“Once I walked out till I reached this wall and I leaned against it. At that time a man wearing only two pieces of white cloth was looking toward my face. He then said, ‘O, Ali son of al-Husayn (a.s.) you look very sad, as if you have suffered a great deal. Is it because of worldly things wherein the sustenance from Allah is available for all the good and bad people?’ I said, ‘I am not sad because of the worldly things; they are just as you said.’ He asked, ‘Is it then for the matters of the life hereafter, for which the promises will all come true? The Judge therein will be the forceful ruler,’ or he said, ‘Powerful ruler?’ I said, ‘This also is not the reason; it is just as you said it is.’ He then asked, ‘Why are you then so sad?’ I said, ‘It is because of the mischief of ibn Zubayr and the conditions of the people.’ The Imam said, ‘He then laughed and said, ‘O Ali son of al-Husayn (a.s.) have you ever come to know of anyone who prayed and Allah did not listen to his prayer?’ I said, ‘No, I have not known anyone as such.’ He then said, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who trusted Allah and He did not protect him?’ I said, ‘No (I have not found any such person).’ He then asked, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who asked Allah and he was not given anything?’ I said, ‘No (I have not found anyone as such).’ “The Imam said, ‘The man then disappeared from my sight.” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub a similar Hadith.