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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Examples of Imam `ali’s (a.s.) Moral Virtues The Blazing Iron Bar Mu`awiyah asked `Aqil to tell him the story of the blazing iron bar. `Aqil said: Life had become extremely hard for me. I pleaded with my brother `Ali but he took no heed of it. One day, I took my children in whose appearance poverty and indigence could be seen to `Ali.

He said, “Come at night so that I will give you something.” At night, when one of my sons was holding my hand led me to `Ali. I said to my son, “Go and sit at a distance.” Having this impression that `Ali was going to give me a purse of money, I stretched out my hand. But what I touched was a blazing iron bar. I withdrew my hand with a loud cry. At this moment `Ali said, “This is the iron bar blazed by the fire of the world.

Women are barren to give birth to his peer.”[^25] An Extraordinary Example of Piety Imam al-Sadiq has been reported by Mu`awiyah Ibn `Ammar as saying: If there were two options for `Ali to do something for the sake of Allah, he would choose the harder. O people of Kufah, you all know that when he was ruling in this city, he used his income in Medina for living. He would put the roasted flour he ate in a bag and seal it not be mixed with anything else.

Who was more pious than `Ali in the world![^26] Dry Bread And Sour Yoghurt `Aqabah ibn `Alqamah is reported by Na¨r ibn Mansur as saying: I went to `Ali’s house in Kufah, finding before him a bowl of sour yoghurt which harmed me as well as several pieces of dry bread. I said, “O Amir al-Mu’minin! Are you eating such a food?” He said, “Allah’s Messenger ate from bread drier than this.” Referring to his garment, `Ali said, “Allah’s Messenger would wear a garment with a more rough texture.

If I do not follow his example, I fear not to join him.”[^27] Self-Sacrifice and Generosity In the Battle of the Camel, the soldiers who fought along with him were twelve thousand in number.