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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Stinginess And Avarice Stinginess and Avarice البُخل والشُّحُّ Stinginess is one of the two forms of poverty. 1ـ البُخْلُ أحَدُ الفَقْرَينِ. Stinginess earns dishonor and makes one enter hellfire. 2ـ اَلبُخْلُ يَكْسِبُ العارَ، ويُدْخِلُ النَّارَ. Stinginess in spending from one’s wealth that which Allah, the Glorified, has made obligatory, is the worst type of stinginess.

3ـ البُخْلُ بِإخْراجِ مَاافتَرَضَهُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ مِنَ الأمْوالِ أقْبَحُ البُخلِ. Protect yourselves from vehement miserliness, malice, anger and jealousy and prepare for each of these things a contrivance which you can fight it with, like thinking about the consequence, refraining [from] vice, seeking virtue, improving your Hereafter and espousing forbearance.

4ـ اِحْتَِرسُوا مِنْ سَوْرَةِ الجِمْدِ(الحَمد)، والحِقْدِ، والغَضَبِ، والحَسَدِ، وَأعِدُّوا لِكُلِّ شَيْء مِنْ ذلِكَ عُدَّةً تُجاهِدونَهُ بِها مِنَ الفِكْرِ فيِ العاقِبَةِ، ومَنْعِ الرَّذيلَةِ، وطَلَبِ الفَضيلَةِ، وصَلاحِ الآخِرَةِ، ولُزومِ الحِلْمِ. Be wary of stinginess, for it is ignobility and [leads to] vilification. 5ـ اِحْذَرُوا البُخْلَ فَإنَّهُ لُؤْمٌ ومَسَبَّةٌ. Be wary of avarice, for verily it brings hate, tarnishes [one’s] good qualities and exposes [one’s] faults.

6ـ اِحْذَرُوا الشُّحَّ، فَإنَّهُ يُكْسِبُ المَقْتَ، ويَشِينُ المَحاسِنَ، ويُشيعُ العُيوبَ. I bid you not to adorn yourself with stinginess, for it will disparage you near those who are close to you and will make your hated by your relatives. 7ـ إيّاكَ والتَّحَلِّيَ بِالبُخْلِ، فَإنَّهُ يُزري بِكَ عِندَ القَريبِ (الغَريبِ)، وَيُمَقِّتُكَ إلَى النَّسيبِ. I bid you to refrain from avarice, for it is the garment of indigence and the bridle that is used to drive one towards every [type of] vileness.

8ـ إيّاك والشُّحَّ فَإنَّهُ جِلبابُ المَسْكَنَةِ، وزِمامٌ يُقادُ بِهِ إلى كُلِّ دِناءَة. I bid you to refrain from stinginess, for the miser is hated by strangers and shunned by those who are close to him. 9ـ إيّاكُمْ والبُخلَ، فَإنَّ البَخيلَ يَمْقَتُهُ الغَريبُ، ويَنْفُرُ مِنْهُ القَريبُ. The worst stinginess is withholding money from those who deserve it. 10ـ أقْبَحُ البُخْلِ مَنْعُ الأمْوالِ مِنْ مُسْتَحِقِّها. Stinginess is [a form of] poverty. 11ـ اَلبُخلُ فَقْرٌ.

Avarice leads to vilification. 12ـ اَلشُّحُّ مَسَبَّةٌ. Making too many excuses is a sign of stinginess. 13ـ كَثْرَةُ التَّعَلُّلِ آيَةُ البُخْلِ. Avarice earns vilification.