MIRACLE 69 – INFORMING A PERSON OF HIS LONG-LIFE

It is reported in the book, Tareekh al-Bagdad,

‘Abu al-Dunya had been born during the days of Abu Bakr and he said, ‘I went out with my father to meet Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). When we came near Kufa, we were thirsty with severe thirst. I said to my father, ‘be seated until I go around for you in the desert, to find water’.

I searched for it and there, I came across a stagnant well in a valley. I washed from it and drank from it until I was saturated. Then I went to my father and said, ‘Arise, for Allah has relieved us, and there is a spring nearby. We went and did not see anything. He did not cease to be restless until he died, and I buried him.

I came to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and he (a.s.) was going out to Siffeen, and the mule had been brought out for him (a.s.). I went and withheld the rein for him (a.s.). He (a.s.) turned to me, so I devoted to kissing the saddle. He (a.s.) was looking at my face sternly’.

The narrator said, ‘And I saw the sternness clearly in his face. Then he (a.s.) asked me about my news. I informed him (a.s.) with my story. He (a.s.) said: ‘It is a spring no one will drink from it except he would live a long life. So, received glad tidings, for you will be living long, and he (a.s.) named me as ‘Al-Muammar’ (one with long-life).

And Al-Khateeb mentioned that he arrived at Baghdad in the year three hundred, and with him were elders from his city, and they asked about him. They said, ‘he is famous with us due to the long life. And it reached me that he died in the year three hundred and twenty-five and around that.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 114, Trad 39 ↩