The twenty-third story was about, dispersing the Arabs of 窶弑naizah窶 from the way of pilgrims, by His Excellency.
This story was verbally narrated to me by the master of Faqﾄｫhs, the mainstay of scholars, the divine scholar, the great Mr. Sayyid Mahdﾄｫ Qazwﾄｫnﾄｫ, who lived in Hillah.
He stated, 窶楼nce, I came out of Hillah on the midnight of 14th of Shaﾊｾban, to visit [Holy Shrine of] the Excellency Abﾅｫ ﾊｿAbd Allﾄ” (pbuh). When we reached to Al-Hindiyya river, crossed it and went to the western side, I saw pilgrims who had left Hillah and its surroundings, and pilgrims who had come from Najaf Ashraf and its surroundings. They all were restricted in the houses of the Bani Turuf tribe, of the Hindiyya nomads.
There was no way, they could go to Karbalﾄ; since the tribe of ﾊｿUnaizah had blocked the way and inhibited people passing through the road!
they didn窶冲 let anyone get out of Karbalﾄ, or enter there! And if so, they would plunder and loot him/ her.
However, he continued, 窶聾ell, when I saw an Arab, I dismounted and prayed Noon and Afternoon Prayer. I sat there, waiting to see what would happen to the pilgrims! There sky was cloudy and it rained little by little.
As we were sitting, we saw all the pilgrims got out of the houses and headed to Karbalﾄ! So, I asked the one who was with me, 窶賂o and ask what has happened.窶 He went out and when he returned, he told me, 窶錬ani Turuf tribe came out with guns and pledged to bring the pilgrims to Karbalﾄ, even if they had to fight with Unayzah.
When I heard it, I expressed, 窶狼hey were with me; these words are absurd! It窶冱 because, Bani Turuf isn窶冲 too powerful to fight with Unaizah! I suppose it窶冱 their trick to get the pilgrims out of their houses. Well, they cannot stand having the pilgrims in their houses anymore and entertain them.
While we were talking, the pilgrims went back toward their houses. But they didn窶冲 enter there and sat in the shade! It showed that I told the truth!
However, the sky was became cloudy. There, I felt pity for them and my heat ached for them so much! So, I pleaded The Almighty God in prayer and also I intercede the Prophet (pbuh&h) and asked him to relieve the pilgrims from the calamity they suffered. Meanwhile, I saw a rider coming to us. His horse was as nice as a deer, I haven窶冲 ever seen like that before!
The rider had a long spear in his hand, he had rolled up his sleeves and ran the horse until he stopped near the house where I was. And it was a house of hair with its surroundings raised. He greeted us and we returned his greeting. He said, 窶楼, Sir [he called me]!
The ones who sent me to you and sent regard to you, are Kunj Mu盧･ammad Aqﾄ and 盪｢afar Aqﾄ. They are both of officiaries in the Ottoman army. They say, 窶the pilgrims are welcome! We have rejected Unaizah! We are looking forward to the pilgrims with our soldiers on the Sulaymaniyah Hill, on the road.
I told him, 窶聾ill you come with us to the back of Sulaymaniyah?窶 He replied, 窶郎es!窶 Then, I took my watch out of my pocket, and saw there were nearly 2 hours and half left until dawn. So I ordered them to prepare my horse. There, that Bedouin Arab whom we stayed in his house begged me, 窶楼, my Mawlﾄ! Don’t put yourself and pilgrims at risk!窶 Stay with us tonight until we see what happens in the morning!窶
I reacted, 窶聾e have to mount our horses and keep riding, because of performing the Special Pilgrimage窶. However, when the pilgrims saw that we mounted our horses, the passengers on foot and horseback were coming behind us. In this way, we kept riding and that rider was ridding further than us as brave as a lion in the forest! We were following him up to the back of Sulaymaniyah.
Then, the rider rode our horses till we reached there, and we followed him again. He rode down up to behind, after that. And we followed him [for the third time]. But, as we looked around, we saw no trace of him, as if he had ascended to the sky or sunk into the earth! Yes, we saw neither the head of the army nor the army!
There, I wondered, 窶魯o you also suppose that he might be Sﾄ”ib al Amr (mGehr)?!窶 They reacted, 窶朗o, by God!窶
Well, while he was ahead of us, I was pondering whether I had seen him before or nor!窶 But, I didn窶冲 remember if I had seen him before or not! Anyhow, when I lost him [I didn窶冲 see him anymore], I realized he was the one [that honorable man] who had come to our house!