fulfilled, were assigned to the care of my brothers, regarding which I was not aware. Seven months after my fathers death my mother too died. She was brought to Najaf and buried there. One day I dreamt that I was seated in a room. Suddenly my father entered therein. I got up as a sign of respect and saluted him. He sat with me and listened carefully to my conversation. I was aware that he had died, and so I asked him as to how did he reach there when he had died in Isfahan. He replied, "After people buried me, I was shifted here in Najaf, and now this has become the place of my dwelling".
Then I asked him whether my deceased mother was with him. He replied in the negative, which made me shiver. He then replied that she too was in Najaf, but at a different place. I then concluded that my father was a Scholar (Aalim), and that a Scholar's status was more than an ordinary man.
Then I asked him about himself and he said that, "Formerly I was in deep trouble and faced many difficulties. But praise be to Allah, the trouble is now eased, and I am in peace". I was surprised and asked him the reason for it. He replied, "I owed some amount to Haji Reza, the son of Aqa Baba, but I died and hence was punished because of it". I woke up from my dream and thought over. I then wrote a letter to my brother who