Why do I see you sit on the dust wearing the old attire?

Why do I see you sit on the dust wearing the old attire?" He said: "O Ja'far, we read in what has been revealed to Isa, may Allah bless him, that it is Allah's right over His servants that whenever He bestows a bounty upon them, they should show humility.

So when Allah blessed Muhammad, His Prophet with the bounty, I profferred this humility before Him." He said: When the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, learnt about this, he said to his companions: "Giving away in charity and alms increases the wealth of its owner, so give alms, may Allah have mercy on you. And humility elevates and enhances the stature of the one who adopts it, so be humble, may Allah elevate you. And to be forgiving increases the honour of the forgiver.

So be forgiving, that Allah may bless you with honour." The Dua invoked by Imam Zainul Abedeen (as) He said: Abul Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Walid reported to me from his father, who reported from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas'adah ibn Sadaqah who said: I requested Abu Abdillah Ja'far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him to teach me prayers which I should invoke in crucial moments.

He brought forth for me some pages from an old book and said: "Make a copy of what is in there, for it is a prayer of my grandfather, ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn, Zainul Abedeen, may peace be upon him, for crucial moments." So I copied it down and whenever I felt distressed or landed in crisis, I invoked that prayer. Allah relieved me of my worry and removed my sorrow and affliction and granted my need. It is:- "O Allah!

You guided me, but I was diverted by delusion, You admonished me, but my heart was hardened, You blessed me with the best, but I transgressed, You taught but I persisted in ignorance, Then I realized and sought forgiveness and You pardoned, Then I repeated the sin, and You covered it. So, all praise and thanks to You, O my Lord! I have rushed into the valleys of my destruction and I have paved the ways to my ruin, So, in it, I am exposed to Your wrath, and by entering there, to Your chastisement.

And my only means to Your pleasure is my faith in Your Oneness. And that I never associate any partner to You, nor did I adopt any god beside You, I flee unto You from my self, and unto You do the sinners flee! And You are the refuge for one who has ruined his fortune! So all praise and thanks are to You, O my Lord!