The call to prayer was heard from the car radio, the young man who was sitting next to me got up and went to the driver and said to him: Mr. Driver! I want to pray.
The driver said with indifference and fantasy: Come on. Who is praying now? After that he did not pay attention to this matter either, but the young man said with anger and displeasure:
I tell you to stop!
The driver understood that she was very serious, she said: There is no place to pray here, in the middle of the desert, let us reach a coffee house or a city, then I will stop.
In short, the discussion escalated, the discussion between the driver and the young man continued and ended in a fight, the driver had no choice but to stop.
Finally, he stopped the car on the side of the road, the young man got out and prayed calmly and calmly, I also prayed with him.
After the prayer, when we sat together and the car started moving, I asked him: What made you pray early?
He said: I have given a promise to the Imam of my time, Hazrat Wali Asr (imam mahdi) that I will pray as early as possible.
I was more surprised, I said: How and for what did you pledge?
He said: I have a story that I will tell you. I was studying in one of the European countries to continue my education. I had been there for several years. My residence was in a small district and it was far from the city where the university was located. I used to travel this route by car most of the time.
Also, in this section, there was not more than one bus that took passengers to and from the city.
In order to graduate, I had to take my last exam. After years of suffering and suffering from exile, the promised day came, I had read my lessons well, I was ready for the last exam, I boarded the bus and after a few minutes, the bus stopped. which was full of passengers started walking, I also had the book open in front of me and I was reading.
We were halfway there when the bus suddenly stopped, the driver got down and raised the hood of the car, looked at the car’s engine and adjusted it, came and started it, but the car did not start.
He did the same again and several times, but it didn’t help, (this situation) went on for a long time and the travelers were sitting on the side of the road and their children were playing, and I was also worried and upset about the exam.
There was nothing else left in time for the exam, no other vehicle was crossing the road for me to go with, I didn’t know what to do, I was in anxiety, worry and despair, it was a long way to the city, I couldn’t walk, continuously I was walking and looking at the car and the road that all my efforts of many years will be destroyed and I was very worried.
All of a sudden, a spark struck in my brain that when we were in Iran, we would turn to Imam Zaman (A.S.) in times of difficulty, and when things reached a dead end, we would ask him for help. This is when my heart broke and my tears flowed, I said to myself:
Baghi yat allah! If you help me to reach my destination today, I promise and undertake to always pray early for the rest of my life.
After a few minutes, a gentleman came from those areas and turned to the driver and said: What happened?
(He spoke in their own language).
The driver said: I don’t know, no matter what I do, it won’t turn on.
He tampered with the car and closed the hood and said: Go start it!
After a few starts, the car turned on, everyone was happy and got into the car, and I had hope in my heart, and I became hopeful, just as the bus was about to start, I saw the same gentleman come up and called me by name and said: the commitment to Don’t forget to pray first time!
Then he got off and left and I did not see him.
I realized that Hazrat Baqiyyaht allah was the Imam of Asr ( Hazrat Mahdi) (A.S.), I was also crying because of how much I was neglected. This was the story of the first prayer of my time (416).
Source:
Mir Mehr (Results of Imam Zaman’s Love)
Prayer and worship of Imam Zaman (AS), Abbas Azizi, p. 85.
Imam Mahdi (Ajal Allah Farajah) Specialized Research Center website
