Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 63
Pleasant Anecdotes—When God Wills 63 finished this battle. As I have mentioned above about show-off as an example, a righteous person has to fight it at all times. (Malf ūzā t, vol. 6, p. 335–336; see also Malf ūzā t, vol. 8, p. 389–390; see also Malf ūzā t, vol. 1, p. 22–23; see also Malf ūzā t, vol. 10 p. 409) 1 When God Wills When God desires to get some work done by someone, He grabs his neck and makes him do so. God works in mysterious ways to have His will accepted. There is a story about a Muslim king. The king put Imām M u s a Ri da (may Allah’s mercy be on him) behind bars for some reason. By God’s divine power, one night, the king summoned his prime minister at midnight and gave strict orders for the minister to present himself in whatever condition he is in. The king further instructed, ‘It is forbidden for you even to change clothes’. The minister hurriedly arrived without even wearing his cap and shirt. He asked the king, ‘What is the reason for this hurry and panic?’ The king narrated his dream to him. ‘I have seen in a dream that a black person came and threatened and intimidated me with an axe. He looked were very scary and fearsome, and asked me to free Imām M u s a immediately otherwise he will kill me. He also asked me to give Imām M u s a Ri da one thousand gold coins, and 1. There are slight differences in the narrations given in the references. These narrations have been consolidated in this version. [Publisher]