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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Biography of Imam Muhammad Bin Ali (a.s.)(al-taqi) Chapter Four : Imam Muhammad Bin Ali (a.s.) His Miracle INTRODUCTION: As we have learnt in the previous units, Allah gives some extraordinary powers to his Prophets and "Masoom" Imams to make the people recognize them as His special representatives on earth. The greatest miracle of Imam Muhammad Taqi (A.S.) was his intelligence as we saw in the previous chapters.

As a matter of fact, when Mualla Bin Muhammad questioned him as to how he could claim to be an Imam from Allah at such a young age. Imam (A.S.) replied, "O Mualla! Allah has made me His sign the same way as He made Prophet Isa His sign for whom Allah says "We gave him the law while still a boy" (10:12) Other than that there were several miracles that are associated with him; we shall consider some of them in this chapter. MIRACLE 1.

Ali Bin Khalid says that when he was in Samara he heard that a prisoner had arrived from Damascus. His crime was that he claimed to be a Prophet. Ali paid him a visit out of curiosity. The prisoner looked pious and virtuous. He told his story to Ali Bin Khalid in the following words. "I am a resident of Damascus. I used to spend my nights praying at a site where once Imam Husain's (A.S.) severed head had been kept, as I considered this place to be a Holy site.

"One night a young, good looking and pious person came there. He asked me to accompany him and 1 did so, We hadn't gone much when we found ourselves in the Mosque of Kufa (Masjid-e-Kufa) he asked me if I knew where we were and I said we were in the Mosque of Kufa, Both of us prayed. We then walked a little and we were in the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina!

There too, we prayed and then we walked for a short while and found ourselves standing near the Kaba, We performed the "Tawaf' (seven rounds) of the Kaba Then, we walked for a little bit and we were back in Damascus. Before I could find out who he was, the young man disappeared. "One year after this event, the nun appeared again, We went to all those places which we had done in the previous year. However, tins time before he could disappear I requested him to tell me who he was.

He introduced himself as Muhammad Bin Ah, Bin Musa, Bin Jaffer, Bin Muhammad Bin AH Husain Bin AH Bin Abutalib (A.S.) "In my joy, I went around telling people about the Imam's miracle.