Hadith 117

nd serving him-saww, and supporting him-saww, and protecting him’. He said, ‘So what about ratification with the promise? ’ He said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to him-asws and informed him with the Rewards and the treasure and plentiful-ness of the Hereafter for the one who struggles goodly with his wealth, and his self, and his intention, so he-asws was not hasty with anything from the rewards of the world instead of the Rewards of the Hereafters. He-asws did not prefer himself-asws over anyone for what which happen from him-asws, neglected his-asws rewards in order to take it altogether perfectly on the Day of Qiyamah. And the Pact of Allah-azwj that he-asws should not take from the world except in accordance to necessity, and did not Prefer anything for him-asws from what he-asws had fatigued his-asws body, and sweated his-asws forehead in it, except he-asws sent it ahead before it. Allah-azwj Revealed: and whatever you are sending ahead for yourselves from goodness, you will find it in the Presence of Allah; [2: 110]’. He said, ‘It was said to him, ‘So, what about ascetism in the world? ’ They said, ‘He-asws wore cotton and cut off whatever exceeded from his-asws fingertips, and shortened the length of its sleeve, and narrowed its bottom. The length of the sleeve was of three palm’s width, and its bottom was twelve palm’s width, and the length of the body was of six palm’s width’. He said, ‘We said, ‘So what about neglecting the (long) hopes? ’ He said, ‘This what you-asws have cut off what exceeded your-asws fingertips, so what was the matter for you-asws not rolling up your-asws sleeve? ’ He-asws said: ‘The matter is quicker than that’. The clan of Hashim-as had gathered to him-asws, all of them, and they had asked him-asws and sought to him-asws of when his-asws clothing had been gifted to them, he-asws should gift to them his-asws clothes and wear the clothing of the people, and transform from what he-asws was from that to it. His-asws answer to them was the crying and the sighing, and he-asws said: ‘By my-asws father-as, and my-asws mother-as! Who cannot be satiated from wheat bread until he meets Allah-azwj? ’ And he-asws said to them: ‘This is a clothing of guidance, the poor can be content with it, and the Momin can be veiled by it’. He said, ‘So what about the embarrassment? ’ They said, ‘He-asws did not attack upon anyone at all intending to kill him, so he manifested his nakedness, except he-asws refrained from him, in embarrassment from him’. He said, ‘So what about the benevolence? ’ He said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Muaz said to him-asws, and he had lodged with him-asws in the bachelorhood in the beginning of the emigration, ‘What prevents you-asws from proposing to Rasool-Allah-saww for his-saww daughter-asws? ’ He-asws said: ‘Should I-asws be audacious in proposing to Rasool-Allah-saww? By Allah-azwj! Even if it was a maid of his-saww, I-asws would not have the audacity upon it! ’
Sa’ad narrated his-asws words to Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Tell him-asws to do so, for I-saww would be doing so’. He-asws wept when Sa’ad said it to him-asws, then said: ‘I-asws am fortunate then if Allah-azwj were to Gather for me-asws his-asws being a father-in-law along with his-asws kinship’. That which is known from the bene