Hadith 69-8

حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّد بن أَحمَد بن مُحَمَّد بن يحيى العطار المعاذي قالَ حَدَّثَنا أَبُو النصر المؤذن النيسابوري قالَ أَصَابَتْنِي عِلَّةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ ثَقُلَ مِنْهَا لِسَانِي فَلَمْ أَقْدِرْ عَلَى الْكَلامِ فَخَطَر بِبَالِي أَنْ أَزُورَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَأَدْعُوَاللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ وَأَجْعَلَهُ شَفِيعِي إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُعَافِيَنِي مِنْ عِلَّتِي وَيُطْلِقَ لِسَانِي فَرَكِبْتُ حِمَاراً وَقَصَدْتُ الْمَشْهَدَ وَزُرْتُ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَصَلَّيْتُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَسَجَدْتُ وَكُنْتُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ مُسْتَشْفِعاً بِصَاحِبِ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يُعَافِيَنِي مِنْ عِلَّتِي وَيَحُلَّ عُقْدَةَ لِسَانِي. فَذَهَبَ بِيَ النَّوْمُ فِي سُجُودِي فَرَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّ الْقَبْرَ قَدِ انْفَرَجَ وَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ رَجُلٌ كَهْلٌ آدَمُ شَدِيدُ الأُدْمَةِ فَدَنَا مِنِّي وَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا النَّصْرِ قُلْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ قَالَ فَأَوْمَأْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَيْفَ أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ وَلِسَانِي مُنْغَلِقٌ فَصَاحَ عَلَيَّ صَيْحَةً فَقَالَ تُنْكِرُ لِلَّهِ قُدْرَةً قُلْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ لِسَانِي فَقُلْتُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي رَاجِلاً وَكُنْتُ أَقُولُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَانْطَلَقَ لِسَانِي وَلَمْ يَنْغَلِقْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar al-Mo’athi narrated that Abul Nasr Mo’aththin al-Neishaboori said, “I got so seriously ill that my tongue got numb and I could not talk. Then, I decided to go to visit the Shrine of Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) to pray to God the Highest and set the Imam (a.s.) up to intercede on my behalf to Him so that God would heal my ailment and I would be able to talk. Then I rode on a donkey, set out for Mashhad and went to visit Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.). I stood at the position of the Imam’s head and said two units of prayers and then went into the position of prostration. I said as many prayers as I could while crying and seeking the intercession of the tomb owner in the presence of God the Highest to heal my ailment and help me become able to talk. Then I fell asleep while I was prostrating. I saw in a dream that the grave opened up and an old tanned man walked out, approached me and told me, ’O Aba Nasr! Say: There is no god but God.’ I pointed at my tongue and meant to say how I could speak with a closed-up tongue.’ He (a.s.) shouted at me saying, ‘Are you denying His Power? Say: There is no god but God.’ Then my tongue opened and I said, ‘There is no god but God.’ Then (after I woke up) I walked back home and kept saying, ‘There is no god but God. I can talk.’ Then after this my tongue never became numb like that again.”