfj, ‘There is a door for it having an owner for it. I cannot enter without his-asws permission’. He-ajfj said: ‘O Abu Al-Tayyib! Our Master-asws is kind, and he-asws takes care of us, and (would) we be prevented from enter the house? Enter, O Abu Al-Tayyib! ’ I said, ‘I shall go and greet to him-asws! ’ – and I did not accept from him-ajfj. I came to the door and there wasn’t anyone at it. There was awkwardness with me. I rushed to the presence of Al-Basry, servant of the place. He opened the door for me. I entered’. We were saying, ‘Are you the one who would not enter the house? ’ He said, ‘As for I, they-asws have permitted for me, while you all remain’’. [23]