In Nahjul Balagha, the believers have been described as people in whose heart Allah has become so magnified that the world has become microscopic for them and of little significance. One of the people who fit this description is Mullah Sabzwari who died in 1289 A.H.
 

He owned land and wealth on which he took out the Zakaat (charity) and distributed it amongst the poor personally. Every Thursday he had an appointment with the needy and distressed, so that he would fulfill their wishes.
 

On the last three days of the month of Safar he commemorated Majlis for Imam Hussein (a.s.) in which he called the poor. A man would be chosen amongst them who would recite the majlis, a poor man not known in the society, but the Mullah would give such people a chance to recite, after which food and money was distributed to each and every poor man.
 

It is said that in his youth he inherited a lot of properties, yet he sold shops and houses and distributed the wealth to the poor. He repeated the same procedure in his old age and were it not that the Quran (Surah An-Nisa Verse 9) asks people to adopt a medium way between miserliness and to be over charitable such that if a man dies his orphans do not have to beg and curse their father, he would have given all his wealth to Allah.
 

People asked him why he didn?t give all his wealth away and sit as a monk. It is interesting to hear his answer in which he said that he would love to do so but his children did not favor the same type of life, and what wealth remained with him was for only his children. (QASAS WAL IBAR LIL IMAM AL SHIRAZI PAGE 89)

What will Allah ask us on the Day of Judgment?

Sheikh Abdul Karim Al Hairi was a great scholar and founder of the great Islamic Seminary or Hawza in the city of Qum. One of his assistants called Sheikh Ali relates that one night as he was sleeping, he heard a knock on the door.
 

As he went to open the door, he saw a poor woman who asked for help. She said that her husband was sick, and in addition they didn?t have any food, and her family was cold as they didn?t have any fuel to get warmth.
 

The assistant informed her that his master could not help her as his own condition was not good in those days. The woman left with great disappointment.
 

Sheikh Abdul Karim Al-hairi had heard somebody at the door and so he asked his assistant what was going on. The assistant informed him about the whole incident. Sheikh Abdul Karim said, ?What will Allah ask us on the day of judgment??
 

Then he asked his assistant whether he knew the house of the lady. Although it was difficult to reach the lady?s house as the roads were covered with snow, yet the Sheikh Hairi was determined to reach the lady and help her. Thus they found themselves on the way to the lady.
 

On reaching the lady?s house, they found the family in a dire state. The Sheikh asked his assistant to call a doctor who diagnosed the husband and prescribed the medicines. Again the Sheikh asked his assistant to go and buy the medicine from the chemist on credit and that he would pay for it, as well as getting some firewood and food to give warmth to the family.
 

When the sick husband took the medicine he felt better and they had food and warmth restored in the house. Then only did the Sheikh find it suitable to leave and return. In addition, the Sheikh asked his assistant to divide the portion of firewood which was supplied to their house daily and give it to the poor family. Such were these great scholars who served Islam by example. (NOOR ILM VOL 11)