A man from the people of Syria used to attend the gatherings of Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) and said: “I know that obedience to God and the Messenger of God is in enmity with you Ahl al-Bayt, but since you are an eloquent man with good manners and eloquence, I attend your gatherings. “
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) used to answer her cheerfully and said: “Nothing is hidden from God.”
Some time later, the Shami man fell ill and his illness worsened.
He called her friend and instructed him that when I pass away, go and inform Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir so that she can pray for me.
In the middle of the night, the Shami man passed away. They wrapped him in a cloth.
In the middle of the night, his friend came to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) and said: “That Syrian man passed away.” He asked you to pray for him.
Hazrat Baqir, peace be upon him, said: “Go and I will come.”
Then he got up and performed ablution and prayed two rakats and was in prostration until sunrise. Then he went to that man’s house and called his name.
The man in his shroud answered the imam.
The imam sat him down and told them to bring him a drink. Then he got up and left.
A few days later, the Shami man completely recovered and went to see Imam Baqir and said, “leave the assembly alone for me.”
The imam left the assembly alone. The man said: “I bear witness that you are God’s authority over His servants and you are the door through which one should go to God.” Whoever goes to God other than your way will be a loser and misguided.
Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: “Why have you changed your opinion?”
He said: “I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears that a herald called: bring back his soul because Muhammad Baqir asked us to bring him back to the world.”
The Imam said: “Don’t you know that sometimes God loves a servant, but is angry with his actions? And sometimes he is angry with a servant, but he likes his actions?” (That means you are one of them.)
From that day on, the man became one of the good companions of Imam Baqir (peace be upon him).
Source:
Bihar al-Anwar, volume 46, page 233, hadith 1.
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