The poverty is the greatest death.

The poverty is the greatest death. How excellent is the humbleness of the rich to the poor ones seeking what is in the Presence of Allah -azwj ! And more excellent than it is wandering of the poor to the rich relying upon Allah -azwj ’’. [28] – وَ قَالَ ص‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَحْيِنِي مِسْكِيناً وَ أَمِتْنِي مِسْكِيناً وَ احْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَةِ الْمَسَاكِينِ. And he -saww said: ‘O Allah -azwj !

Make me -saww live as poor and Cause me -saww to dies as poor, and Resurrect me -sa in the group of the poor’’. [29] – وَ قَالَ ص‏ إِذَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ عَبْداً فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا يُرْجِعُهُ And he -saww said: ‘When Allah -azwj Loves a servant in the house of the world, Returns him’. قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ كَيْفَ يُرْجِعُهُ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !

And how does He -azwj Return him?’ قَالَ فِي مَوْضِعِ الطَّعَامِ الرَّخِيصِ وَ الْخَيْرِ الْكَثِيرِ وَلِيُّ اللَّهِ لَا يَجِدُ الطَّعَامَ مَا يَمْلَأُ بِهِ بَطْنَهُ. He -saww said: ‘In the place of food, the cheap and much goodness. A friend of Allah -azwj will not find food what he can fill his belly with’’ [30] – وَ قَالَ ص‏ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ مُفَتَّحَةٌ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ وَ الرَّحْمَةُ نَازِلَةٌ عَلَى الرُّحَمَاءِ وَ اللَّهُ رَاضٍ عَنِ الْأَسْخِيَاءِ.

And he -saww said: ‘The doors of Paradise are open to the poor and the Mercy descends upon the Mercy, and Allah -azwj is Satisfied from the generous ones’’. [31] Poverty is the most difficult from the trials: – قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع فَقَالَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلَقْتُكَ وَ ابْتَلَيْتُكَ بِنَارِ نُمْرُودَ فَلَوِ ابْتَلَيْتُكَ بِالْفَقْرِ وَ رَفَعْتُ عَنْكَ الصَّبْرَ فَمَا تَصْنَعُ The Prophet -saww said: ‘Allah -azwj the Exalted Revealed to Ibrahim -as .

He -azwj Said: “O Ibrahim -as ! I -azwj Created you -as and Tried you -as with the fire of Nimrod -la . If I -azwj were to Try you with the poverty and Raise the patience away from you -as , what would you -sa do?’ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَا رَبِّ الْفَقْرُ أَشَدُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَارِ نُمْرُودَ Ibrahim -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj ! The poverty is severer to me -as than the fire of Nimrod -la ’.

قَالَ اللَّهُ فَبِعِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي مَا خَلَقْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَشَدَّ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ Allah -azwj Said: ‘By My -azwj Might and My -azwj Majesty! I -saww have not Created in the sky and the earth anything severer than the poverty!” قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَنْ أَطْعَمَ جَائِعاً فَمَا جَزَاؤُهُ He -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj !