May the curse of Allah and the Angels and all of mankind be...

May the curse of Allah and the Angels and all of mankind be upon that person who uses even one dirham of our wealth without permission.”[^2] Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf) also told us: وَ مَنْ أَكَلَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا شَيْئاً فَإِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ فِي بَطْنِهِ نَاراً وَ سَيَصْلـى سَعِيراً “A person who consumes anything from our wealth has surely put fire in his stomach and soon he shall enter the flaming fire.” Imam al-Mahdi (ajtf) has said the following in relation to that person who considers the using of the wealth of the Imam (Khums) as being permissible: فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذٌلِكَ فَهُوَ مَلْعُونٌ وَ نَحْنُ خُصَمَاؤُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَقَدْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ الْمُسْتَحِلُّ مِنْ عِتْرَتِـي مَا حَرَّمَ اللٌّهُ مَلْعُونٌ عَلـى لِسَانِي وَ لِسَانِ كُلِّ نَبِيٍّ مُجَابٍ “A person who does so (inappropriate our wealth which we are entitled to) is cursed and we will be his enemies on the Day of Resurrection and surely the Prophet (Muhammad) has said: ‘The person who considers it permissible to use that which belongs to my progeny, which Allah has made impermissible, is cursed by my tongue and the tongue of all the prophets whose supplications are accepted.’”[^3] [^1]: ‘Awail al-Layali, vol.