One day Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUH)\nsent someone for Bakhtishu, one of the greatest physicians of his time, and\nasked Bakhtishu to send one of his students to the Imam. At that time Imam\nal-Askari (PBUH) was under surveillance of the Abbasid dynasty in Samarra, and\nBakhtishu was the major physician of the Abbasid caliph. As Bakhtishu knew\nabout the character of the Imam, he called his best student and told him,\n“Go there, but be aware that he is the most knowledgeable person on earth.\nDon\u2019t make objections to whatever he orders you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the order of the Imam,\nthe student performed the act of Fasd (Phlebotomy) (1) and took a considerable\namount of blood from the Imam several times with an astonishing method. The\nstudent finished the operation and returned to his professor. When the amazed\nstudent told Bakhtishu about the method, he was amazed too. Bakhtishu was\nconfronted with something which he had never seen or heard of before. He\nstudied the books of medicine with his student for three days, but could not\nrecognize the act that Imam al-Askari (PBUH) had suggested. He decided to ask\nhis teacher who lived in seclusion in Deir al-Aaqul and was the top Christian\nscientist at that time. So Bakhtishu sent his student with a letter explaining\nthe situation and asking for advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This priest, who had spent years in\nseclusion and prayer, received the letter in a basket, which was sent down by a\nrope, and read it. Then he asked, “Are you the person who did the\noperation with Hassan Al-Askari?” The student said, “Yes.” He said, “God bless your mother.”\nThen he suddenly mounted a horse and along with the student went to Samarra to\nImam Hassan al-Askari\u2019s (PBUH) house. The student saw that the door opened. A\nservant came out and said, “The priest of Deir al-Aaqul, come in!”\nThe door of the house of Imam al-Askari (PBUH) closed, and there was no news\nfrom the scientist till the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next day the scientist came,\nhaving exchanged the priest\u2019s clothing and cross for Islamic dress. He had\nbecome a Muslim. Then he told the student, “Let\u2019s now go to Bakhtishu.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Bakhtishu saw the scientist he\nrushed to welcome him and asked him, “What separated you from your\nreligion?” He replied, “I saw Jesus, and I converted to Islam because\nof him.” Bakhtishu asked, “Did you really see Jesus?” He\nreplied, “I saw Jesus\u2019s counterpart. Indeed this kind of Fasd (Phlebotomy)\nwas accomplished once in the history of medicine by Jesus. He (Imam Hassan\nal-Askari (PBUH)) is another Jesus, and he is similar to Jesus in miracles and\nsigns.” After meeting with Bakhtishu, the scientist turned back to Imam\nHassan (PBUH) and served the Imam until the end of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Selection taken\nfrom the book “At the Threshold of Absence, the Life of Imam Hassan\nal-Askari (PBUH)” by Muhammad Dashti and Mirza Mahdi Sadeqi, p. 164)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd Islamic website, 8th of Rabi\nal-Thani, would like to congratulate the Muslims of the world and especially\nyou, dear friend, on the occasion of the birthday of the heir of the Prophets\nand Imam of the believers, Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUH), to all the Muslims of\nthe world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Footnote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Phlebotomy\n(Fasd) is the act of taking blood from a person which has been operated for\npreventing or curing some diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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