Hadith 29

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – Al-Hassan Al Basri, ‘And Umm Salama-ra said: ‘Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws entered to see Rasool-Allah-saww and Jibraeel-as was in front of him-saww, so they-asws went on to circle around him-as, him-as having resembled with Dahiyat Al-Kalby. He-as gestured with his-saww hand like taking something, and there, in his-as hand was an apple, and a quince, and a pomegranate. He-as gave it to them-as and their-asws faces were jubilant and they-asws went to their-asws grandfather-saww. He-saww took from these and smelt it, then said: ‘Go to your-asws mother with what is with you-asws and begin with your-asws father-asws’. They-asws were excited and went like what he-saww had instructed them-asws, but they-asws did not eat until the Prophet-saww came to them, and they-asws all ate together. It did not cease to be so that every time it was eaten from, it returned to what it had been, until (the time) Rasool-Allah-saww passed away. Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘The change and the reduction did not take place in it during the days of (Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, until (the time) she-asws passed away. When she-asws had passed away, we-asws lost the pomegranate, and there remained the apple and the quince during the days of my-asws father-asws. When Amir Al-Momineen-asws was martyred, the quince was lost and there remained the apple upon its form with Al-Hassan-asws, until he-asws passed away during his-asws being poisoned, and there remained the apple up to the time in which he-asws was besieged from the water. I-asws used to smell it whenever I-asws was thirsty, and the flame of my-asws thirst would subside. When the thirst intensified upon me-asws, I-asws bit it, and I-asws was certain with the annihilation’. Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws said: ‘I-asws him-asws saying that before his-asws being killed, by while. When he-asws had fulfilled his-asws vow, its aroma was felt in his-asws slaying place. I-asws searched but could not see any trace of it. Its aroma remained after Al-Husayn-asws, and I-asws had visited his-asws grave and felt its aroma effusing from his-asws grave. The one from our-asws Shias, the visitors to the grave, wants that, let him seek that during the timings of the pre-dawn, for he will find it, if he was sincere’’. [46]