One of the most valued Islamic\ncharacteristics is observation of politeness. Courteousness in front of elders,\nreligion principals and in life in general form the foundation of any spiritual\nintellect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commander of the faithful (PBUH)\nadvised his son, Imam Hassan (PBUH) in learning manners and said: \u201cMy Son!\nPoliteness is what causes wisdom to be believed and awareness of heart and sing\nof superiority.\u201d1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And he also said: \u201cThere is no\ninheritance more valuable than politeness.\u201d2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imam Ali (PBUH) gave especial attention\nto Abbas\u2019 (PBUH) nurture from early childhood. He involved Abbas in important\nand challenging tasks such as agriculture, military training, reinforcement of\nsoul and body and education of high virtues. Abbas (PBUH) respected his\nsiblings very much and cooperated with them on enhancing the culture of\nsociety. Abbas (PBUH) was simply the capable hand of Ali (PBUH), the sharp Eye\nof Islam and completely submissive to his brothers Hassan and Hussain (PBUT).\nHe had eloquence of Ali (PBUH) and the face of Hassan (PBUH) and the blood of\nHussain (PBUH) in his veins. And among all, he had learned politeness extremely\nwell form his father and elder brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day Imam Husain (PBUH) requested\nwater in the mosque. Abbas (PBUH), while he was still a child, went out of the\nmosque with telling anyone. After a few moments he returned back with a bowl of\nwater and offered it to his brother in a very respected manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another day he received some grapes;\nhe rushed outside despite his young age; he was asked: where are you going? He\nsaid: \u201cI want to take these grapes to my master, Hussain (PBUH).3\u201d This is how\nhe respected his elder brother and preferred the Prophet\u2019s child to himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been narrated that Abbas never\nsat without permission besides Imam Hussain (PBUH) (his elder brother and his\nImam); and we he was granted permission he would sit humbly like a servant on\nhis two knees in front of his master.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his 34 years of lifetime, out of\noutmost respect, he never called Imam Hussain (PBUH), \u201cbrother\u201d; he would\naddress the Imam with titles such as my master, my lord and the Prophet of\nAllah\u2019s son. The only exception is the last moment of his life, where he called\nthe Imam, \u201cO brother! Hear out your brother\u201d. Even this outreach is out of high\nrespect, as it shows that your brother (Abbas) has done his best in brotherhood\nand now he requests you to reach to him out of compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every moment of Abbas\u2019s (PBUH)\npresence in Karbala was filled with resemblance of humility and politeness in\nfront of the Imam. History has narrated that crowds were shocked at his\nbehavior. In the day of Ashura when Abbas (PBUH) came to his brother to get\npermission of going to the battle, the Imam (PBUH) asked him to bring water for\nthe children instead. Abbas (PBUH) followed orders and went towards Euphrates;\nafter advising the enemy to give up their cruelty and saw no sign of\nimprovement from their vicious intentions, he attacked them and broke their\nlines of protection from the river. He reached the water and put his hand in the\nriver to drink a bit of water and relinquish his heavy thirst after few days of\nno water. Then he remembered the thirst of Hussain (PBUH) and his children; he\npours the water back in the river and filled up his water-skin, in the hope if\ngetting water for the thirsty \u2026 5,6<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed Abbas was trained and nurtured\nin the school of thought of Imam Ali (PBUH) and how beautifully his father\nsaid: \u201cThere is no inheritance more valuable than politeness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The above is a\nselection from \u201cThe Flag bearer of Neynavaa\u201d by Mohammad Mohammadi Eshtehardy\nwith minor changes)\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Roshd Website congratulates all\nMuslims, especially you dear friend, upon 4thof Sha\u2019ban, the birthday\nanniversary of the water-provider of the thirsty, Hadrat Ab al-Fadl al-Abbas\n(PBUH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the most valued Islamic characteristics is observation of politeness. Courteousness in front of elders, religion principals and in life in general form the foundation of any spiritual intellect. The Commander of the faithful (PBUH) advised his son, Imam Hassan (PBUH) in learning manners and said: \u201cMy Son! Politeness is what causes wisdom to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28425,28503,28248],"tags":[24478,24141,18103,24374,18070,18418,18003,24477,24479,21894],"class_list":["post-4821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbas-ibn-ali-pbuh","category-birth-en-abbas-ibn-ali-pbuh","category-occasional-letters","tag-2017-05-01","tag-characteristics","tag-general","tag-hadrat-abbas","tag-islamic","tag-occasion-letters","tag-son","tag-the-gem-of-politeness","tag-valued","tag-wisdom"],"yoast_head":"\n