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Fatima was known to be very modest and humble. Because as man's

desire of the Hereafter increases, his worldly lusts decrease; and when

someone realizes the greatness and seriousness of the Day of

Judgment, the worldly life becomes of little value to him. Besides, as

man's reasoning and ability advances, his desire for lusts greatly

Have you not seen that children play, have fun, become sad and fight

over worthless objects; but as they grow up and their senses mature,

they refrain from such actions because they consider them to be

degrading to their personalities and contradicting to the rules of

This is the case of righteous worshippers of Allah who look down to

the ephemeral things of this world, and their hearts cannot be attached

to its vanities. They do not like this world for its worldly belongings,

rather they enjoy living to gain good deeds and further worship Allah,

the Exalted. They collect money to spend it in the way of Allah, feed

the hungry, clothe and support the need and deprived. These were

also the fundamentals of modesty on which Lady Fatima Zahra (A)

depended. She deeply understood this worldly life, and realized the

extent of the Hereafter. It is not amazing to learn that Fatima (A) was

satisfied with the minimum requirements of life; she chose for herself

the noble trait of preferring others over herself and aiding them, as

we." as resenting sumptuous extravagant living. It is a small wonder,

indeed, for Fatima was the daughter of the most modest whose

religious and social life required him to live in modesty; and Fatima

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was the first person expected to follow the steps of her father, the

there was not a man known who was more modest than Ali (A). Imam

Ali (A) was the man who used to speak to the silver and gold in the

treasury by saying: "O you yellow and white, deceive someone else

It has been reported that once a Bedouin approached Imam Ali (A) for

help. The Imam then ordered his agent to give the Bedouin a grant of

one thousand dinars, the later exclaimed: "Gold or silver dinars?"

Imam Ali (A) replied: "They are both just stones to me, so give the

Bedouin that which is more beneficial to him."

Here we relate several narrations, which speak of Fatima's modesty