The Charity of Zayn Al-‘Ābideen ‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn (died 95AH), the Scholar and Grandson of ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib (may Allāh be pleased with them). He would Carry Bread and Flour to the Poor on his Back in Secret…

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Abu Hamzah Ath-Thamāli said concerning Zayn Al-‘Ābideen ‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn (died 95AH, rahimahullāh): “‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn would carry a sack of bread on his back during the nights and hand it out as sadaqah and he would say: ‘Charity in secret extinguishes the anger of the Lord, the Mighty and Majestic.’”

‘Amr Ibn Thābit said: “When ‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn died, they washed his body and they saw black marks on his back. Some of them asked: ‘What are these?’ It was said: ‘He would carry a sack of flour on his back at night and feed the poor people of Madinah.’” 

The people of Madinah used to say: “The giving of charity in secret was not lost from us until ‘Alī Ibn Al-Husayn died.”

Hilyatul-Awliyā (3/145-136). ‘Ali Ibn Al-Husayn was a scholar of Sunnah and Hadīth, and the son of Al-Husayn Ibn ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib (radiyallāhu ‘anhumā). Al-Bukhāri, Muslim and the four books of Sunan narrated his hadīth. He died in 95AH, aged 54, rahimahullāh.

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