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Allah replied, “ I have observed all your people, but I found none equal to your
humility and modesty of nature. O Moosa (a.s.)! While prostrating to Me, you rub
your cheeks on the ground! I have liked this attitude of your’s!”
• It is narrated through a reliable source that Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) has said, “ It is
high humility not to mind sitting at a place not commensurate with one’s status at a
meeting of men! It is humility in the disposition of a person that makes him take
precedence in greeting others and avoids quarreling with people even if they are
wrong in their stand. A person with humility doesn’t feel flattered hearing praises
from others.
• Imam Reza (a.s.) defined humility in a person as the habit of discharging the rights
of others as he would have his own rights fulfilled!”
• Someone asked, “ What is the gauge for humility? When can we term a person as
humble?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “ There are several degrees of humility. One is that
a person doesn’t rate himself more than what he is worth. He avoids pride and
prejudice. He treats others the same way as he expects them to treat him. Even if he
receives illtreatment from others, he treats them with kindness. He suppresses anger
and is generous to a fault. Allah considers such humble persons His friends!”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) noticed a person in Medina carrying something he had
bought. The man was taken aback when he saw the Imam.. The Imam said, “ You
have made some purchases for your family and are carrying home the burden.
yourself! If I had not cared for the stares of the people of this town, I should, like
you, have carried my purchases home myself!”
• One day Imam Zain al Abedeen (a.s.) was riding on his way. He noticed some
persons engaged in having their meal. The men asked the Imam (a.s.) to join them
in the fare. He said, “ If I was not fasting, I would certainly have partaken of your
food!” When he arrived at his house the Imam (a.s.) ordered preparation of
delicacies for the persons he met at the roadside. He sent for them and shared the
repast with the persons.
• It is narrated that Hazrat Ali (a.s.) advised Imam Hassan (a.s.), “ Adopt humility. It
is best of all supplications!”
• The Prophet of Islam (a.s.) said, “ One who adopted humility and modesty Allah
will endow him with respect and nobility.”
• Imam Zain al Abedeen (a.s.) used to say that no Arab and Qureish has any
superiority if he is not humble in his demeanor..
THE HUMILITY OF NAJASHI
Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that when Janab Jafar e Tayyar bin Abi Talib was at
the court of Najashi, he was once called by the monarch to his presence. He found that
the king was seated on the bare ground. Hazrat Jafar e Tayyar felt awed finding the
monarch sitting the way he did.
Najashi said, “ Thank God that He gave victory to your Prophet (a.s.) over his
enemies! My greetings to you on this occasion!”
He asked, “ Your majesty! How you came to know of this?”