Since Mulla was particularly assiduous with respect to the...

Since Mulla was particularly assiduous with respect to the issue of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, he assembled the people of Yazd who, upon his orders, collectively threw the governor out of the city. When Fath Ali Shah was informed of this incident, he was immensely upset and ordered Mulla Hasan Yazdi to be brought before him in Tehran. As soon as Mulla came, Fath Ali Shah asked him about the incident in Yazd.

Mulla replied, “Your governor in Yazd was a tyrant and I wanted to relieve the people of his evils by throwing him out of Yazd.” The answer so enraged the Shah that he ordered Mulla’s legs to be tied. Ameen-uddaulah said to the Shah, “He is not at fault. It was without his permission that the people threw out the governor.” In spite of his feet being fettered, Mulla Hasan spoke out: “Why do we need to lie?

I had the governor thrown out of Yazd because of his oppression.” Eventually, due to the intervention of Ameen-uddaulah, Mulla Hasan’s legs were untied. That night, Shah witnessed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) in his dream and observed that two of his toes were tied. “Why are your toes tied?” he asked the Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) replied, “It is you who has tied them.” Shah pointed out that he had never shown such disrespect.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) explained, “But was it not you who had ordered Mulla Hasan Yazdi’s feet to be tied?” Shah woke up from his sleep greatly alarmed. He ordered Mulla Hasan to be given resplendent clothes and to be returned to his city with great honour and respect. Mulla Hasan refused to accept the clothes and returned to Yazd. Later, he travelled to Kerbala and remained there for the rest of his life.[^5] God’s Command to Destroy City God ordered two angels to destroy a city.

On reaching there, the angels noticed one of the inhabitants beseeching and supplicating to God. One of the angels said to the other: “Don’t you see this person supplicating?” “Yes I do, but God’s order has to be executed,” replied the other one. “Wait. Let me ask God as to what should be done.” Praying to God, the first angel inquired: “In this city there is a person, who entreats and beseeches you.