Day 6

The lesson

1. He gave away all his wealth twice in his life, and half of everything he owned three times (Ansab al-Ashraf; Usd al-Ghaba), and so was called the generous one. He gave a large gift from Mu'awiya to a servant mending his sandals (Manaqib Al Abi Talib), sent ten thousand dirhams to a man he heard praying for that sum (Kashf al-Ghumma), and would leave his i'tikaf or his tawaf to help someone in need (Tarikh Madinat Dimashq; Bihar al-Anwar).
2. He made the pilgrimage to Mecca on foot fifteen, twenty or twenty-five times, as the reports differ, with the best camels led behind him, saying: I would be ashamed to meet my Lord without having walked to His house (Tarikh Madinat Dimashq; Manaqib Al Abi Talib; Ansab al-Ashraf).
3. His forbearance earned him the name al-Halim (Ansab al-Ashraf; Usd al-Ghaba). When a man from Syria cursed him, he smiled, greeted him, and offered to meet his needs as a stranger in the city; the man wept and recited: God knows best where to place His message (6:124) (Manaqib Al Abi Talib). Al-Ya'qubi wrote that he resembled the Prophet more than anyone in appearance and conduct (Tarikh al-Ya'qubi).

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