Hadith 142

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih – It is reported from Isa Al Madainy who said, ‘I went out one year to Makkah and stayed at it. Then I said, ‘I shall stay at Al-Medina similar to what I have stayed at Makkah, for it would be greater for my Rewards’. I arrived at Al-Medina. I descended at an edge of the praying place to the side of the house of Abu Zarr-ra. I went on to interchange to my Master-asws. We were hit by intense rain at Al-Medina. I came to Abu Al-Hassan-asws, greeting to him-asws one day, and the sky was falling down (heavy rain). When I entered, he-asws initiated me. He-asws said to me: ‘And upon you be the greetings, O Isa! Return, for your house has collapsed’. I left returning, and there, the house had collapsed, and I employed workers and they extracted my belongings, all of it, and I did not lose apart from a bucket of mine. When I came to him-asws in the morning to greet unto him-asws, he-asws said: ‘Did you lose anything from your chattels, so we-asws can supplicate to Allah-azwj for you, for a replacement’. I said, ‘I did not lose anything apart from a bucket which was for me. I used to perform wud’u from it. I have lost it’. He-asws lowered his-asws head for a while, then raised his-asws head towards me and said: ‘I-asws had thought you would have forgotten the bucket. Ask the maid, caretaker of the house, about it, and say to her, ‘You are the one who lifted the bucked in the bathroom, so return it! ’ She will return it to you’. When I left, I went to the maid, caretaker of the house. I said, ‘I had forgotten the bucket in the bathroom, so return it to me, I want to perform wud’u with it’. She returned the bucket to me’’. [157]