Desire to Fuflill Qur’anic Commandments
At another instance, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud (ra) states:
“There is a commandment in the Holy Quran that before consulting with the Holy Prophet (sa) on any matter, one should give sadaqa [alms]. It is mentioned that before this commandment, Hazrat Ali (ra) had never consulted with the Holy Prophet (sa). However, after this commandment had been revealed, Hazrat Ali (ra) went to the Holy Prophet (sa) and after giving some amount as sadaqa [alms], he said that he wished to consult the Holy Prophet (sa) on a matter and so the Holy Prophet (sa) took Hazrat Ali (ra) to one side and spoke with him.
“Another companion later asked Hazrat Ali (ra) what it was that he had consulted the Holy Prophet (sa) about. Hazrat Ali (ra) replied, ‘I did not need to consult about anything specific; however, I wished to fulfil this commandment of the Holy Quran.’”
(Khutbat-e-Mahmud, Vol. 33, p. 752)
Such was the example of the companions.
In another narration, with regard to this incident, it is mentioned that a companion would go from house to house in order to fulfil the Quranic injunction that if a member of a house turns them away, then they must return from there. He says, “I tried on several occasions, and in fact, at times I would go daily to people’s houses hoping that one would tell me to go back and that I may do so happily and thereby fulfil this commandment of the Holy Quran; yet this wish of mine was never fulfilled as no one from any of the houses would tell me to return.”
(Al-Qurtubi, Tafsir al-Jami‘ li Ahkam al-Quran, Vol. 15, p. 199, Surah al-Nur, Ayah 29, Mu‘assisat al-Risalah, Beirut, 2006)
Nowadays, if it is said to anyone that they are busy and they should return or that they cannot meet, people get offended by it, but the level of righteousness of the companions was such that they would try to act upon each and every injunction of the Holy Quran.
