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then He would have made it difficult for people to make the ends meet. Allah has
created the world as a place of warning and trial for people to face hardships with
equanimity.
• In another tradition it is said, “ Allah has not apportioned the false wealth for our
Shias. He has provided sustenance for their maintenance. They shall not receive
more than that..However much they travel in the West and the East..”
• Then said, “ On the Day of Judgement, Allah will give attention to our impecunious
Shias as if He is commiserating with them. “
• In another tradition it is recorded that the way a brother makes excuses to another
brother, Allah too will commiserate with the people saying,” I have not made you
impecunious in the world that I considered you inferior beings. You shall now see
how I endow you! Whoever has been kind to you in the world, you may catch hold
of his hand and lead him to the Heaven!” At that moment a faqir would say, “ O
Allah! The worldly people were enjoying themselves in the world. They were
marrying pretty damsels, they were riding pedigree steeds, they ate sumptuous food,
wore expensive apparel. Bestow upon us the same privileges now!” Allah will say
in reply, “ O faqir! You and your friends shall be endowed seventy times more than
those people enjoyed!”
THE TALE OF A FAQIR & AN OPULENT PERSON
• It is narrated that a rich person dressed in expensive garments and visited the
Prophet (a.s). Then came another person dressed in much worn clothes and sat near
the first person. The person wearing expensive garments drew together his cloak
and moved a bit away from the new arrival. The Prophet (a.s.) noticed this and
asked him, “ Are you scared that the person’s penury would overpower you?” The
man replied, “No!” The Prophet (a.s.) asked, “ Are you afraid that the person’s
soiled apparel would soil your expensive clothes?” The Man replied, “ No!” The
Prophet (a.s.) asked, “ Are you afraid that the person would snatch away your
opulence?” The man replied, “ O Prophet (a.s.)! Not at all!” The Prophet (a.s.) now
asked, “ Why then, you behaved the way you did?” The man said, “ I have one
very bad companion! That is my subconscious ego! It says that all my faults are
virtues! As a penance I now bestow on the faqir half my wealth!” The prophet
(a.s.) asked the faqir, “ Do you accept this offer?” He replied, “ No!” the rich
person asked him, “ Why do you refuse my offer?” He replied, “ I am afraid the
wealth might inflict me with the same ailment that you suffer from!”
• It is narrated in the traditions that Hazrat Moosa (a.s.) received a Revelation from
Allah, “ O Moosa (a.s.)! When penury comes to you, welcome it as a trait of the
virtuous! When opulence comes to you then ask it whether it is the punishment
during the worldly life for the wrong deeds you had committed earlier!”
• Mohammed bin al Hussain Khazar says that Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) told to him,
“ O Mohammed! When you visit the market, you see good quality fruits and
vegetables on sale and you realize that you don’t have the means to buy them. Do
you get a craving to purchase them?” He replied, “ O Imam (a.s.)! I do feel the