94 - الحرص‏

94. COVETOUSNESS

497 - ذَمُّ الحِرصِ‏

497. Denouncing Covetousness

1486.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - وقد سُئلَ عنِ الحِرصِ : ما هُو ؟ - : هُو طَلَبُ القَليلِ بإضاعَةِ الكَثيرِ .¹

1486. Imam Ali (AS), when asked about covetousness, said, 'It is the desire for something little through the loss of a lot.' ²

1487.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحِرْصُ عَناءٌ مُؤبَّدٌ .³

1487.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Covetousness is a terminal [source of] distress.' ⁴

1488.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحِرصُ يُزْري بالمُرُوَّةِ .⁵

1488.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Covetousness stains one's gallantry.' ⁶

1489.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحِرصُ مَطِيَّةُ التَّعَبِ .⁷

1489.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Covetousness is the mount of pains.' ⁸

1490.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الحِرصُ لا يَزيدُ في الرِّزقِ ، ولكنْ يُذِلُّ القَدْرَ .⁹

1490.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Covetousness does not increase sustenance, but rather it degrades a person's value.' ¹⁰

(اُنظر) عنوان 253 «الطمع» .

(See also: GREED)

496 - شيمَةُ الحُرِّ

496. The Distinguishing Trait of the Free

1482.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الطَّلاقَةُ شِيمَةُ الحُرِّ.¹

1482.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Cheerfulness is the distinguishing trait of the free.' ²

1483.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الحَياءَ والعِفَّةَ مِن خَلائقِ الإيمانِ ، وإنّهُما لَسَجِيّةُ الأحْرارِ وشِيمَةُ الأبْرارِ .³

1483.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Truly modesty and chastity are of the traits of faith, and they are the attributes of the free and the distinguishing marks of the righteous.' ⁴

1484.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : العَبدُ حُرٌّ ما قَنِعَ ، الحُرُّ عَبدٌ ما طَمِعَ .⁵

1484.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The servant of Allah is free so far as he remains content. The free man is a slave as long as he is greedy.' ⁶

1485.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنَّ الحُرَّ حُرٌّ على‏ جميعِ أحْوالِهِ : إنْ نابَتْهُ نائبَةٌ صَبرَ لَها ، وإنْ تَداكَّتْ علَيهِ المَصائبُ لَم تَكْسِرْهُ وإنْ اُسِرَ وقُهِرَ واسْتُبْدِلَ باليُسرِ عُسراً، كما كانَ يُوسُفُ الصِّدِّيقُ الأمينُ صلواتُ اللَّهِ علَيهِ : لَم يَضْرُرْ حُرِّيَّتَهُ أنِ اسْتُعبِدَ وقُهِرَ واُسِرَ .⁷

1485.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The free is free in all his states: when he is inflicted by a calamity, he shows patience; when afflictions bear down on him, they do not break him, even though he be taken in captivity or defeated and his prosperity turns into poverty, just like the truthful trustworthy Prophet Joseph - blessings of Allah upon him -, whose freedom was not affected even when he was enslaved, defeated and captivated.' ⁸