[Pooya/Ali Commentary 59:9] This verse refers to the ansar (the helpers), the people of Madina, who accepted Islam when it was opposed tooth and nail by the pagans of Makka, and who invited the Holy Prophet to settle down in Madina and become their leader. The ties of brotherhood were established between mahajirin and ansar. When the confiscated land and property of Bani Nadir was divided, and the major portion was given to the mahajirin, there was not the least jealousy on the part of the ansar, although there were poor among them also. They rejoiced in the good fortune of their brothers. We give below a few events pertaining to the generosity of Imam Ali mentioned in Minhajul Sadiqin. (i) Once, having come to know that there was no food in the house, Ali borrowed a dinar and went to the market to buy some cereals. There he found Miqdad crossing a street. He was strolling to fritter away time as in his house also there was no food. He could not bear the sorry plight of his children. The Imam found out the real cause of his distressed appearance and gave him the dinar and resumed to home with empty hands. (ii) Abdullah bin Masud reports that once, after the isha salat, a man from among the prayers stood up and said: "I am very poor. I am hungry." The Holy Prophet said: "Who among you will give food to this man?" Ali stood up and took the poor man to his home. There was food in the house, but barely enough for one man which was kept for him. Ali put out the lamp and gave it to Fatimah asking her to bring it back when the guest had eaten the food. It was done so that the guest might not feel discomforted and uneasy. Ali sat with him and acted as if he too was eating. The house of Ahl ul Bayt always put their trust wholly in Allah under all circumstances and gave whatever they had in the way of Allah. Once a group of men came to Ali and said: "We always rely upon Allah. We eat when we have food, and if we do not have it we bear with patience." Ali said: "Real dependence on Allah is to thank Him when there is nothing with you, and when you have anything to give it to others who are more in need of it than you." Shuhha is not niggardliness. Niggardliness is not giving from that which is in hand. Shuhha is covetousness-desire to deprive others of what they have and own everything for personal use. The Holy Prophet said: "To acquire forbidden possessions is shuhha. Never resort to it because shuhha and faith (in Allah) never exist together in the heart of a true believer. There is nothing more destitute than a masjid where the people living around it do not come to pray; or the book of Allah (Quran) in a house dwellers of which never recite; or a scholar among the careless people none of whom goes to him to learn from his wisdom; or a helpless believer in the captivity of disbelievers."