💔 A Powerful Lesson from Abu Dharr's Loyalty

🔸 After the passing of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (AS) said to his companions:
"My heart aches for Abu Dharr. May God have mercy on him."

🔹 The companions asked, "Why, O Master?"
Imam Ali (AS) replied:

"On the night when Uthman’s envoys went to Abu Dharr’s house to demand his allegiance, they offered him four bags of gold to persuade him to accept. Abu Dharr became furious and said to them:

🔸 'You insulted me twice! First, by thinking I could be bought and sold like a commodity. Second, by daring to evaluate Ali's worth at only four bags of gold. Is Ali’s value in your eyes so little that you think I would sell my loyalty to him for such a price? Gather all the wealth in the world, and I still wouldn’t trade a single strand of Ali’s hair for it!'

🔹 He then drove them out and slammed the door shut.

🔸 Imam Ali (AS) wept as he said:
'I swear by the One who holds Ali’s soul in His hands, that night when Abu Dharr slammed the door on Uthman’s soldiers, he and his family had gone three days without eating anything.'

🔴 Let us be careful not to trade our loyalty to Ali for mere worldly gains, no matter how small or large!

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