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said, “ The right of carrying the family’s burden rests with the head of the family!”
Then he added, “ If a person of distinction carries the weight of his family’s
requirements, his distinction doesn’t diminish in any manner whatsoever!”
• It is recorded that Hazrat Ali (a.s.) used to walk bare-footed on five occasions. On
these occasions he used to carry his footwear in his left hand. He would go to the
Mosque barefooted on Idd al Fitr, Idd al Adha and the Friday Congregations. The
Imam (a.s.) would also go barefooted when he visited a sick person. He also went
with bare feet while attending the funeral procession of a dead person. He used to
say that one has to be barefooted while attending to Allah’s tasks!
• It is narrated that Hazrat Ali (a.s.) used to visit the market place all alone.. During
these walks if he found a stranger who had lost his way, the Imam (a.s) would guide
him. When he noticed old and feeble persons on the way, he would offer his help
and support to them. If he noticed any person reciting the Quran incorrectly, he
would guide the person to recite it correctly. Then he would himself recite a verse
which says,” We have apportioned the abode in the Hereafter for those who do not
want dissension and aggrandizement in the land; for the virtuous good awaits in the
Hereafter.”
• Ibrahim ibne Abbas narrates that he did not meet a humbler person than Imam Ali ar
Reza (a.s.). He was never harsh to anyone. He would never interrupt a person till he
completed his talk. He would never turn down the request of a needy person. The
Imam (a.s.) never sat with his feet stretched towards any person and also never
reclined on a bolster while meeting people. He never reprimanded his slaves and
servants. The Imam (a.s.) was never seen laughing loudly. He used always to share
his food with his servants and slaves. He slept little and used to be busy praying in
the nights. The Imam (a.s.) used to fast on most days. He was very charitable and
generally he would do this in the silence and darkness of the nights that people did
not know who their benefactor was!
THE EIGHTH FRUIT
PENURY- BOTH CONTEMPTIBLE & PRAISEWORTHY
The Prophet of Islam (a.s.) has said that the first to enter the Heaven will be the faqirs
or the impecunious persons. When they are admitted to the Heaven, people will wonder
why they were allowed to enter without any questioning. Then the faqirs would say that
they needed not to render any account that they were neither king nor had any high
ranks in the world. They had no wealth to be responsible for apportioning it. They were
busy in the world supplicating to Allah and awaited their call.
One should know that faqr or penury is of two types. One is Faqr il Allah or Penury in
the way of God; the other is faqr il annaas or penury to impress and take advantage of