Adaab >> Miserliness
Total 26 hadees found
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخْلُ جامعٌ لِمَساوئِ العُيوبِ، وهُو زِمامٌ يُقادُ بهِ إلى كلِّ سُوءٍ. |
| Miserliness encompasses all vices, and it is a rein with which one is led to every defect. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 307, no. 36; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 609 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخلُ عارٌ. |
| Miserliness is [a source of] shame |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 609 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخلُ جِلْبابُ المَسْكَنَةِ . |
| Miserliness is the garment of wretchedness. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 238, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 609 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخلُ بالموجودِ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بالمَعبودِ |
| Miserliness in giving [to others] what is at hand is a mistrust in God |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1258; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 610 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَن بَخِلَ بمالِهِ ذَلَّ، مَن بَخِلَ بِدينِهِ جَلَّ . |
| A man who is miserly with his money will face humiliation, but a man who is miserly with his faith [i.e. he does not readily give it up] will be dignified. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, nos. 7921-7922; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 610 |
| الإمامُ الحسنُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) لَمّا سَألَهُ أبوهُ عنِ الشُّحِّ : أن تَرى ما في يَدَيكَ شَرَفا وما أنفَقتَ تَلَفا . |
| [It is] (Greed) when you count what is in your hands as a source of honour, while you count what you have given away as a waste |
| Imām Hasan ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 305, no. 23; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 610 |
| الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّما الشَّحِيحُ مَن مَنَعَ حَقَّ اللّه ، وأنفَقَ في غَيرِ حَقِّ اللّه عز و جل. |
| The miser is he who denies what is Allah’s right, and spends instead for a purpose other than Allah’s sake. |
| Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v.73 p.305, no. 25; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 610 |
| الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الشُّحُّ أشَدُّ مِنَ البُخلِ ، إنَّ البَخِيلَ يَبخَلُ بما في يَدِهِ ، والشَّحِيحَ يَشُحُّ عَلى ما في أيدِي الناسِ وعلى ما في يَدِهِ ، حتّى لا يَرَى في أيدِي الناسِ شَيئا إلاّ تَمَنّى أن يكونَ لَهُ بالحِلِّ والحَرامِ ، لا يَشبَعُ ولا يَنتَفِعُ بما رَزَقَهُ اللّه. |
| Greed is worse than miserliness because a miser is parsimonious in spending what he has, whilst a greedy man covets that which others possess in addition to what he himself possesses, such that whatever he sees in the hands of others he wishes to be his – lawfully or unlawfully. He cannot be satiated, and nor does he derive any benefit from what Allah has granted him |
| Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (a.s.) |
| Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 371, 372; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 610 |
| الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخلُ يُمَزِّقُ العِرْضَ. |
| Miserliness rips one’s honour apart |
| Imām Alī ibn Mūsā al-Rezā (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 357, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| الإمامُ الهادي (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخلُ أذَمُّ الأخلاقِ. |
| Miserliness is the most blameworthy vice. |
| Imām ‘Alī an-Naqī (‘Alī al-Hādī ) (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 199, no. 27; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| رسولُ اللّه صلى الله عليه وآله : أقلُّ النّاسِ راحةً البخيلُ. |
| The least comfortable one among people is the miser |
| Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 300, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البَخيلُ خازِنٌ لِوَرَثتِهِ. |
| The miser stores [wealth] for his inheritors |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 464; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البُخـلُ يُـذِلُّ مُصـاحِـبَـهُ ، ويُعِزُّ مُجانِبَهُ. |
| Miserliness humiliates its companion and honours the one who abandons it. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1409; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ليسَ لِبخيلٍ حبيبٌ |
| A miser can have no friend |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 7473; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 611 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَجِبتُ للبخيلِ يَستعجِلُ الفَقرَ الّذي مِنه هَرَبَ ، ويَفُوتُهُ الغِنى الّذي إيّاهُ طَلبَ ، فيعيشُ في الدُّنيا عَيْشَ الفُقراءِ ، ويُحاسَبُ في الآخِرةِ حسابَ الأغنياءِ.. |
