Rashid al-Hajari

January 30, 2014 hesham102001 0

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRashid al-Hajari was one of the intimate friends of Imam Ali (a). Ziyad the cursed (the governor of Kufa in the reign of Yazid ibn Muawiya; the second Umayyad caliph) […]

He was called al-Jawad (the generous) because of his excessive generosity

Reading Time: 2 minutesImam Abu Ja’far (a.s) was one of the most generous and open-handed people. He was called al-Jawad (the generous) because of his excessive generosity, open-handedness, charitableness and kindness to people. […]
I did so in order to not see the shame of request on his face.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Once, a man came, greeted him and said, “I am one of those who love you and your fathers. I have come from performing hajj, and all my money has […]
‘O Sa’eed, stay as you are until we bring you a candle!’

Reading Time: 2 minutesone day al-Mutawakkil was afflicted with abscesses and he was about to die from that. Al-Fat~h bin Khaqan counseled him to send a messenger to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) to tell […]
Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAl-Kashshi mentioned that Ma’mar bin Khallad said, ‘Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt, when al-Fadhl bin Sahl wanted to send him to one of the districts of Khurasan, said to me, ‘I want […]
Imam Ali Naqi (as) – Generosity

Reading Time: 3 minutes1. Once, Abu Amr Uthman bin Sa’eed, Ahmad bin Isaaq al-Ash’ari, and Ali bin Ja’far al-Hamadani went to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.). Ahmad bin Isaaq complained of a debt on him. […]

He was called al-Jawad (the generous) because of his excessive generosity

I did so in order to not see the shame of request on his face.

‘O Sa’eed, stay as you are until we bring you a candle!’

Ar-Rayyan bin as-Salt

Imam Ali Naqi (as) – Generosity