Source: Shaheed Murtada Mutahhari, The Narrative of Veracious, Vol.1, STORY,
NO.24, p.61-62
At that night, he was listening to the words of his mother standing in the
direction towards Ka'bah (Qibla) in a corner of the room. He was observing his
mother praying to Allah prostrating, bowing, standing and sitting at that night,
a Friday night. He was still a child; he was watching and hearing his mother
praying for all Muslims, men and women remembering them by names and demanding
the Almighty Allah for their prosperity, felicity, and favours; he was carefully
listening to her whether she would mention and demand something from Allah for
herself or not?
That night Imam Hasan ('a) kept awake till morning, not losing the sight of her
mother, Fatemah ('a).
He was expecting to see how her mother prays for herself and what favours she
will ask from the Almighty Allah?
The dawn succeeded after the night passed with prayer and supplication for
others, but Imam Hasan ('a) did not hear her saying even a single word in favour
of herself.
In the morning he ('a) asked her mother:
"Mother! tonight I listened to your prayers, throughout your prayers you prayed
for others and you did not pray even a single word for yourself?"
The affectionate mother said in reply: "My beloved son! First neighbours then
our house." (1)
NOTES
1. Bahar ul-Anwar, v. 10, p. 25.