Humility
Hazrat Imam Raza was an ocean of knowledge, wisdom and spiritual conscience. He was always ready to serve the people socially and spiritually. According to an episode, once when he was taking a bath, an army man came and told him to help him take a bath. He went aside and started helping him. At that time, another man, who knew him well, came. He shouted loudly on the army man and told him that the man from whom he was taking services as a slave was none but one of the descendants of Huzur. He cursed him. When the army man came to know the fact, immediately he fell to Hazrat Imam Raza’s feet and begged for forgiveness. He asked him, “Why did you not deny when I asked you to serve me?” He said, “Why should I not do the work which will give me spiritual benefit?” (Masaalik-ul-Saalikin)
Holy Marriage
It has been given in Sava’aik-e-Moharaka’a that so far as knowledge, virtues, spiritual stages and etiquettes were concerned, he was the topper among all the Saada’at. Due to his virtues and nobility, Ma’amun was very much pleased with him and married his daughter, Umm-e-Habiba with him. He made him heir of his entire kingdom. (Masaalik-ul-Saalikin)
His Knowledge and Wisdom
Looking to the wisdom and virtuous life of Hazrat Imam Ali Raza, Caliph Ma’amun made up his mind to marry his daughter with him. Bani Abbas did not like this. They doubted lest like his father; he also may not be made successor of the time. Mamun told Abbaasis that he had selected him because of his way of life, virtues and his devotion towards religion. The Abbas argued about the virtues and finally, they staunchly proposed for the discussion about the selection on the basis of virtues. They decided to send experienced scholar and skilled orator Yahya Ibne Akasm to Hazrat Imam Raza. The agitators took Hazrat Imam Raza just to be a child and expected that he would not be able to stand before the arguments of such learned person. The agitators expected in this way, his importance from Mamun’s heart would vanish. The best arrangements were made for the occasion on a particular date. Seats were assigned for rich and poor, laymen and learned people, all gathered together. Hazrat Imam Ali Raza also came there. Yahya Ibne Aksam asked him some questions, and absolutely proper answers were given by him. This silenced Yahya. Then Mamun said, “You have answered all the questions made by Yahya. Now, you also ask him some questions.”
Hazrat Imam Ali also asked him a question, “During the morning, a man looked at a woman, when, she was forbidden for him. During sun-rise (Tulu’a Aftab) she was permitted for him. During noon she was forbidden for him and again in the evening, she was permitted for him. At sun-set, she was forbidden for him and was permitted at the time of night prayer (Isha). During mid-night, she was forbidden, and at dawn again, she was permitted for him. What do you say about this issue?”On hearing this, Yahya’a was dumb-founded and said that he did not know the answer to that question.
Hazrat solved the problem in such a way that the whole group of people was wonder-struck. He said, “A man looked at a maid-servant in the morning when she was forbidden for him. During sun-rise he bought her, and she became permitted for him. At noon, she became forbidden for him because he freed her. At evening he married her, and she was permitted for him. At sun-set, he divorces her, and she became forbidden for him. At night he begged for forgiveness, and she was permitted for him. During mid-night, he divorced (Talaq-e-baeen) her, and she was forbidden for him. In the morning, he got married to him, and she was permitted for him. (Sava’aik Moharka Maakhuj Raah Akidat)” This silenced all the people. Mamun looked at Bani Abbas and said, “Have, you all, seen this?” Then he fulfilled his purpose and got his daughter married to him.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 