Sadaqa (charity) is highly recommended for shielding oneself from calamities, epidemics, disasters, and losses. Giving charity in the morning protects one from the misfortunes of the day and giving charity in the evening protects one from calamities of the night. Fulfilling requests of others, i.e., giving way on a road, doing favours to others is also considered to be a kind of charity.
Abu Basir A’asha was one of the great poets of the pre-Islamic era. One of his poems known as Lamiyya is classified among the ten great epics of Arabia. In his famous eulogy of the Holy Prophet (S) says:
“Whenever you halt to rest at the door of the son of Hashim, You feel relaxed, and are blessed with his magnanimity .... From him come charity you cannot miss, and the benefit. And what yon gain today, is not refused tomorrow ...”
History, when divested of the historians’ bias and prejudice, is a beautiful string of incidents and events, which speak a thousand tongues. When we study history of early Islamic era, we are able to gain an insight into the society to which the message of Islam was preached, the circumstances, which then prevailed, and the reciprocal response of the leaders and the led.
The Legacy lives on…….
Jab tak mai’ jiu’, kihdmate qaum karta rahu’ mai’, Maut aa’e to ya rab, esi khidmat me maru’ mai’.
Marhum Mulla Asghar has left an unforgettable mark on the entire Shii Community in this era. A multifaceted person of this caliber, with such an impact, only emerges but once in a lifetime. As a brilliant communicator, he eloquently presented the teachings of Ahlul Bait (A.S.) to the masses at large.
Abbas Ali Shameli
An Extract of Al-Mizan, An Exegesis of the Holy Qur’an Volume 10, Chapter 5, Verses 51-54
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i
Translated by:
Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi
Published by: W.O.F.I.S., World Organization for Islamic Services,
P. O. Box No. 11365 - 1545,
Tehran - IRAN.
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