1113 - حَدُّ الصَّدَقَةِ

1113. THE AMOUNT OF CHARITY TO BE GIVEN

(وَلا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُوْلَةً إلَى‏ عُنُقِكَ وَلا تَبْسُطْها كُلَّ البَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوْماً مَحْسُوراً).¹

“Do not keep your hand chained to your neck, nor open it all together, or you will sit blameworthy, regretful.”²

3547.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُعتَدي في الصَّدقةِ كَمانِعِها .³

3547.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who gives excessive charity is as the one who withholds it.’⁴

3548.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام : لا تَبذُلْ لإِخوانِكَ مِن نفسِكَ ما ضَرُّهُ علَيكَ أكثَرُ مِن مَنفَعَتِهِ لَهُم .⁵

3548.Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Do not give away of yourself to your brothers so much that the loss incurred for you supercedes the benefit to them.’⁶