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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-Shahid al-Thani: Zayn al-Din al-Jub'i al-Amili Chapter 1: The Beginning The Sacred Wrath Al-Shahid was verily a spirit full of sacred wrath ... a heart beating with faith ( iman ) and bravery ... a peremptory tongue like a trenchant sword, and a man knows nothing but the truth. He persevered on rejecting oppression, deploring prodigality, and condemning extravagance and deviation.

Thus his heart burst like an outbreaking volcano, ejecting its lava against the palaces of those unjust people given to luxury. He found the straightforward path, being guided toward the right course, stepping forward with full confidence in Allah, relying upon his Lord, fearing neither the reproach of those who are entitled to reproach, nor the rulers’ repression.

One day the Messenger of Allah, on looking at him, recognized his magnanimous self and high spirit, saying: “No meadow could overshadow and no earth could carry over it a man more truthful in speech than Abu Dharr.” True, it is Abu Dharr, the champion of the pricky hard way ... the way of bidding to good and forbidding evil.

He recognized the truth, bidding people to follow it, and rea- lized falsehood, forbidding from following it, being thus a source of fear for the oppressors, and a danger threatening the rulers. So, they did their utmost to dissuade him from his course, but failed, and all the abundant sums of money could never tempt him or weaken his resolute. All swords, lashes or other means of horror were humbled in front of his strong will.

Once upon a day a servant knocked at his house-door saying to him: “O the Companion of the Messenger of Allah, here you are, this is the caliph’s present to you ... an amount of money that is sufficient to sustain on all your life.” Abu Dharr refused to accept the gift, but the servant insisted on him, begging him by saying: “They promised to set me free ... O Abu Dharr, please accept it ... my emancipation is entailed from (your accepting) it.

Abu Dharr refused the rulers’ presents, and decisively exclaimed: “If it entails your emancipation, it causes my slavery. Yea, o gullible lad, are you asking such a thing from Abu Dharr? Are you asking him to have confidence in or submit to the oppressors? In this way everywhere was resounded with Abu Dharr’s voice calling for truth, demanding to establish justice on earth.