330 - الإقتصاد

330. ECONOMY

1525 - الحَثُّ عَلى الاقتِصادِ فِي المَعِيشَةِ

1525. ENCOURAGING AN ECONOMICAL LIVELIHOOD

5226.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الاقتِصادُ فِي النَّفَقةِ نِصفُ المَعيشَةِ .¹

5226.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Economising in one's expenditure is half of livelihood.' ²

5227.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما مِن نَفَقةٍ أحَبَّ إلَى اللَّهِ مِن نَفَقةِ قَصدٍ .³

5227.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is no spending more loved by Allah than spending with careful deliberation.' ⁴

5228.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الاقتِصادُ وحُسنُ السَّمتِ والهَدْيُ الصالِحُ جُزءٌ مِن بِضعٍ وعِشرينَ جُزءاً مِن النُّبوَّةِ .⁵

5228.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Economising, maintaining silence and righteous guidance are one part of the twenty-five parts of prophethood.' ⁶

5229.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن تَحَرَّى القَصدَ خَفَّت علَيهِ المُؤَنُ .⁷

5229.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Whoever adopts moderation his expenditure will decrease.' ⁸

5230.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن صَحِبَ الاقتِصادَ دامَت صُحبَةُ الغِنى‏ لَهُ ، وجَبَرَ الاقتِصادُ فَقرَهُ وخَللَهُ .⁹

5230.Imam Ali (AS) said, ' Whoever adopts moderation needlessness will continously accompany him and moderation will make up for his poverty and shortages' ¹⁰

5231.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَنِ اقتَصَدَ فِي الغِنى‏ والفَقرِ فقدِ استَعَدَّ لِنَوائبِ الدَّهرِ .¹¹

5231.Imam Ali (AS) said, He who adopts moderation in richness and poverty has prepared himself against the adversities of the world.' ¹²

5232.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - في وصيَّتِهِ لابنِهِ الحسنِ عليه السلام عندَ وفاتِهِ - : اقتَصِد يا بُنَيَّ في مَعِيشَتِكَ .¹³

5232.Imam Ali (AS) said, in his will to his son Imam Hasan 'O son, adopt moderation in your livelihood.' ¹⁴

5233.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المؤمنُ سِيرَتُهُ القَصدُ، وسُنَّتُهُ الرُّشدُ .¹⁵

5233.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The charachteristic of a beliver is moderation and his way of life is development.' ¹⁶

1524 - الحَثُّ عَلى إنظارِ المُعسِرِ

1524. ENJOINMENT TO GIVE RESPITE TO ONE WHO IS UNABLE TO PAY

(وَإِنْ كانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلى‏ مَيْسَرَةٍ وَأَنْ تَصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ) .¹

"And if [the debtor] is in straits, let there be a respite until the time of ease; and if you remit [the debt] as charity, it will be better for you should you know." ²

5223.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن أنظَرَ مُعسِراً أظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ بظِلِّهِ يَومَ لا ظِلَّ إلّا ظلُّهُ .³

5223.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Whoever gives respite to a straitened person, Allah will shade him with His Shade on the Day when no shade will avail other than His Shade.' ⁴

5224.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : اتَّقُوا دَعوَةَ المُعسِرِ .⁵

5224.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Fear the imprecations of a person in difficulty.' ⁶

5225.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : كما لا يَحِلُّ لِغَريمِكَ أن يَمطُلَكَ وهُو مُوسِرٌ ، فكذلكَ لا يَحِلُّ لكَ أن تُعسِرَهُ إذا عَلِمتَ أ نّهُ مُعسِرٌ .⁷

5225.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Just as it is not permitted for the one indebted to you to delay repaying you when he is well-off, so it is also not permitted for you to put him in difficulty [by demanding repayment] when you know that he is straitened.' ⁸

(اُنظر) الدين : باب 751 .

(See also: THE DEBT: section 751)