It has been related by reliable sources, that a young man used to serve water to the mourners who came to the ceremonies commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (a.s.).

Once a man who was in the congregation approached the young man and offered to exchange some cigarettes in exchange for the spiritual reward the man would gain due to the good act of charity he was doing. The young man agreed eagerly being attracted to the worldly goods.

It so happened that the young man dreamt the same night, that he was being shown a beautiful palace, and he is being told that the palace was his spiritual reward which he exchanged for a few cigarettes. When he awoke from the dream he bitterly regretted why he had traded such a beautiful palace for a few cigarettes, and he knocked on the same night on the door of the buyer to demand his spiritual reward and to return the cigarettes.

The buyer refused saying that he had got the same dream and he was shown the beautiful palace which was his very own. A quarrel broke out between them and they had to refer the case to the chief judge who ruled in favor of the buyer since an agreement or a contract; be it written or oral cannot be nullified. (N AJAFIAT PAGE 129, MAN LA YAHDHURUHUL FAQIH PAGE 32-36).