Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

444 The oath of allegiance to 'Ali, his characteristics & his way of life
3.5.5. Visiting the sick
It was narrated from Thuwayr ibn Abi Fmtah that his father
said: "Ali (&) took me by the hand and said: 'Let us go and visit al-
Hasan because he is sick.' We found Abu Moosa with him, and 'Ali
(4) said: 'Have you come to visit him because he is sick, 0 Abu
Moosa, or is it just a (social) visit?' He said: 'No, I am visiting him
because he is sick.' 'Ali (A) said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah
(g) say: "There is no MU.& who visits a Muslim (because he is
sick) in the morning but seventy thousand angels will send blessings
on him until evening comes, and if he visits him (because he is sick)
in the evening, seventy thousand angels will send blessings upon him
until morning comes." ' "444
3.5.6. Encouraging his son al-Hasan
to give speeches
Amir al-Mu'mineen said to his son al-Hasan one day: "0 my
son, why don't yon give speeches so that I can hear you?" He said:
"When I see you, 1 feel shy to give speeches." So 'Ali went where al-
Hasan could not see him, then al-Hasan stood up and addressed the
people while 'Ali was listening, and he gave an eloquent speech.
When he finished, 'Ali said: "Offspring one of the other, and Allah
(g) hears and knows all things."445
3.5.7. "I am not as you think"
'Amr ibn M u d narrated that Abu al-Bukhtari said: "A man
came to 'Ali and praised him, but 'Ali had heard that the man had
said something bad about him, so he said: 'I am not as you think, and
I am better than you think."'446