| I wonder at the miser – he expedites the same poverty from which he escapes, and misses the same richness for which he yearns! So he leads a life of deprivation in this world like the poor, yet he will be judged with the rich in the Hereafter. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 199, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 612 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حاجَتُكَ إلى البـخيلِ أبْـرَدُ مِـن الزَّمْهَريرِ. |
| Your need to a miser is colder than the cold wind. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 31, no. 99; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 612 |
| الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ أحقَّ النّاسِ بأن يَتمنّى للنّاسِ الغِنى البُخَلاءُ ؛ لأنَّ النّاسَ إذا استَغْنَوا كَفُّوا عن أموالِهِم. |
| No one should love for others to be rich as much as the misers; for when others become rich, they would subsequently keep away from their wealth |
| Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (a.s.) |
| Amali al-Saduq, p. 316, no. 8; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 612 |
| الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَسْبُ البخيلِ مِن بُخلِهِ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بربِّهِ ، مَن أيقَنَ بالخَلَفِ جادَ بالعَطيّةِ . |
| The miser’s parsimony suffices as mistrust of his Lord, for a man who is certain of [God’s] compensation would give generously. |
| Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 306, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 612 |
| رسولُ اللّه صلى الله عليه وآله : إنّما البَخيلُ حَقُّ البَخيلِ الّذي يَمنعُ الزَّكاةَ المَفروضةَ في مالِهِ ، ويَمنعُ البائِنَةَ في قومِهِ ، وهُو فيما سِوى ذلكَ يُبَذِّرُ. |
| The real miser is the one who refuses to pay the mandatory alms-tax from his wealth, and refuses to spend on the necessities of his people, yet he squanders it on other things. |
| Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.) |
| Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 245, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 613 |
| رسولُ اللّه صلى الله عليه وآله : البخيلُ حقّا مَن ذُكِرْتُ عِندَهُ فَلَم يُصَلِّ علَيَّ. |
| The real miser is he before whom my name is mentioned and he does not say ‘peace be upon him’ |
| Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 306, no. 28; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 613 |
| رسولُ اللّه اللّه صلى الله عليه وآله : أبْخَلُ النّاسِ مَن بَخِـلَ بمـا افترَضَ اللّهُ علَيهِ. |
| The most miserly person is he who refuses to give what Allah has made obligatory [i.e. the alms-tax]. |
| Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 300, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 613 |
| رسولُ اللّه اللّه صلى الله عليه وآله : إنّ أبخَلَ النّاسِ مَن بَخِلَ بالسَّلام. |
| The most miserly person is he who is miserly with his greeting [i.e. he does not greet others]. |
| Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustafā (s.a.w.w.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 4, no. 11; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 613 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ سَخاءَ النّفْسِ عمّا في أيدي النّاسِ لَأفضَلُ مِن سَخاءِ البَذلِ. |
| A person’s freedom from [coveting] what others possess is better than the liberality in giving |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 4, no. 3537; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 614 |
| الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ أمـيـرَ الـمؤمنينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) بَعثَ إلى رجُلٍ بخَمسةِ أوْساقٍ مِن تَمرٍ ... فقالَ رجُلٌ لأميرِ المؤمنينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : واللّه ما سألَكَ فُلانٌ ، ولَقد كانَ يُجْزيهِ مِنالخَمسةِ أوْساقٍ وَسَقٌ واحدٌ ! فقالَ لَه أميرُالمؤمنينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا كَثّرَ اللّهُ في المؤمنينَ ضَرْبَكَ ! اُعطي أنا وتَبخَلُ أنتَ ؟. |
| The Commander of the Faithful (AS) sent someone five camel-loads of dates … at which a man said to him, ‘By Allah, he did not even ask you for anything. Indeed, one camel-load would have been enough to recompense him!’ The Commander of the Faithful (AS) replied, ‘May Allah increase not the people of your type! I am giving and you are the one being miserly?! |
| Imām Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sādiq (a.s.) |
| Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 6, p. 318, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 614 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَثرَةُ العِلَلِ آيةُ البُخلِ. |
| Abundance of excuses [for not giving] is a sign of miserliness. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 209, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 614 |
| الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : البخيلُ مُتَحَجِّجٌ بالمَعاذِيرِ والتَّعالِيلِ. |
| The miser justifies himself by presenting [many] excuses and justifications. |
| Amir al-Mu'minin Imām ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib (a.s.) |
| Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1275; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 614 |