15. The Special Care of Imam Husain (a.s.) for the Late Shaykh Mahdi Mazandarani

15. ﻋﻨﺎﯾﺖ اﻣﺎم ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﯿﻪ اﻟﺴﻼم ﺑﻪ ﻣﺮﺣﻮم ﺷﯿﺦ ﻣﻬﺪي ﻣﺎزﻧﺪراﻧﯽ

ﻣﺮﺣﻮم ﺷﯿﺦ ﻣﻬﺪي ﻣﺎزﻧﺪراﻧﯽ، ﺻﺎﺣﺐ ﻣﻌﺎﻟﯽ اﻟﺴّﺒﻄﯿﻦ ﮐﻪ در ﺣﺪود 1300 ﻣﺘﻮﻟﺪ ﺷﺪه و در ﺳﺎل 138s ق وﻓﺎت ﮐﺮده، s0 ﺳﺎل ﺗﻤﺎم در ﻣﻨﺰل ﻣﺮﺣﻮم آﯾﻪ اﻟﻠّﻪ

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ﻣﯿﺮزا ﻣﻬﺪي ﺷﯿﺮازي ﻣﻨﺒﺮ رﻓﺘﻪ، ﺳﺎل 138s ق آﺧﺮﯾﻦ و ﺷﺼﺘﻤﯿﻦ ﺳﺎل ﻣﻨﺒﺮش ﺑﻮد.

آﯾﻪ اﻟﻠّﻪ آﻗﺎي ﺳﯿﺪ ﺻﺎدق ﺷﯿﺮازي از ﻣﺮاﺟﻊ ﻋﺎﻟﯿﻘﺪر ﺗﻘﻠﯿﺪ در روز ﺳﻪ ﺷﻨﺒﻪ24/2/92 ﺑﺮاﺑﺮ ﺳﻮم رﺟﺐ 1434 ق ﻧﻘﻞ ﻓﺮﻣﻮد:

ﺑﺮاي دﻋﻮت ﺑﻪ ﺧﺪﻣﺖ ﻣﺮﺣﻮم ﺷـﯿﺦ ﻣﻬﺪي ﻣﺎزﻧﺪراﻧﯽ رﻓﺘﻢ، ﻓﺮﻣﻮد: ﻣﻦ اﻣﺴﺎل اﺳﺘﻌﺪاد ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﻧﺪارم و ﻫﻤﻪ ي ﻣﺠﺎﻟﺴﻢ را رد ﮐﺮده ام، وﻟﯽ آﻧﺠﺎ ﻣﯽ آﯾﻢ، زﯾﺮا در آﻧﺠﺎ ﮐﺮاﻣﺖ دﯾﺪه ام:

روزي در اﯾـﻦ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﻣﻨـﺒﺮ رﻓﺘﻢ، ﻣﻨـﺒﺮ ﺳﻪ ﭘﻠﻪ ﺑـﻮد و ﻣﻦ ﻫﻤـﻮاره ﺑﺮ ﻋﺮﺷﻪ ي ﻣﻨـﺒﺮ ﻣﯽ ﻧﺸﺴـﺘﻢ، آن روز ﺑﯽ ﺗـﻮﺟﻪ در ﭘﻠﻪ ي دوم ﻧﺸﺴﺘﻢ.

ﺑﺮاي اﯾﻦ ﮐﻪ ﻣﺮدم ﻣﺘﻮﺟﻪ ﻧﺸﻮﻧﺪ ﮐﻪ ﻣﻦ اﺷﺘﺒﺎﻫﯽ ﻧﺸﺴﺘﻪ ام، ﻫﻤﺎﻧﺠﺎ ﺷﺮوع ﺑﻪ ﺧﻄﺎﺑﻪ ﮐﺮدم و ﺑﻪ ﻋﺮﺷﻪ ي ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﻧﺮﻓﺘﻢ.

در وﺳـﻂ ﻣﻨـﺒﺮ ﺳـﻨﮓ ﺑﺰرﮔﯽ از ﺳـﻘﻒ ﺑﺮ ﻋﺮﺷﻪ ي ﻣﻨـﺒﺮ اﻓﺘـﺎد، ﮐﻪ اﮔﺮ ﻃﺒﻖ ﻣﻌﻤﻮل در ﻋﺮﺷﻪ ي ﻣﻨﺒﺮ ﻧﺸﺴـﺘﻪ ﺑﻮدم، ﺑـﺪون ﺗﺮدﯾﺪ ﻫﻼك ﺷﺪه ﺑﻮدم.

15. The Special Care of Imam Husain (a.s.) for the Late Shaykh Mahdi Mazandarani

The late Shaykh Mahdi Mazandarani, author of Ma‘ali al-Sibtayn, who was born around 1300 AH and passed away in 1380 AH, for sixty years delivered sermons from the pulpit at the house of the late Ayatullah Mirza Mahdi Shirazi. His sixtieth and final year of preaching was in 1380 AH.

Ayatullah Agha Sayyid Sadiq Shirazi, one of the esteemed maraji‘, narrated on Tuesday, 24/2/92 (equivalent to 3rd Rajab 1434 AH):

“I went to invite the late Shaykh Mahdi Mazandarani for a lecture. He replied: ‘This year I do not feel able to go on the pulpit, and I have declined all invitations — but I will come there, because I have witnessed a miracle there.’”

He explained:

“One day, I went on the pulpit at this gathering. The pulpit had three steps, and I would normally sit on the top platform. That day, without thinking, I sat on the second step. To avoid people noticing that I had mistakenly sat on the wrong place, I began my speech right there without moving up. In the middle of my talk, a large stone fell from the ceiling directly onto the top platform of the pulpit. If I had been sitting there as usual, I would have been killed without a doubt.”