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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Wealth And Riches Wealth and riches-المال والثروة Wealth honours its possessor in this world and abases him in front of Allah, the Glorified. 1ـ اَلْمالُ يُكْرِمُ صاحِبَهُ فِي الدُّنْيا، ويُهِينُهُ عِنْدَ اللّهِ سُبْحانَهُ. Wealth honours its possessor as long as he spends it and abases him when he is miserly with it.

2ـ اَلْمالُ يُكْرِمُ صاحِبَهُ ما بَذَلَهُ، ويُهينُهُ ما بَخِلَ بِهِِ. Wealth and children are the ornaments of this worldly life while good action is the tillage of the Hereafter. 3ـ اَلْمالُ والبَنُونُ زِينَةُ الحَياةِ الدُّنْيا، والعَمَلُ الصّالِحُ حَرْثُ الآخِرَةِ. Wealth elevates its possessor in this world but lowers him in the Hereafter. 4ـ اَلْمالُ يَرْفَعُ صاحِبَهُ فيِ الدُّنْيا ويَضَعُهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ.

Wealth is a burden for its possessor except that which he sends ahead from it [for the Hereafter]. 5ـ اَلْمالُ وَبالٌ عَلى صاحِبِهِ إلاّ ما قَدَّمَ مِنْهُ. Wealth is the tribulation of the soul and the plunder of calamities. 6ـ اَلْمالُ فِتْنَةُ النَّفْسِ ونَهْبُ الرَّزايا. Wealth is reduced by spending [it] whereas knowledge grows when it is given away [and shared with others]. 7ـ اَلْمالُ تَنْقُصُهُ النَّفَقَةُ، وَالعِلْمُ يَـزْكُو عَلَى الإنْفاقِ.

Hold on to wealth according to the extent of your need, and forward the rest for the day of your indigence. 8ـ أمْسِكْ مِنَ المالِ بِقَدْرِ ضَرُورَتِكَ،وَ قَدِّمِ الفَضْلَ لِيَوْمِ فاقَتِكَ. Beware of reserving for yourself (or concealing) that which all the people have an equal right to and turning a blind eye to what is manifest for the onlookers otherwise it will surely be taken from you and given to someone else.

9ـ إيّاكَ والاِسْتيثارَ (الاِسْتِتارَ)بِما لِلنّاسِ فيهِ أُسْوَةٌ، والتَّغابي عَمّا وَضَحَ لِلنّاظِرينَ فَإنَّهُ مَأْخُوذٌ مِنْكَ لِغَيْرِكَ. The best wealth is that by which the freemen become enthralled.[^1] 10ـ أفْضَلُ المالِ مَا اسْتُرِقَّ بِهِ الأحْرارُ. The best of all wealth is that by which men become enthralled. 11ـ أفْضَلُ الأمْوالِ مَا اسْتُرِقَّ بِهِ الرِّجالُ. The purest wealth is that which has been earned by its lawful means. 12ـ أزْكَى المالِ مَا اكْتُسِبَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ.