وَقَالَ (عليه السلام):
Amir al-mu'minin, peace be upon him, said:
فَوْتُ الْحَاجَةِ
To miss what one needs is
أَهْوَنُ مِنْ طَلَبِهَا إِلَى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهَا.
easier than to beg from an inappropriate person. 23
23. The shame that is faced in putting a request before an inappropriate person gives more mental pain than the grief in not obtaining its fulfilment. That is why non-fulfilment of a request can be tolerated but the obligation to a low and base person is intolerable. Every self-respecting person would therefore prefer deprivation to being under obligation to an inappropriate man, and would not tolerate placing his request before a low and base person.
