Hadith 49

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They said, ‘What is it, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww? ’
He-asws said: ‘In the former times there was a man having a house for him wherein was a palm tree, a dove has sheltered in a crevice in its trunk. Whenever a chick hatched, the man would climb up, take its chick and slaughter it. He stayed with that (going on) for a long time. There did not remain any lineage (chick) for it. The dove complained of that to Allah-azwj of what it faced from the man. He-azwj Said to it: “If he climbs to you after this and takes a chick of yours, he would fall down from the palm tree and die! ”
When a chick of the dove grew older, the man climbed up to it and the dove paused to look at what would be done with him. When he was in middle of the tree, a beggar paused at the door. He descended and gave him something, then climbed, took the chick and descended with it, and slaughtered it, and nothing afflicted him. The dove said, ‘What is this, O Lord-azwj? ’
He-azwj Said to it: “The man saved himself with the charity, so it (death) was repelled from him, and you, very soon Allah-azwj will Multiply your offspring and Make you and them in a place nothing would disturb them until establishment of the Hour! ”
And it was brought to the Sanctuary and Made to be in it’’. [74]
And from Rasool-Allah-saww having said: ‘The beggar is a messenger of Lord-azwj of the worlds. The one who give him would be giving Allah-azwj, and one who returns him, would be returning Allah-azwj! ’’[75]
And from Ali-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws, said: ‘Do not return the beggar (with nothing) and even if with (giving) a piece of a date, and give to the beggar and even if he comes upon a horse (not too needy), and do not return a beggar who comes to you at night for he could neither be from the humans nor the Jinn, but it could be (someone) Allah‑azwj Wants to Increase your goodness through him’’. [76]
And from Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him‑asws having said to a maid in his-asws presence: ‘Do not return any beggar! ’
One of the ones present with him-asws said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! Supposing the one asking does not deserve (to be given)? ’
He-asws said: ‘If we return the ones we view as being underserving, we would fear of preventing the one who is deserving, so it would release with us what had been released with the Prophet Yaqoub-as’. It was said to him-asws, ‘And what was released with him-as, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww? ’
He-asws said: ‘There presented at his-as door, a Prophet-as from the Prophets-as who had concealed the matter of himself-as and did not strive regarding anything from matters of the world except for Allah-azwj, when the hunger fatigued him-as. He-as paused at the doors of the Prophets-as and the righteous ones. He-as asked them. When he-as attained what would hold his-as last breath, he-as refraining from the asking. One night he-as paused at the door of Ya