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
45- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بُزُرْجَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ بْنِ بُزُرْجَ صَاحِبُ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ الصَّيْرَفِيَّ الدَّوْرَقِيَ الْمُقِيمَ بِأَرْضِ بَلْخٍ يَقُولُ أَرَدْتُ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى الْحَجِّ وَ كَانَ مَعِي مَالٌ بَعْضُهُ ذَهَبٌ وَ بَعْضُهُ فِضَّةٌ فَجَعَلْتُ مَا كَانَ مَعِي مِنَ الذَّهَبِ سَبَائِكَ وَ مَا كَانَ مَعِي مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ نُقَراً وَ كَانَ قَدْ دُفِعَ ذَلِكَ الْمَالُ إِلَيَّ لِأُسَلِّمَهُ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ رَوْحٍ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلْتُ سَرَخْسَ ضَرَبْتُ خَيْمَتِي عَلَى مَوْضِعٍ فِيهِ رَمْلٌ فَجَعَلْتُ أُمَيِّزُ تِلْكَ السَّبَائِكَ وَ النُّقَرَ فَسَقَطَتْ سَبِيكَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ السَّبَائِكِ مِنِّي وَ غَاضَتْ فِي الرَّمْلِ وَ أَنَا لَا أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ هَمَدَانَ مَيَّزْتُ تِلْكَ السَّبَائِكَ وَ النُّقَرَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى اهْتِمَاماً مِنِّي بِحِفْظِهَا فَفَقَدْتُ مِنْهَا سَبِيكَةً وَزْنُهَا مِائَةُ مِثْقَالٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةُ مَثَاقِيلَ أَوْ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَ تِسْعُونَ مِثْقَالًا قَالَ فَسَبَكْتُ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ مَالِي بِوَزْنِهَا سَبِيكَةً وَ جَعَلْتُهَا بَيْنَ السَّبَائِكِ فَلَمَّا وَرَدْتُ مَدِينَةَ السَّلَامِ قَصَدْتُ الشَّيْخَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ رَوْحٍ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ وَ سَلَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانَ مَعِي مِنَ السَّبَائِكِ وَ النُّقَرِ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ تِلْكَ السَّبَائِكِ إِلَى السَّبِيكَةِ الَّتِي كُنْتُ سَبَكْتُهَا مِنْ مَالِي بَدَلًا مِمَّا ضَاعَ مِنِّي فَرَمَى بِهَا إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ لِي لَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ السَّبِيكَةُ لَنَا وَ سَبِيكَتُنَا ضَيَّعْتَهَا بِسَرَخْسَ حَيْثُ ضَرَبْتَ خَيْمَتَكَ فِي الرَّمْلِ فَارْجِعْ إِلَى مَكَانِكَ وَ انْزِلْ حَيْثُ نَزَلْتَ وَ اطْلُبِ السَّبِيكَةَ هُنَاكَ تَحْتَ الرَّمْلِ فَإِنَّكَ سَتَجِدُهَا وَ سَتَعُودُ إِلَى هَاهُنَا فَلَا تَرَانِي قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى سَرَخْسَ وَ نَزَلْتُ حَيْثُ كُنْتُ نَزَلْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ السَّبِيكَةَ تَحْتَ الرَّمْلِ وَ قَدْ نَبَتَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَشِيشُ فَأَخَذْتُ السَّبِيكَةَ وَ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى بَلَدِي فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَجَجْتُ وَ مَعِيَ السَّبِيكَةُ فَدَخَلْتُ مَدِينَةَ السَّلَامِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ الشَّيْخُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مَضَى وَ لَقِيتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّمُرِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَسَلَّمْتُ السَّبِيكَةَ إِلَيْهِ.
47 - Narrated to us Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali bin Ahmad bin Buzurg bin Abdullah bin Mansur bin Yunus Ibne Buzurg, a companion of as-Sadiq عليه السلام that: I heard Muhammad bin Hasan Sairafi Dauraqqi, a native of Balkh say:
“I desired to go to Hajj and had some religious dues, some of which were gold and some were silver. I melted the gold and the silver and rendered them into pieces. These funds had been entrusted to me to deliver them to Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain bin Rauh. When I reached Sarakhs, I erected my tent on a sandy spot and began separating the pieces of gold and silver. One of the pieces fell from me and went into the sand and I did not notice.
When I reached Hamadan, I went over the gold and silver once again as a precaution to guard them, and found out that one piece, which weighed a hundred and three metical, or he said, ninety three metical, was missing. I replaced that piece with another piece of the same weight from my own funds and put it with the other pieces of gold and silver. When I reached Baghdad, I went to Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain bin Rauh and gave him all of the gold and silver I was carrying.
He stretched his hand and pulled out the piece I had included from my own funds, from amongst all the pieces, threw it to me and said, ‘This piece is not ours. Our piece is the one you lost at Sarakhs, where you erected your tent over the sands. Return to that place and disembark where you had disembarked and search for the piece there beneath the sands. You will find it there and when you will come back here, you will not see me.’
I went back to Sarakhs and disembarked where I had stayed and found the piece of gold. I went back to my lands and when the next time I went for Hajj, I took the piece and went to Baghdad, and found out that Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain bin Rauh had passed away. I met Abul Hasan al-Samari and gave the piece to him.”