No matter what trouble you are faced with always trust in Allah and ask for His help as He can make anything happen.
Once in the time of our 10th Imam, Imam Ali an-Naqi (A), a lady came to the Khalifa, Mutawakkil and said that she was Zainab (A), the daughter of Fatimah (A), the daughter of the Prophet (S).
Mutawakkil told her that this could not be true because many years had passed since the time when Zainab (A) was alive, and the lady looked very young.
The lady answered that she was Zainab (A) and that she looked young because the Prophet (S) had passed his hand over her head and prayed for her to remain young forever.
Mutawakkil did not know what to do so he called all the wise men and asked them.
All of them said that the lady was lying, but how were they to prove this.
No-one could think of any way to prove that the lady was lying, so then Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) was called.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) told Mutawakkil to put the lady into a cage of lions and if what she said was true, then the lions would not harm her, because the wild animals do not hurt the children of Fatimah (A).
The lady said that Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) wanted to kill her and that if what he said was true then let him go into the cage first.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) agreed and went into a cage of lions.
The lions did not harm Imam (A) instead they caressed him.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) then came out and told the lady that now it was her turn.
The lady began to cry and said that she was sorry and that she did not mean to lie, it was only a joke.
Moral:
You should never lie (even as a joke) as you will get caught.
If you do get away with it and no-one finds out remember that Allah knows and He is the one you have to go back to for your reward or punishment.
Our 10th Imam, Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) became an Imam at the age of only 8 years old.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) when young, was forced to go to a famous old poet named Junaydi to be tutored.
Junaydi was a very clever man but hated the Ahlul-bayt.
The king at the time forced Imam (A) to go to Junaydi so that anything that the Imam (A) said or did in his life would be according to the teachings that he had received from Junaydi.
Even if they were not people would think that they were because he had been taught by him.
After some time had passed the king asked Junaydi how the Imam (A) was doing.
To which Junaydi answered that he was no longer the teacher (Imam (A) was), but a student, and that he now understood what knowledge really was.
Moral:
Imams (A) have a supreme knowledge so that they are able to answer whatever question is put to them.
What age you are does not matter but how much you know matters.
People will treat you like a child unless you can show them otherwise - through your knowledge and your Akhlaq.
In the time of our 10th Imam, Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) the king was a bad man called Mutawakkil.
One day Mutawakkil fell very ill.
The doctors could not make him better.
Mutawakkil's mother was very sad and asked Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) to help him.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) told her what medicine to use to make Mutawakkil better and when she used what Imam (A) had told her to use, Mutawakkil became well again.
All the doctors were very surprised.
Although Mutawakkil was a bad man, Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) still helped him, because the mother had come to him for help.
Moral:
If anyone ever asks you for help you should help them even if they are not very nice.
Once in the time of our 10th Imam, Imam Ali an-Naqi (A), a man came to Imam (A) and told him that if Imam (A) did not help him, he would be killed.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) asked the man to explain.
The man explained that he had been given an expensive stone by the King and told to write something on it.
The man continued that when he went to write on it, the stone broke in half and when the king would find out, he would kill the man.
Imam Ali an-Naqi (A) prayed for the man, then told the man not to worry, and that Allah would look after him.
The next day when the king came to pick up his stone, the man was shaking because he was so scared.
The king told the man that he had changed his mind and now wanted the stone broken in half, one piece for each one of his two daughters, with the writing on each half of the stone.
Moral:
No matter what trouble you are faced with always trust in Allah and ask for His help as He can make anything happen.
