Look at the following...
Look at the following: O God, bless Muhammad and his Household prevent me from extravagance and excess, put me on the course of generous spending and moderation, teach me excellent distribution, hold me back through Your gentleness from squandering, allow me to attain my provisions through lawful means, direct my spending toward the gateways of devotion, and take away from me any possession which will bring forth pride in me, lead to insolence, or drag me in its heels to rebellion!
O God, make me love the companionship of the poor and help me be their companion with excellent patience! Whenever you take away from me the goods of this perishing world, store them for me in Your abiding treasuries! Make this world’s broken pieces which You have conferred upon meand its goods which You have quickly granted to me a way to reach Your neighborhood, a link to Your nearness, and a means to Your Garden!
Verily You are Possessor of bounty abounding, and You are the Munificent, the Generous. So beautifully has the Imām informed his followers about the causes of their wretched state of debt. Every point in the above supplication is a gateway of understanding. [Readers are requested to reflect on each of the verses above to decipher the causes]. The wealthy believers, on the other hand, are highly encouraged to give loans to their needy brothers and sisters and assist them in times of hardship.