Sheikh Rajab Ali talked about his story with Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milane.

This is his story.

When I was around 23 years old. A girl from my relatives was interested in me and liked me. But I paid no attention to her.

One day, she managed to trap me in an empty house and locked the door. I thought with myself, Rajab Ali! Allah can test you many times, come and test Allah just this once! And don't commit this sin for the sake of Allah (swt). Then I prayed to Allah and said, My lord, I will avoid and leave this sin for your sake, and in return I want you to nurture me yourself and help me improve spiritually.

Then, He bravely just like Prophet Yusuf (as) rejected her and avoided getting tainted by sin. He managed to escape from her trap with the help of Allah (swt).

After this incident, his knowledge increased greatly. He was able to see things with his eyes that other humans aren't able to see & hear things with his ears that other humans couldn't hear. In a way that, when he came out of his house, he could see some people's true inner selves & some secrets would get revealed to him.

He said, "Once I crossed a few roads and walked all the way to another place, but I only saw one human face!"

He also said, "I did not have any teachers. But I said to Allah (swt) that I would leave that sin for his sake and reject it. And I want him to help me himself and to become better spiritually."

If you want to reach such high spiritual position and become someone close to Allah (swt), the only way is to avoid sinning.

This story is narrated by Sheikh Rajab Ali's son.

One day, a man came to visit my father. He was the owner of a restaurant who had trouble with the lack of customers & not being able to earn enough money.

He said to my father, "O brother, look at my situation and problems. What am I suppose to do? I used to make a lot of money. I had many customers. But now, everything has completely changed. All of my customers left one by one & I no longer make enough money."

My father paused and said, "Its your own fault, you rejected customers!"

He replied, "I haven't turned down any customers, I even treat children coming to my restaurant and give them food."

My father said,"who was the Sayyid that asked you for three days to let him have some food & that he would pay you back later since he didn't have money due to being poor. On his third day, you didn't listen to him and pushed him out of your restaurant."

The man got up quickly and left. He began searching for the Sayyid & managed to find him. He then apologized to him. After that, he put a sign on his restaurant door that indicated that he won't hesitate to offer poor people food and would let them pay for their meal later.