1185 - الطَّمَعُ المَمدوحُ‏

1185. PRAISEWORTHY AVIDITY¹

(تَتَجافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ المَضاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفاً وَطَمَعاً وَمِمَّا رَزَقْناهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ).²

“Their sides vacate their beds to supplicate their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend out of what We have provided them.”³

(وَما لَنا لا نُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَما جاءَنا مِنَ الحَقِّ وَنَطْمَعُ أَن يُدْخِلَنا رَبُّنا مَعَ القَوْمِ الصَّالِحِينَ).⁴

“Why should we not believe in Allah and the truth that has come to us, avid as we are that our Lord should admit us among the righteous people?”⁵

3819.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في الدعاءِ - : إذا رَأيتُ مَولايَ ذُنُوبي فَزِعتُ، وإذا رَأيتُ عَفوَكَ طَمِعتُ .⁶

3819. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in one of his supplications, ‘When I consider my sins my Lord, I am horrified [at them], and when I consider Your pardon, I am avidly eager [for it].’⁷

3820.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - أيضاً - : فإنّما أسألُكَ لِقَديمِ الرَّجاءِ فيكَ، وعَظيمِ الطَّمَعِ منكَ؛ الذي أوجَبتَهُ على‏ نفسِكَ مِن الرَّأفَةِ والرَّحمَةِ .⁸

3820. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in another one of his supplications, ‘For indeed I ask You because of my eternal hope in You and because of the great desire that I entertain about You; which is the graciousness and mercy that You have made obligatory upon Yourself.’⁹

253 - الطَّمَع‏

253. GREED

1184 - ذَمُّ الطَّمَعِ‏

1184. REPREHENSION OF GREED

3805.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الطَّمَعُ يُذهِبُ الحِكمَةَ مِن قُلوبِ العُلَماءِ .¹

3805.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Greed takes away wisdom from the hearts of the knowledgeable men.’²

3806.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنّ الصَّفاةَ الزُّلالَ الذي لا تَثبُتُ علَيهِ أقدامُ العُلَماءِ الطَّمَعُ .³

3806.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily greed is a slippery rock on which the feet of knowledgeable men never become firmly rooted.’⁴

3807.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إيّاكَ والطَّمَعَ؛ فإنّهُ فَقرٌ حاضِرٌ .⁵

3807.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Beware of greed for it is ready poverty.’⁶

3808.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الطَّمَعُ رِقٌّ مُؤَبَّدٌ .⁷

3808.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Greed is an eternal slavery.’⁸

3809.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن أرادَ أن يَعِيشَ حُرّاً أيّامَ حياتِهِ فلا يُسكِنِ الطَّمَعَ قَلبَهُ .⁹

3809.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever wishes to spend the days of his life as a free man must not allow greed to abide in his heart.’¹⁰

3810.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الطامُعُ في وَثاقِ الذُّلِّ .¹¹

3810.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The greedy person is shackled in disgrace.’¹²

3811.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أزرى‏ بِنَفسِهِ مَنِ استَشعَرَ الطَّمعَ .¹³

3811.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The person most neglectful of his own soul is the one who is full of greed.’¹⁴

3812.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا أذَلَّ مِن طامِعٍ .¹⁵

3812.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘No one is more despicable than a greedy person.’¹⁶

3813.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أكثَرُ مَصارِعِ العُقولِ تحتَ بُرُوقِ المَطامِعِ .¹⁷

3813.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intellects are most often destroyed as a result of their subservience to bursts of avid desires.’¹⁸

3814.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا يَجتَمِعُ الوَرَعُ والطَّمَعُ .¹⁹

3814.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Piety and greed can never come together.’²⁰

3815.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : بِئسَ العَبدُ عَبدٌ لَهُ طَمَعٌ يَقودُهُ .²¹

3815.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘How wretched the servant who is a slave of his own greed, which controls him.’²²

3816.الإمامُ الكاظمُ عليه السلام - لهشامٍ وهُو يَعِظُهُ - : إيّاكَ والطَّمَعَ، وعلَيكَ باليَأسِ مِمّا في أيدِي الناسِ، وأمِتِ الطَّمَعَ مِن المَخلوقِينَ؛ فإنَّ الطَّمَعَ مِفتاحٌ لِلذُّلِّ، واختِلاسُ العَقلِ، واختِلاقُ المُرُوّاتِ، وتَدنِيسُ العِرضِ، والذَّهابُ بِالعِلمِ .²³

3816. Imam al-Kazim (AS) said to Hashim, exhorting him, ‘You must beware of greed, and despair of acquiring anything in the possession of others. Suppress the greed in others for verily greed is the key to disgrace, it exploits the intellect, fabricates valorous qualities for itself, tarnishes one’s reputation, and does away with one’s knowledge.’²⁴

3817.الإمامُ الهاديُّ عليه السلام : الطَّمَعُ سَجِيَّةٌ سَيِّئَةٌ.²⁵

3817.Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘Greed is an evil characteristic.’²⁶

3818.الإمامُ العسكريُّ عليه السلام : ما أقبَحَ بالمُؤمِنِ أن تكونَ لَهُ رَغبَةٌ تُذِلُّهُ .²⁷

3818.Imam al-Askari (AS) said, ‘How revolting it is for the believer to have an avid desire that disgraces him.’²⁸

(اُنظر) عنوان 94 «الحرص» .

(See also: AVARICE 94)