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1716 - وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : «مَا مَحَقَ اَلْإِسْلاَمَ مَحْقَ اَلشُّحِّ شَيْءٌ » ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ لِهَذَا اَلشُّحِّ دَبِيباً كَدَبِيبِ اَلنَّمْلِ وَ شُعَباً كَشُعَبِ اَلشَّرَكِ ».

Hadith.1716 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "Nothing has eroded Islam as much as miserliness (shuhh)." He then added: "This miserliness creeps in like the creeping of ants and has branches like the branches of a net."

1717 - وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي اَلْعَبْدِ حَاجَةٌ اِبْتَلاَهُ بِالْبُخْلِ ».

Hadith.1717 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "If Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, has no need for a servant, He tests him with miserliness."

1718 - وَ سَمِعَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَجُلاً يَقُولُ اَلشَّحِيحُ أَعْذَرُ مِنَ اَلظَّالِمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ «كَذَبْتَ إِنَّ اَلظَّالِمَ قَدْ يَتُوبُ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ وَ يَرُدُّ اَلظُّلاَمَةَ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَ اَلشَّحِيحُ إِذَا شَحَّ مَنَعَ اَلزَّكَاةَ وَ اَلصَّدَقَةَ وَ صِلَةَ اَلرَّحِمِ وَ إِقْرَاءَ اَلضَّيْفِ وَ اَلنَّفَقَةَ فِي سَبِيلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَبْوَابَ اَلْبِرِّ وَ حَرَامٌ عَلَى اَلْجَنَّةِ أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا شَحِيحٌ».

Hadith.1718 - The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) heard a man saying, "The miser is more excusable than the oppressor." He said to him: "You have lied. Indeed, the oppressor may repent, seek forgiveness, and restore the injustice to its rightful owners. But the miser, when he becomes miserly, withholds zakat, charity, maintaining family ties, hospitality to guests, spending in the way of Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, and other acts of goodness. It is forbidden for a miser to enter Paradise."

1719 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «اَلْمُنْجِيَاتُ إِطْعَامُ اَلطَّعَامِ وَ إِفْشَاءُ اَلسَّلاَمِ وَ اَلصَّلاَةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ اَلنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ.

Hadith.1719 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "The acts that bring salvation are feeding the hungry, spreading peace, and praying at night while people are asleep."

1720 - وَ قَالَ أَبُو اَلْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ : «مَا عَالَ اِمْرُؤٌ فِي اِقْتِصَادٍ ».

Hadith.1720 - Abu al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) said: "A person who practices moderation will never face poverty.

1721 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «ضَمِنْتُ لِمَنِ اِقْتَصَدَ أَنْ لاَ يَفْتَقِرَ ».

Hadith.1721 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "I guarantee for the one who practices moderation that they will not face poverty."

1722 - قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «أَوَّلُ مَا يُبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ صَدَقَةُ اَلْمَاءِ يَعْنِي فِي اَلْأَجْرِ».

Hadith.1722 - Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "The first thing to be rewarded in the Hereafter is the charity of providing water."

1723 - وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ إِبْرَادَ اَلْكَبِدِ اَلْحَرَّى وَ مَنْ سَقَى كَبِداً حَرَّى مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهَا أَظَلَّهُ اَللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّ عَرْشِهِ يَوْمَ لاَ ظِلَّ إِلاَّ ظِلُّهُ.

Hadith.1723 - Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) said: "Indeed, Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, loves the cooling of a burning liver. Whoever quenches the thirst of a burning liver- whether of an animal or otherwise, Allah (swt) will shade them under the shade of His Throne on the Day when there is no shade except His shade."

1724 - وَ رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «مَنْ سَقَى اَلْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ اَلْمَاءُ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً وَ مَنْ سَقَى اَلْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ اَلْمَاءُ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً وَ مَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً «فَكَأَنَّمٰا أَحْيَا اَلنّٰاسَ جَمِيعاً » »

Hadith.1724 - Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as): "Whoever gives water in a place where water is available is like one who frees a slave. And whoever gives water in a place where water is not available is like one who revives a soul. And whoever revives a soul, it is as though they have revived all of humanity."

1725 - قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : «مَنْ صَنَعَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي يَداً كَافَيْتُهُ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ ».

Hadith.1725 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace be upon him and his family, said: "Whoever extends a favor to any of my household, I will repay them on the Day of Judgment."