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== The Event == | == The Event == | ||
According to some hadiths, one day a beggar entered the [[mosque of the Prophet (s)]] and asked for help; but, no one gave him anything. He raised his hands toward the sky and said, "O [[God]]! Witness that I asked for help in the mosque of Your Prophet (s) and no one gave me anything." When he said this, [[Imam Ali (a)]] was performing ruku' and pointed to the small finger of his right hand which had a ring on. The beggar went near and took the ring off [[Imam]]'s (a) finger. This event is reported to have happened in [[9]]/630-31 or [[10]]/631-2. | According to some hadiths, one day a beggar entered the [[mosque of the Prophet (s)]] and asked for help; but, no one gave him anything. He raised his hands toward the sky and said, "O [[God]]! Witness that I asked for help in the mosque of Your Prophet (s) and no one gave me anything." When he said this, [[Imam Ali (a)]] was performing ruku' and pointed to the small finger of his right hand which had a ring on. The beggar went near and took the ring off [[Imam]]'s (a) finger.<ref>Ḥākim al-Ḥaskānī, ''Shawāhid al-tanzīl'', vol. 1, p. 209-239.</ref> This event is reported to have happened in [[9]]/630-31 or [[10]]/631-2. | ||
== Revelation of al-Wilaya Verse == | == Revelation of al-Wilaya Verse == | ||
{{main|Al-Wilaya Verse}} | {{main|Al-Wilaya Verse}} | ||
Exegetes have considered the event of Imam Ali's (a) ring-giving as the context of the [[revelation]] of al-Wilaya verse. Qadi Iji said that there is a [[consensus]] among exegetes over the revelation of this verse about [[Ali (a)]]; however, in some Sunni commentaries, it is mentioned that al-Wilaya verse was revealed about other people. | Exegetes have considered the event of Imam Ali's (a) ring-giving as the context of the [[revelation]] of al-Wilaya verse.<ref>Ḥākim al-Ḥaskānī, ''Shawāhid al-tanzīl'', vol. 1, p. 209-239.</ref> Qadi Iji said that there is a [[consensus]] among exegetes over the revelation of this verse about [[Ali (a)]];<ref>Ījī, ''Sharḥ al-mawāqif'', p. 405.</ref> however, in some Sunni commentaries, it is mentioned that al-Wilaya verse was revealed about other people.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Jāmiʿ al-bayān'', p. 425.</ref> | ||
== Features of the Ring == | == Features of the Ring == | ||
It is transmitted form [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that the ring Imam Ali (a) gave to the beggar weighed 4 mithqals and its stone weighed 5 mithqals which was a red ruby and its price was equal to the tax of [[Syria]] (300 camel-bearing parcels of silver and 4 camel-bearing parcels of gold). It belonged to Marwan b. Tawq who was killed by Imam Ali (a) in the war. Imam Ali (a) took the ring as a [[war booty]] to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) gave it to him as a gift. | It is transmitted form [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] that the ring Imam Ali (a) gave to the beggar weighed 4 mithqals and its stone weighed 5 mithqals which was a red ruby and its price was equal to the tax of [[Syria]] (300 camel-bearing parcels of silver and 4 camel-bearing parcels of gold). It belonged to Marwan b. Tawq who was killed by Imam Ali (a) in the war. Imam Ali (a) took the ring as a [[war booty]] to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) gave it to him as a gift.<ref>Baḥrānī, ''Al-Burhān'', vol. 2, p. 326-327; Nūrī, ''Mustadrak al-wasāʾil'', vol. 7, p. 259-260.</ref> | ||
== Understandings in Fiqh == | == Understandings in Fiqh == | ||
Some Shi'a jurists refer to Imam Ali's (a) ring-giving in ruku' to prove that minor movements of the body do not make the [[prayer]] invalid. Also, some others have referred to it as an argument to prove that [[intention]] is an act of heart and does not need to be mentioned by the tongue. Also, since the verse refers to the ring-giving as [[zakat]], they have deduced from it that zakat can include [[mustahab|recommended]] acts of [[charity]] as well. | Some Shi'a jurists refer to Imam Ali's (a) ring-giving in ruku' to prove that minor movements of the body do not make the [[prayer]] invalid.<ref>Fāḍil Miqdād, ''Kanz al-ʿIrfān'', vol. 1, p. 158; Shahīd al-Thānī, ''Masālik al-afhām'', vol. 1, p. 244.</ref> Also, some others have referred to it as an argument to prove that [[intention]] is an act of heart and does not need to be mentioned by the tongue.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 81, p. 281; Astar Ābādī, ''Āyāt al-aḥkām'', p. 244.</ref> Also, since the verse refers to the ring-giving as [[zakat]], they have deduced from it that zakat can include [[mustahab|recommended]] acts of [[charity]] as well.<ref>Fāḍil Miqdād, ''Kanz al-ʿIrfān'', vol. 1, p. 158.</ref> | ||
Some have said that paying attention to the beggar and hearing his words in the prayer is incompatible with descriptions of the [[mysticism|mystical]] states of Imam Ali (a) during prayer. Some others have answered this question, saying that both Imam Ali's (a) prayer and his giving were for God; thus, there is no problem if someone hears the voice of a beggar and also gives him for the sake of God; the same way that the Prophet (s) heard the voice of a crying child and finished the prayer faster than usual.<ref>Ṭabasī, "Nishan-i Wilāyat wa jarayān-i Khātam bakhshī", p. 49.</ref> [['Allama Majlisi]] said that paying attention to another person's prayer does not disagree with the perfection of [[prayer]] and [[presence of heart]] in the prayer.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 81, p. 281.</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
* | *Astar Ābādī, Muḥammad b. ʿAlī. ''Āyāt al-aḥkām fī tafsīr al-kalām al-malik al-ʿallām''.Edited by Muḥammad Bāqir Sharīf zāda. Tehran: Kitāb Furūshī-yi Miʿrājī, 1394 AH. | ||
*Baḥrānī, Sayyid Hāshim b. Sulaymān al-. ''Al-Burhān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān''. Edited by Qism al-dirāsāt al-Islāmīyya. Qom: Muʾassisat al-Biʿthat | |||
*Fāḍil Miqdād al- Ḥillī. ''Kanz al-ʿIrfān fī fiqh al-Qurʾān''. Qom: Intishārāt-I Murtaḍawī, 1425 AH. | |||
Ījī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-. ''Sharḥ al-mawāqif fī ʿilm al-kalām''. Beirut: ʿĀlam al-Kutub, n.d. | |||
*Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. ''Biḥār al-anwār al-jāmiʿa li-durar akhbār al-aʾimmat al-aṭhār''. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Ṭabʿ wa al-Nashr, 1410 AH. | |||
*Nūrī, Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad Taqī al-. ''Mustadrak al-wasāʾil wa mustanbaṭ al-masāʾil''. Qom: Muʾassisat Āl al-Bayt, 1408 AH. | |||
*Fāḍil al-kāzimī, Jawād b. Saʿd (Shahīd al-Thānī). ''Masālik al-afhām ilā Āyāt al-āḥkam''. n.p: n.d. | |||
*Ṭabarī, Muḥammad b. Jurayr al-. ''Jāmi ʿ al-bayān ʿan taʾwīl al-Qurʾān''. Beirut: Dār al-Fikr: 1408 AH. | |||
*Ṭabasī, Muḥammad Jawād. 1379 Sh. "Nishan-i Wilāyat wa jarayān-i Khātam bakhshī". Farhang-i Kawthar 48: (46-49) | |||
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