The Mahdi Times September 2011 | Page 8

“It is a path that everything must be sacrificed for. For the precious jewel of true faith in Allah always pours down the different trials and tribulations of the days and years and this is the will of Allah. For life is but a passage through a divine test and a test to your loyalty and firmness in belief. What you face of problems is easy and the glory belongs to Allah”. Shakrani was a young man who performed bad deeds stealthily. His grandfather was a slave who had been set free by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) and because of this people thought him to be associated with the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw). One day he learned that "al-Mansur the second Abbasid Caliph" was distributing the wealth of State Treasury. He went there to seek some help. Since, he did not know anyone there he could not get a thing. During this span of time he happene