Helping the Needy

 Ibne Abbas reports: I was in the company of Imam Hassan in the sacred Mosque in Mecca.  The Imam was in seclusion for Allah’s worship and performed circumambulation round Ka-ba.  At this time, a follower of him approached him saying: O son of the Messenger of Allah, I owe someone, pay the debt on my behalf if you can.
  The Imam said:  *        *  “By the Lord of this House, I do not have anything on me today.”     The man said: Take a respite for me if you can, for he has threatened to send me to jail.   Ibne Abbas says: I saw that the Imam abandoned seclusion and went along with that man.  I said: O son of the Messenger of Allah, were you not in seclusion?   The Imam said:  *     *  “Yes, but I heard from my father who quoted the messenger of Allah as saying: Whoever fulfills the desire of his brother in faith, is as a man who has worshipped God nine thousand years, keeping fast the days and performing prayers all nights.”   Reference : Oddatud Daee