The Verse Only Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib (k.w.) Practiced

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 

Allah (s.w.t.) Says: 

سُوۡرَةُ المجَادلة

يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِذَا نَـٰجَيۡتُمُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُواْ بَيۡنَ يَدَىۡ نَجۡوَٮٰكُمۡ صَدَقَةً۬‌ۚ ذَٲلِكَ خَيۡرٌ۬ لَّكُمۡ وَأَطۡهَرُ‌ۚ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَجِدُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمٌ (١٢) 

O ye who believe!  When ye consult the Messenger in private, spend something in charity before your private consultation.  That will be best for you, and most conducive to purity (of conduct).  But if ye find not (the wherewithal), Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. (Surah al-Mujadilah:12) 

Sayyidina ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (r.a.) said, “The actual cause for the Revelation of this verse of the Qur’an was that the people, in their contact with the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), asked him too many importune questions and thus wearied him.  That is why these words have been Revealed.”  Thus, it is possible to see who is a friend and who is a hypocrite. 

It is said that Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib (k.w.) was the only one to practice what was said in this verse.  He always gave a dinar, and thereafter he spoke with the Messenger (s.a.w.).  Sayyidina ‘Ali (k.w.) said, “In the Book of Allah, there is a verse, and no one has acted on it before me, and no one will act on it after me.”



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