الحاجَة

THE NEED

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever you have sought your need from, you have lowered yourself in his eyes.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 8610]

3– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who endeavours to help his brother and benefit him has the reward of the warriors in the way of Allah.’
[Thawab al-A`amal, p. 340, no. 1]

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who grants the need of a fellow believing brother is as one who has worshipped Allah his entire life.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 481, no. 1051]

5– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who strives for the sake of Allah to fulfil the need of his Muslim brother, Allah has written for him a million good deeds.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 197, no. 6]

6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who engages himself in fulfilling the need of his Muslim brother, Allah fulfils his need as long as he remains engaged in fulfilling the need of his brother.’
[Amali al-Tusi, p. 97, no. 147]

7– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah said, ‘
[My] Creatures are my dependants, the most beloved ones to Me are those who are the kindest to each other and strive to fulfil others’ needs.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 199, no. 10]

8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who strives to fulfil the need of his brother is like the one who runs between al-Safa and al-Marwa
[al-Safa and al-Marwa: hills in Makkah. Running between them seven times is among the obligatory acts performed during the obligatory pilgrimage (Hajj) (ed.)
].’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 303]

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The one who grants the need of his believing brother, Allah will grant him one hundred thousand of his needs on the Day of Resurrection, the first of them being Paradise.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 193, no. 1]

10– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily granting the need of a fellow believer is more beloved to Allah than twenty obligatory pilgrimages (Hajj) wherein each Hajj the pilgrim donates one hundred thousand (dinars or dirhams).’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 193, no. 4]

11– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Whichever Muslim comes to another Muslim’s home to visit or to seek a need, and asks permission to enter but he does not come out
[to meet him], the curse of Allah will continuously be upon that Muslim
[host] until they both meet again.’
[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 365, no. 4]

12– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One who asks his believing brother a need in time of difficulty and he refuses him while being capable of fulfilling that need, either himself or through someone else, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection in chains from his hands to his neck until Allah completes the account of all of creation.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 74, p. 287, no. 13]

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whichever one of our brothers comes to one of our followers (shi`aa) and seeks help from him regarding a need and he does not help him, Allah will afflict him by fulfilling the need of one of our enemies, and for that Allah will punish him on the Day of Resurrection.’
[Thawab al-A`amal, p. 297, no. 1]

14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whichever believer withholds his wealth from another believer who is in need, by Allah he will not taste the food of Paradise and he will not drink from the sealed wine
[of Paradise].’
[Thawab al-A`amal, p. 287, no. 2]

15– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily if a man requests from me a need that he has, I will undertake to grant it fearing that his need gets fulfilled and he will no longer find any use for me
[in helping him].’
[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 179, no. 2]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘O Allah please do not make me require a need from bad people from among Your creation, and whatever You make me need, let it be from those with the most beautiful
[happiest] faces, who are the most open-handed, have the most eloquent tongues and the least likely to remind me of their favour.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 56, no. 111]

17– Someone once said in the presence of Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS), ‘O Allah, free me of need from Your creation’. The ImÁm immediately responded, ‘Not like that! People are in need of each other, rather say, ‘O Allah, free me of need from the bad people from among Your creation.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 278]

18– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Verily the example of one who is in need from someone who has recently attained wealth is that of a dirham
[coin] in the mouth of a viper. You are in need of it but at the same time you are in danger of the viper.’
[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 294]