Sheikh Ahmed Mujtahidi says that there was a time
when many grape gardens in a village in Shahriyaar
in Iran were afflicted with disease, which caused
extensive damage to the fruit. There was a man who
owned a garden in the same village who on hearing
the news was sure that his garden was in a good state.
When the man was asked how he could be so sure about
this, he answered that he always gave the Zakaat (Islamic
Tax) on the property and also gave out a lot of charity,
and this was a guarantee for his property to be safe
from disasters.
When people who had heard this went to investigate
his gardens in Shariyaar, they found it to be the
only garden which had not been affected with the disease.
(JAZAA AL AAMAL PAGE 37)
