Can You Do What This Imam Did?




“They say: We hear and obey, our Lord! Thy forgiveness {do we crave}, and to Thee is the eventual course.”—Surah Al-Baqara Q2:285


A hajj pilgrim came to Medina and went to sleep in the Prophet’s Mosque. When he awoke he became suspicious that his bag containing one thousand dinars has been stolen by a thief. 

He looked here and there but could not find anyone. At the time, Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq {R} was praying in a corner. This man did not recognize him. He insisted that the Imam had stolen his money. 

When the Imam asked him of the amount, the man replied that the bag contained one thousand gold coins. Hearing this, the Imam came out of the Prophet’s Mosque to his residence and gave one thousand gold coins to this man. 

He quickly took them and returned to his place, but surprisingly, he found his bag lying there. At once, he went back to the Imam to seek forgiveness and to return those gold coins. 

The Imam said: 

“We have given what we gave and we would not take it back.”

The man was flabbergasted at the high morals and forgiveness of the Imam. 

He asked someone who that gentleman was. He was told that it is Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq {R}. 

Knowing this, he threw himself at the Imam’s feet and pleaded:

 “O son of the Messenger! Forgive my fault. I was in debt and this was the amount I was to repay to my creditor. That is why the imagination of its loss perturbed me.”

The Imam {R} said, celestially: “Go, I have forgiven you.”

Considering this not as a tale but as a real life event in which I see myself in the position of the Imam, being wrongly accused of theft. Yet ignoring the emotional pains of such false accusation, still went ahead to benefit my accuser with my own hard earned money.

So, I asked myself, “Can I really do what this Imam did?”

And now I am asking you with all humility, "Can you do the same?" Or better put, "Will you do the same?"


May AllahSWT bless us with patience. Aameen



PS: The source of the story is Morals and Manners of the Household of the Prophet {S}.

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