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Having had their food, they hastened to ask him to

share with them. He dismounted from, his horse
saying, "Surely, Allah doesn't like the haughty." He
partook of their food and said: "I have accepted your
invitation. Won't you accept mine?"
"Certainly, we Will," said they. He took them to his
house and said to al-Rabab, his wife, "Bring us what
you have been storing."
He did care for the people. He would always help
them, even though, for the most part, they wouldn't
recognize his legitimate right.
Shu'aib bin Abdul-Rahman is reported to have said:
"On the way of al-Taf (battle of Karbala', wherein he
was martyred) a mark was seen on the back of Hussein
bin Ali. Imam Zain al-Abideen (his eldest son, and the
son who survived the battle) was asked about it. 'It is
the trace,' he replied, 'of the bag, which he puts on his
back (carrying food) to the house of the widows,
orphans and the poor."
This fact attests to his remarkable humbleness, his
care for the ummah, his awareness and deep feeling of
his responsibility toward the people.

4. His Forgiveness of the Wrongdoers
This is another one of his key attributes. Once a young
servant of his did something which deserved
punishment. When Imam Hussein wanted to punish
him, the servant said:
"Who curb their anger." "Let him go", said the Imam.
"And those who forgive their fellow-man," added
the servant.
"I forgive you," said the Imam.