The garment amazed him...

The garment amazed him, and he asked al-Rabi: What is that garment which I see in that place every day? Al-Rabi answered him, saying: That is not a garment. That is Mūsā b. Jafar. He prostrates himself (before Allah) every day from [1] Hayāt al-Imām Mūsā Bin Ja'far, vol. 1, p. 139. [2] Kashf al-Ghumma. [3] Wafayāt al-A'yān, vol. 4, p. 293. Kanz al-Lugha, p. 766. [4] Wafayāt al-A'yān, vol. 4, p. 293. the sunrise until the sun came near to descending (from its midday zenith).

Al-Rabi answer amazed Hārūn, the tyrant, and he said: He is indeed among the monks of the Hāshimites. Al-Rabi asked Hārūn to release the Imām and not to oppress him in prison, saying: O Commander of the faithful, why have you imprisoned him? How far! That is necessary, [1] retorted Hārūn. In my book entitled the Life of Imām Mūsā Bin Jafar , I (the author) have in detail mentioned Imām al-Kāzims acts of worship and his obedience to Allah.

Generally speaking Imām al-Kāzims acts of worship indicate that he was the Imām of the Allah-fearing, master of the worshippers and monotheists of his time. His Asceticism Imām al-Kāzim renounced the world, turned away from its pleasures and embellishment. He preferred obeying Allah to all things, and his house was void of all the pleasures of life. Ibrāhim b. Abd al-Hamid spoke about him, saying: I visited him in his house where he used to pray.

Suddenly, there was nothing in it except a coarse clothe, a sword fixed (to the wall), and a copy of the Qurān. [2] Imām al-Kāzim always mentioned to his companions the life of the great, revolutionary companion, Abū Dharr al-Ghifāri, who divorced the world and paid no attention to any of its pleasures.

He has said: May Allah have mercy on Abū Dharr, for he would say: May Allah dispraise the world on my behalf, for I always have two loaves of barely bread: I eat one in lunch and the other in supper; and I have two woolen cloaks: I use one as a loincloth and the other as a garment. [3] Imām Mūsā, peace be on him, took care of the lives of the immortal, great figures from among the companions of his grandfather, the master of the messengers.

He praised their behavior [1] Hayāt al-Imām Mūsā Bin Ja'far, vol. 1, p.142. [2] Al-Bihār, vol. 11, p. 265. [3] Usūl al-Kāfi, vol. 2, p. 134. and mentioned their laudable deeds before his companions and his students, that they might follow their example. His Clemency As for clemency, it was among the most prominent qualities of our master al-Kāzim, peace be on him.