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earn.” The Imam (a.s.) left the canister at the woman’s house and
returned home. The whole night he was worrying about her and the
orphans. At dawn he took a sack full of flour, dates, meat and other
eatables and headed for the woman’s house. The companions said, “
Ya Hazrat! WE shall carry the burden!” The Imam (a.s.) said,” You
can certainly carry the burden here. But who will carry my burden on
the Day of Reckoning?” Carrying the sack, the Imam (a.s) knocked at
the door of the woman. The woman opened the door and asked, “
Who are you, please?” The Imam (a.s.) said,” I am the person who
helped you carry your water canister yesterday! Now I have fetched
some provisions for your children!” The woman said,” May Allah
give you Reward for your kindness and may Allah also Judge
between me and Ali (a.s.)” The Imam said, “ To earn a little more
reward, I wish to dough some flour and make bread for your children.
Either you take care of the children in that time or I shall tend the
children and you bake the bread!” The woman said, “ I can make
better bread. If you take care of my children, I shall do that
comfortably!” Therefore the woman got busy with her work and the
Imam (a.s.) cooked some meat and also looked after the kids by
giving them some dates to eat. When the meat was done, he fed small
morsels to the children and said, “ O kids! Forgive Ali for being the
cause of depriving you of the love of your father!” When the dough
was done, the woman asked, “ Kind sir! Please light the oven that the
dough is ready.” Hazrat Ali (a.s.) started warming the oven when a
woman from the neighborhood visited. This woman knew Hazrat Ali
(a.s) She told to the lady of the house, “ what has happened to you?!
You are asking the Ameer al Momineen (a.s.) do these small tasks for
you!” Hearing this the woman ran and fell at the feet of Hazrat Ali
(a.s) and said,” Ya Ameer al Momineen! With what face can I go
infront of Allah! Please forgive me!” The Imam said, “ To the
contrary, I am ashamed! With what face I can approach Allah for the
hardship I have caused to you and your children!”
• It is narrated that one day Hazrat Mohammed bin Hanafia and Imam
Hassan (a.s) had some difference of opinion. Hazrat Mohammed bin
Hanafia wrote a letter to Imam Hassan (a.s.), “ Brother! Your and my
father, is Hazrat Ali (a.s.). But your mother is Hazrat Fatima Zehra
(a.s.), the daughter of the Prophet (a.s.). If the entire world turns to
gold and comes in the possession of my mother, even then she cannot
claim equality with Hazrat Fatima Zehra (a.s.). As soon as you read
this letter, please come to me and make up the difference we have
between us! I am asking you this because you are much higher than
me in the status. Greetings.” When Imam Hassan (a.s.) received the
letter, he immediately went to Hazrat Mohammed bin Hanafia and
reconciled the difference with him. They never again had any
differences between them.