368 - المال‏

368. WEALTH

1679 - المالُ مادَّةُ الشَّهَواتِ‏

1679. WEALTH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF DESIRES

(الْمَالُ وَالْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا والبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَواباً وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلاً) .¹

"Wealth and children are an adornment of the life of this world, but lasting righteous deeds are better with your Lord in reward and better in hope." ²

5888.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ الدِّينارَ والدِّرهَمَ أهلَكا مَن كانَ قَبلَكُم ، وهُما مُهلِكاكُم .³

5888.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Dinars and dirhams ruined those before you and will ruin you too.' ⁴

5889.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : قالَ الشّيطانُ لَعَنهُ اللَّهُ : لَن يَسلَمَ مِنّي صاحِبُ المالِ من إحدى‏ ثلاثٍ أغدو علَيهِ بهِنَّ وأرُوحُ : أخذُهُ مِن غيرِ حِلِّهِ ، وإنفاقُهُ في غيرِ حَقِّهِ ، واُحَبِّبُهُ إلَيهِ فيَمنَعُهُ مِن حَقِّهِ .⁵

5889.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Satan, may Allah curse him, said, 'The owner of wealth will not be safe from me in three things that I will overcome him with and leave thereafter: his acquisition of it from unlawful places, his spending it in its unrightful place, and I will make him love it so much that he will deprive it to its rightful due.' ⁶

5890.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المالُ مادَّةُ الشَّهَواتِ.⁷

5890.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Wealth is the substance of desires.' ⁸

5891.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المالُ يُقَوِّي الآمالَ .⁹

5891.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Money strengthens expectations.' ¹⁰

1678 - ما يَتبَعُ الإنسانَ بَعدَ المَوتِ‏

1678. WHAT FOLLOWS A PERSON AFTER HIS DEATH

5886.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يَتبَعُ المَيّتَ ثلاثةٌ : أهلُهُ ومالُهُ وعمَلُهُ ، فيَرجِعُ اثنانِ ويَبقى‏ واحِدٌ ؛ يَرجِعُ أهلُهُ ومالُهُ ، ويَبقى‏ عَمَلُهُ .¹

5886.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Three things follow a dead person: his family, his wealth and his actions. Two go back and one stays: his family and wealth go back and his actions stay [with him].' ²

5887.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : سِتّةٌ يَلحَقنَ المؤمنَ بعدَ وَفاتِهِ : ولدٌ يَستَغفِرُ لَهُ ، ومصحَفٌ يُخَلِّفُهُ ، وغَرسٌ يَغرِسُهُ ، وصَدَقَةُ ماءٍ يُجريهِ، وقَليبٌ يَحفِرُهُ ، وسُنّةٌ يُؤخَذُ بها مِن بَعدِهِ .³

5887.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Six things benefit a person after he passes away: a child who seeks forgiveness for him, a copy of the Qur'an which he leaves behind, a plant that he planted, water that he donated in charity, a well that he had dug, and a tradition that others take from him and [practise] after him.' ⁴

(اُنظر) العمل : باب 1383 ؛ السنة : باب 986 ؛ المعاد : باب 1394 .

(See also: ACTION: section 1383; HABITIUAL PRACTICE: section 986; RESURRECTION: section 1394)