47-15 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abi Habib an-Benaji, “I saw God’s Prophet (S) in my dreams. I saw him reach Benaj and then go to the mosque in which the Hajj pilgrims go every year. It was as if I had gone to visit God’s Prophet (S). I greeted him and stood in front of him. I found a woven tray full of dates from Medina in front of him which included some especial Sayhani dates. He picked a bunch of those dates for us and gave them to me. I counted them and there were eighteen dates. I woke up and interpreted that dream to mean that I will live one more year for each of those dates. Twenty days later I was working on the farm and the farmers were cultivating the ground. Suddenly someone came and informed us that Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ has come from Medina, has stopped over in that very same mosque, and the people are rushing there from everywhere. I quit work and went to see him. I saw that Ar-Ridha’ was sitting exactly in the same place that the Prophet of God sat in my dreams. There was a straw mat beneath Ar-Ridha’ just as I had seen beneath the Prophet (S). There was a woven tray full ofdates in front of him in which there were Sayhani dates. I stepped forward and greeted Ar-Ridha’ . The Imam greeted me back and said, “Come forward.” I stepped forward and Ar-Ridha’ handed me a bunch of dates. I counted the dates and they were exactly as many as his grandfather had given me. I said, “O son of the Prophet of God! Please give me some more.” Ar-Ridha’ said, “We would have given you more, if God’s Prophet (S) had given you more.”The author of the book - may God have Mercy upon him - said, “There is a similar proof in a narration for As-Sadiq which I have mentioned in Ad-Dala’el.”