Imam's family members wanted to send away the visitor but the Imam (A.

Imam's family members wanted to send away the visitor but the Imam (A.S.) saw he must meet him. The Imam (A.S.) was helped by his servants to get out of his bed. The visitor had wished that the Imam (A.S.) would visit the former's father who was on his death-bed and wanted to relate his will to the Imam before dying.

The visitor then said, "But seeing your condition, I cannot ask you to come with me to see my father." The Imam (A.S.) insisted on visiting in the sick person and did so despite his own sickness. BRAVERY All along, Mamoon and his Abbaside clan had thought that despite his super-intelligence, the Imam (A.S.) would be controlled through the power of the Palace. The Imam (A.S.) proved them wrong.

The Imam's refusal to give away his God-given right to mary more than one wife, when appropriate, illustrates this point. Neither Ummul FazFs complaints nor the pressure of the Bani courtiers would force him to divorce his Nubian wife. He did no! make it secret that to him the one with nobility of character was better than the one with nobility of blood in support of his excellent stand, Allah continued ;tie of the Prophet through Samannah the Nubian not Ummul-Fazl the "Pure" Quraish!

It needed real courage to stand against Ummul Fazl's and later, Muttasim's pressures, and the Imam (A.S.) did just that, not caring for the consequences. Such a brave person he was. Previous…