SERMON 209 - Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him Went to Inquire about the Health of His Companion Al-`Ala’ Ibn Ziyad al-Harithi. When He Noticed the Vastness of His Mansion Estate, He Said the Following

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SERMON 209 - Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Peace be Upon Him Went to Inquire about the Health of His Companion Al-`Ala’ Ibn Ziyad al-Harithi. When He Noticed the Vastness of His Mansion Estate, He Said the Following

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What will you do with this vast house in this world, although you need this house more in the next world? If you want to take it to the next world, you can entertain in it guests and be regardful of kinship and discharge all (your) obligations according to their accrual. In this way, you will be able to take it to the next world.

Then al-`Ala’ said to him: “O Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.)! I want to complain to you about my brother `asim ibn Ziyad.” Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.) inquired: “What is the matter with him?” Al-`Ala’ said the following: “He has put on a woolen coat and cut off himself from the world.” Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.) said, “Let me see him.” When the man came, Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.) said to him, “O enemy of yourself! Certainly, the evil one (Satan) has misguided you. Do you feel no compassion for your wife and children? Do you believe that if you use those things which Allah has made lawful for you, He will dislike you? You are too unimportant for Allah to do so.” The man said, “O Imam Ali ibn Aba Talib (p.b.u.h.)! You yourself put on coarse outfits and eat rough food.” The Imam replied thus: “Woe unto you! I am not like you. Certainly, Allah, the Sublime, has made it obligatory on true leaders that they should maintain themselves at the level of low people so that the poor do not cry over their poverty.”