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214 - تَفسيرُ البُخلِ‏

214. The Explanation of Miser

717.الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام - لَمّا سَألَهُ أبوهُ عنِ الشُّحِّ - : أن تَرى‏ ما في يَدَيكَ شَرَفاً وما أنفَقتَ تَلَفاً .1

717. Imam al-Hasan (AS), when his father asked him about greed, said, '[It is] when you count what is in your hands as a source of honour, while you count what you have given away as a waste.' 2

718.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّما الشَّحِيحُ مَن مَنَعَ حَقَّ اللَّهِ ، وأنفَقَ في غَيرِ حَقِّ اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ .3

718.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The miser is he who denies what is Allah's right, and spends instead for a purpose other than Allah's sake.' 4

719.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الشُّحُّ أشَدُّ مِنَ البُخلِ ، إنَّ البَخِيلَ يَبخَلُ بما في يَدِهِ ، والشَّحِيحَ يَشُحُّ عَلى‏ ما في أيدِي الناسِ وعلى‏ ما في يَدِهِ ، حتّى‏ لا يَرَى في أيدِي الناسِ شَيئاً إلّا تَمَنّى‏ أن يكونَ لَهُ بالحِلِّ والحَرامِ ، لا يَشبَعُ ولا يَنتَفِعُ بما رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ .5

719.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Greed is worse than miserliness because a miser is parsimonious in spending what he has, whilst a greedy man covets that which others possess in addition to what he himself possesses, such that whatever he sees in the hands of others he wishes to be his - lawfully or unlawfully. He cannot be satiated, and nor does he derive any benefit from what Allah has granted him.' 6

1.بحار الأنوار : ۷۳ / ۳۰۵ / ۲۳ .

2.Bihar al-Anwar, v. ۷۳, p. ۳۰۵, no. ۲۳

3.بحار الأنوار : ۷۳ / ۳۰۵ / ۲۵ .

4.Ibid. no. ۲۵

5.تحف العقول : ۳۷۱ ، ۳۷۲ .

6.Tuhaf al-Uqul, no. ۳۷۱, ۳۷۲

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