Keeping aloof from oppression, on the poverty of his brother, Aqil

About keeping aloof from oppression and misappropriation. ‘‘Aqīl’s condition of poverty and destitution

By Allāh, I would rather pass a night in wakefulness on the thorns of as-sa‘dān (a plant having sharp prickles) or be driven in chains as a prisoner than meet Allāh and His Messenger on the Day of Judgement as an…

By Allāh, I certainly saw (my brother) ‘Aqīl fallen in destitution and he asked me a ṣā‘ (about three kilograms in weight) out of your (share of) wheat, and I also saw his children with dishevelled hair and a dusty…

Then I said to him, “Moaning women may moan over you, O ‘Aqīl. Do you cry on account of this (heated) iron which has been made by a man for fun while you are driving me towards the fire which Allāh, the Powerful, has…

A stranger incident than this is that a man [1] came to us in the night with a closed flask full of honey paste but I disliked it as though it was the saliva of a serpent or its vomit. I asked him whether it was a…

By Allāh, even if I am given all the domains of the seven (stars) with all that exists under the skies in order that I may disobey Allāh to the extent of snatching one grain of barley from an ant I would not do it. For…