[10] Resembling that—even though the Doer of those miracles is One in Essence, the Owner of the Veils, the Names, and the Attributes—is what was narrated with a sound chain of transmission, traced back to Maytham al-Tammar, who said: "I had a need to present to my Master, the Commander of the Faithful—mighty is his might—so I came to the door and sought permission. He permitted me, and I entered and found him sitting on a wooden chair. Before him was a table with some food on it; al-Husayn was on his right, while Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya and Safina were on his left. He gestured with his hand for me to sit, so I sat between Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya and Safina and ate from that food. My soul spoke to me with some delusion, and I said in my secret: 'You eat and he eats, we drink and he drinks, we marry and he marries, we relieve ourselves and he relieves himself, we die and he dies; so what is the difference between us?'

He looked at me with the side of his face, and I knew that he had known what was in my secret. I bowed my head in awe, reverence, and shame for what had crossed my mind. Then I raised my head to look at him, and suddenly there he was upon a throne of gold, wearing garments of sundus (fine silk), and on his head was a crown of pearls and jewels. In his hand was a rod of red ruby, establishing the people of Paradise in Paradise and the people of the Fire in the Fire.