One who feeds a hungry one, what will be his Recompense?
One who feeds a hungry one, what will be his Recompense?’ قَالَ جَزَاؤُهُ الْغُفْرَانُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ ذُنُوبُهُ يَمْلَأُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ.
He -azwj Said: “His Recompense is the Forgiveness, and even if his sins were to fill up what is between the sky and the earth!”’ [32] – وَ قَالَ ص لَوْ لَا رَحْمَةُ رَبِّي عَلَى فُقَرَاءِ أُمَّتِي كَادَ الْفَقْرُ يَكُونُ كُفْراً And he -saww said: ‘Had it not been for the Mercy of my -saww Lord -azwj upon the poor ones of my -saww community, the poverty would almost be Kufr!’ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مُؤْمِنٍ فَقِيرٍ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى فَقْرِهِ A man from the companions stood up.
He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! What is the Recompense of a poor Momin being patient upon his poverty?’ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرْفَةً مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ يَنْظُرُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَيْهَا كَمَا يَنْظُرُ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى نُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ لَا يَدْخُلُ فِيهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ فَقِيرٌ أَوْ شَهِيدٌ فَقِيرٌ أَوْ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقِيرٌ. He -saww said: ‘In the Paradise there is a chamber of red ruby.
The people of Paradise will look at it like what the people of earth look at stars of the sky. No one will enter into it except a poor Prophet -saww , or a poor martyr, or a poor Momin’’.
[33] Allah -azwj ’s Kindness to the poor in the Hereafter: التمحيص عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: وَ اللَّهُ مَا اعْتَذَرَ إِلَى مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ وَ لَا نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ إِلَّا إِلَى فُقَرَاءِ شِيعَتِنَا قِيلَ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ يَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْهِمْ (The book) ‘Al Tamhees’ – from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al Barqy, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘And Allah -azwj will neither Apologise to an Angel of Proximity nor a Messenger Prophet -as , except to the poor of our -asws Shias!’ It was said to him -asws , ‘And how will He -azwj Apologise to them?’ قَالَ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ أَيْنَ فُقَرَاءُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَيَقُومُ عُنُقٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَيَتَجَلَّى لَهُمُ الرَّبُّ فَيَقُولُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي وَ عُلُوِّي وَ آلَائِي وَ ارْتِفَاعِ مَكَانِي مَا حَبَسْتُ عَنْكُمْ شَهَوَاتِكُمْ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا هَوَاناً بِكُمْ عَلَيَّ وَ لَكِنْ ذَخَرْتُهُ لَكُمْ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ He -asws said: ‘A caller will call out: ‘Where are the poor Momineen!’ Necks from the people will stand up.
The Lord -azwj will Flash at them. He -azwj will Say: “By My -azwj Might and My -azwj Majesty, and My -azwj Exaltedness, and My -azwj Highness and Loftiness of My -azwj Position!
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