1115 - أدَبُ العَطاءِ

1115. The Etiquette of Giving

(يا أيُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأذى‏ كَالَّذِي يُنْفِقُ مالَهُ رِئاءَ النَّاسِ وَلا يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَاليَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ صَفْوانٍ عَلَيْهِ تُرابٌ فَأصابَهُ وابِلٌ فَتَرَكَهُ صَلْدَاً).¹

“O you who have faith! Do not render your charities void by reproaches and affronts, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and have no faith in Allah and the Last Day. Their example is that of a rock covered with soil; a downpour strikes it leaving it bare.”²

3552.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : تَصَدَّقُوا مِن غَيرِ مَخِيلَةٍ؛ فإنَّ المَخِيلَةَ تُبطِلُ الأجرَ .³

3552.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Give in charity without conceitedness, for verily conceitedness does away with your reward [for it].’⁴

3553.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المَطلُ والمَنُّ مُنَكِّدا الإحسانِ .⁵

3553.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Delaying [one’s promise of] giving and reproaching someone for a gift embitters the goodness of the favour.’⁶

(اُنظر) المعروف (1) : باب 1281 .

(See also: ENJOINING GOOD AND PROHIBITING WRONG (1): section 1281)