أحمد بن محمد الهمداني

`Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal informed us from his father from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as). He said: Surely, in Khurasan, there is a piece of land that will be frequented by angels at a point in time. A crowd will descend from heaven as another crowd ascends back; this will continue until the Trumpet is blown. So, it was said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! Which piece of land is this? He said: It is in the land of Tus. It is, by Allah, a garden from the gardens of Paradise. Whoever visits me in that piece of land, it will be as though he visited the Messenger of Allah (s). Allah will record the deeds of one thousand virtuous Hajj and one thousand accepted `Umra for him, and I and my forefathers will be his intercessors on the Day of Resurrection.

I went on Hajj, so I met `Ali b. al-Husayn (as), and he said to me: O Aba Hamza! Shall I not tell you about a dream that I had? I saw that it was as though I had entered Paradise, and I was met by a dark-eyed beauty, and I have never seen anyone more beautiful than her. I reclined until I heard a speaker saying: “O `Ali b. al-Husayn! Congratulations to you on Zayd. O `Ali b. al-Husayn! Congratulations to you on Zayd, congratulations to you on Zayd.” Abu Hamza said: Then, I went on Hajj afterwards. I went to `Ali b. al-Husayn (as) and I knocked on the door. It was opened to me, so I entered. I came across him holding Zayd with his hand – or he said: holding a boy with his hand. So, he said to me: O Aba Hamza, “This is the interpretation of my vision from before. My Lord has made it come true.” (12:100)