The martyr of the month of Ramadan-4

In the previous posts we mentioned the life of Imam Ali peace be upon him in brief and we mentioned some verses of the holy Quran and some Narrations of the Prophet of Islam about him. The holy Prophet of Islam said to Imam Ali:

No one knows you except Allah and me.

So how can we know completely this very honorable Imam?

For knowing a little about this great personality, we can refer to different sources like the history of Islam, his deeds through his lifetime, the sayings of others about him and even those sayings which are told by his enemies as confession.

In this post we try to mention one of his attributes.

The Justice of Imam Ali

Let me just mention two shocking stories in this regard which can be so meaningful.

Aqil was the brother of Imam Ali. Once he referred to the Imam in the time that the Imam was a caliph. Aqil was in need, he asked the Imam to help him to pay his debt. The Imam asked him: How much is your debt? Aqil replied: One hundred thousand Dirhams (the currency of some Islamic countries). The Imam said: I don’t have it right now. Wait until the day in which I take my own share of treasury and on that time I will help you from my own share as much as I can. Aqil said: The treasury is in your hand and you can take some money from that. The Imam said: Every one of us has an equal share from treasury. Then the Imam said to his brother: If my words do not convince you, go to the mall and break the boxes in which the moneys of the businessmen are and take some money. Aqil said: Do you want me to break the boxes of those who have trusted God and have saved some money? The Imam said: Do you want me to open the door of treasury which belongs to the Muslims who have trusted God? If you want, take your sword and let’s go the city of Hira, there are some rich businessmen. We can attack the house of one of them and get some money. Aqil said: Do you want me to steal? And the Imam replied: Stealing form one person is better than stealing from a treasury which belongs to all people. So Aqil understood that the Imam is not the person to help him by the money of treasury. So he went.

Another interesting story is that one night the Imam entered in the place of treasury in order to do its affairs like calculation or division. There was a lamp in front of him. On that time two persons of his companions entered there. The Imam turned off the light and ordered to bring to him a lamp from his house. They asked the Imam: What was the difference between these two lamps? And the Imam replied: The oil of the first lamp was supplied of the treasury (which belongs to all people) and it is not appropriate and right to sit in front of such a lamp with you to talk about something other than the affairs of treasury.

These two stories were just the examples of the justice of Imam Ali. There are many books and articles written in this regard that we cannot mention them all here, so I recommend our dear brothers and sisters to refer to them.