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Medina. Archival drawing [left] and photo [right] of the sacred mosque Al-Masjid An-Nabawī in Medina where the Prophet Muhammad is buried. This site holds profound significance in all Islam, being the second holiest site on earth after the Ka’ba in Mecca.
In line, with his past behaviour, Mírzá Muhít, who received the Báb’s epistle in the early days of his arrival in Karbalá, remained unmoved by its tone and refused to recognize the precepts which it inculcated. His attitude towards the Faith was one of concealed and persistent opposition throughout the remainder of his life. At times, Mírzá Muhít claimed for himself the station of an independent leader of the Shaykhís. At other times he professed to be a follower and supporter of the notorious adversary of the Bab, the Shaykhí leader Muhammad-Karím, who was another of the power-hungry prominent disciples of Siyyid Kázim whom even the Siyyid had warned about [as discussed previously 97ACT3 ].
Mírzá Muhít got a final chance near the end of his life to cross the Bridge. At that time, he was residing in Iraq. On a visit to Baghdád, Mírzá Muhít, feigning submission to Bahá’u’lláh, expressed, through one of the Persian princes who lived there, a desire to meet Bahá’u’lláh. Mírzá Muhít, however, requested that no one else should know about his proposed meeting with Bahá’u’lláh. On receiving Mírzá Muhít’s meeting request with its conditions, Bahá’u’lláh’s reply was this:
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