Miracle 56: The Hypocrites Pledge Allegiance to a Lizard

It is narrated from Asbagh Bin Nubata who said,

‘Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) ordered us to travel from Madain to Kufa. We started our journey on Sunday, and Amr Bin Hurais stayed behind along with seven men. They went out to a place at Al-Hira called Al-Khwarnaq. They said, ‘We shall reman here will Wednesday and join Imam Ali (a.s.) before the Friday prayers.

While they were having lunch, a lizard came out to them. They hunted it and Amr Bin Hurais seized it. He extended, the hand of the lizard and said, ‘pledge to this ‘Ameerul Momineen’. The seven of them pledged and Amr was their eight. They departed on the night of Wednesday and arrived at Madain on the day of Friday while Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) was addressing, and they did not separate from each other. They were together when they arrived at the door of the Masjid.

When they entered, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) looked at them and said: ‘O you people! Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) had divulged secrets to me of a thousand Hadith, for each hadith there are a thousand doors, for each door there are a thousand keys, and I heard Allah. Majestic is His Majestic saying: On the Day (of Judgment), We will be calling every human being with their Imam. [17:71].

And I swear to you all by Allah! Eight persons will be resurrected on the Day of Qiyamah being called with their Imam, and their Imam is a lizard, and if I desire to name them, I can do so!’

He (the narrator) said, ‘I saw Amr Bin Hurais to have fallen like the falling of the accused person out of shame and blame’’