Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 43
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 43
Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
26 وَ كَتَبَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْمَرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَسْأَلُ كَفَناً فَوَرَدَ أَنَّهُ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ سَنَةَ ثَمَانِينَ أَوْ إِحْدَى وَ ثَمَانِينَ فَمَاتَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي حَدَّهُ وَ بُعِثَ إِلَيْهِ بِالْكَفَنِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ.
26 - And Ali bin Muhammad Saymoori رضي الله عنه wrote asking for a shroud cloth and received the following reply:
“You will need it in the year two hundred and eighty or two hundred and eighty-one.” He died in the year prophesied by the Holy Imam and he sent him the burial shroud two months before his death.