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Like that We Detail the Signs for a people who know’ [7:32] حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ الشَّامِيِّ مَوْلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا أَعْجَبَ إِلَى النَّاسِ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ الْجَشِبَ وَ يَلْبَسُ الْخَشِنَ وَ يَتَخَشَّعُ فَقَالَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ يُوسُفَ ( عليه السلام ) نَبِيٌّ ابْنُ نَبِيٍّ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ أَقْبِيَةَ الدِّيبَاجِ مَزْرُورَةً بِالذَّهَبِ وَ يَجْلِسُ فِي مَجَالِسِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَحْكُمُ فَلَمْ يَحْتَجِ النَّاسُ إِلَى لِبَاسِهِ وَ إِنَّمَا احْتَاجُوا إِلَى قِسْطِهِ Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Abbas Bin Hilal Al Shamy, A slave of Abu Al-Hassan -asws , from him -asws , said, ‘I said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you ‑asws !
How fascinating to the people is the one who eats tasteless food and wears rough clothes and is humble’ . So he -asws said: ‘But do you not know that Yusuf -as , a Prophet -as son of a Prophet -as was wearing gowns of embroidered brocade and buttons of gold, and he -as would sit in the gathering of the progeny of Pharaoh -la , giving judgements. So the people were not needy to his -as clothes, but rather they were needy to his -as equitable decisions.
وَ إِنَّمَا يُحْتَاجُ مِنَ الْإِمَامِ فِي أَنَّ إِذَا قَالَ صَدَقَ وَ إِذَا وَعَدَ أَنْجَزَ وَ إِذَا حَكَمَ عَدَلَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحَرِّمُ طَعَاماً وَ لَا شَرَاباً مِنْ حَلَالٍ وَ إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ الْحَرَامَ قَلَّ أَوْ كَثُرَ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبادِهِ وَ الطَّيِّباتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ And rather, what is needed from the Imam (leader) is that he should speak the truth, and when he makes a promise, he fulfils it, and when he gives a judgement, does justice.
Allah -azwj did not Prohibit food nor drinks from the Permissible, but rather He -azwj Prohibited from the Prohibitions, be it little or a lot, and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: Say: ‘Who prohibited adornments of Allah which He Brought out for His servants, and the good from the sustenance?’ [7:32]? ’.
[18] Amir Al-Momineen Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws wrote in a letter: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، من عبد الله أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب إلى أهل مصر و محمد بن أبي بكر- و ذكر الحديث بطوله و كان بعضه In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful.