Ali (A) obediently followed him out of the Mosque and after...

Ali (A)

obediently followed him out of the Mosque and after the Prophet

greeted him said: 'Abu Al-Hassan, do you have some food for dinner

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Imam Ali was too shy to answer the Messenger; but the Prophet of

Allah (S) had detailed knowledge about the dinar and what had

happened to it; for Allah, the Exalted, had revealed to His Prophet to

have dinner at Ali's house that night. When Ali did not answer, the

Prophet said: 'Abu Al-Hassan, why don't you say no, so I may leave

you; or yes, so I may accompany you?'

Imam Ali (A) said: 'Accompany me!!'

The Prophet then took Ali's hand and proceeded toward Fatima's

house. When they arrived, Fatima was just finishing her prayers and

there was a pan oil fire behind her. When she heard the Prophet

coming, who was the dearest person to her, she greeted him and he

wiped his hand on her head and said: `How is your evening, my

He then said: `Give us some dinner, may Allah bless you, and surely

Fatima (A) placed the pan in front of the Prophet (S) and Ali Ibn Abu

At that moment, the Messenger of Allah put his hand on Ali's shoulder

and said: 'Ali, this is a substitute for your dinar. This is a reward from

Allah for the dinar; surely Allah grants whoever He wills without limit.'

The Prophet (S) cried and said: "Praise be to Allah, Who insisted on

rewarding you in this world, too, and made you Ali-like Zakariya and

Fatima like Maryam Bint Imran, for whenever Zakariya entered the

Mehrab, he found Maryam with her subsistence."

Hassan (A) as saying: "Once, on a Friday night, I watched my mother,

Fatima, pray all night long. She kept making Ruku' and prostrating until

dawn. I heard her supplicate for the believers by name; but she did not

supplicate for herself, so I asked: `Mother, why don't you supplicate for

yourself as you supplicate for others?'

She answered: `Son! Prefer your neighbor over yourself "'

more submitting (to Allah) than Fatima. She used to pray until her feet

Fatima, she is the mistress of all women; from the beginning of history

until the end. She is part of me; she is the light of my eye and the fruit