which he replied that he was punishing himself by burning his hand for the sin. The woman was scared and ran out and told the people that the virtuous man was burning his hand. When the people came in they saw that his entire hand had
burnt.
Incident - 5
Imam Ja'far-as-Sadiq (A.S.) narrates, that one day after finishing the morning Prayers, the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) suddenly looked at Haresa bin Malik whose head was
falling down (he was dozing because of remaining awake at night) and his face had turned pale. His body had become thin and his eyes had gone in. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.) asked him, "How did you arise this morning? And what is your state"? Haresa replied, "O Prophet of Allah I arose with belief. The Prophet said, Every argument has a proof, what is the proof of your belief? He replied, O prophet ! that very thing is my proof which keeps me unhappy and shameful, which keeps me awake all night and fast throughout the day, and makes me hate the things of this world. And my belief in Allah has reached a state. that I see before my eyes the place of accounting on the day of Qayamat. All the people are in front of me, and I see the
dwellers of paradise sitting on their pleasantly with one another. On the other hand. I also see the dwellers of hell