Some wives of the Messenger of Allah ( s ) were quoted to have said...

Some wives of the Messenger of Allah ( s ) were quoted to have said: “The Messenger of Allah ( s ) used to talk to us and we used to talk to him. But when the time for the Salat arrived he appeared as if he did not know us and we did not know him, as his attention was completely directed to Allah.”[^7] It is said that Amīr al-Mu'minīn 'Alī (' a ), when it was time for the Salat , used to writhe and tremble.

Asked once about his uncommon state, he said: “The time has come for the trust which Allah, the Exalted, offered to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to carry it and were afraid of it.”[^8] Sayyid Ibn Tāwūs (may his soul be sanctified) says in Falāh as-Sā'il , that when Imām Husayn (' a ) used to perform the Wudu' , he changed colors and his joints trembled.

Asked about the reason, the Imām said: “When one is going to stand before the Owner of the ' Arsh , his color is ought to turn pale and his joints to tremble.”[^9] Imām Hasan had a similar condition.[^10] It is…