Generosity is a [righteous] trait; honour is a virtue.

Generosity is a [righteous] trait; honour is a virtue. 14ـ السَّخاءُ سَجِيَّةٌ، الشَّـرَفُ مَزِيَّةٌ. Generosity is a [virtuous] quality. 15ـ السَّخاءُ خُلْقٌ. Generosity is the adornment of a human being. 16ـ السَّخاءُ زَيْنُ الإنْسانِ. Generosity sows [the seeds of] love. 17ـ اَلسَّخاءُ يَزْرَعُ المَحَبَّةَ. Generosity is the most honourable habit. 18ـ اَلسَّخاءُ أشْرَفُ عادَة. Generosity is a quality of the Prophets. 19ـ اَلسَّخاءُ خُلُقُ الأنْبِياءِ.

Generosity bears the fruit of [spiritual] purity. 20ـ اَلسَّخاءُ يُثْمِرُ الصَّفاءَ. Generosity covers up [one’s] faults. 21ـ اَلسَّخاءُ سِتْرُ العُيُوبِ. Generosity earns praise. 22ـ اَلسَّخاءُ يَكْسِبُ الحَمْدَ. Generosity is the symbol of magnanimity and nobility. 23ـ اَلسَّخاءُ عُنْوانُ المُرُوَّةِ والنُّبْلِ. Through generosity, actions become beautiful. 24ـ بِالسَّخاءِ تُزانُ الأفْعالُ. Through generosity, faults are hidden. 25ـ بِالسَّخاءِ تُسْتَرُ العُيُوبُ.

Adorn yourself with generosity and piety, for these two are the embellishments of faith and the most honourable of your traits. 26ـ تَحَلَّ بِالسَّخاءِ والوَرَعِ فَهُما حِلْيَةُ الإيمانِ وأشْرَفُ خِلالِكَ. The best generosity is that which corresponds to the situations of need. 27ـ خَيْرُ السَّخاءِ ما صادَفَ مَوْضِعَ الحاجَةِ. Generosity is the cause of adoration. 28ـ سَبَبُ المَحَبَّةِ السَّخاءُ. The cause of ascendancy is generosity. 29ـ سَبَبُ السِّيادَةِ السَّخاءُ.

The disgrace of generosity is extravagance. 30ـ شَيْنُ السَّخاءِ السَّرَفُ. He who holds back from giving has oppressed generosity. 31ـ ظَلَمَ السَّخاءَ مَنْ مَنَعَ العَطاءَ. Espouse generosity, for indeed it is the fruit of the intellect. 32ـ عَلَيْكَ بِالسَّخاءِ فَإنَّهُ ثَمَرَةُ العَقْلِ. Espouse generosity and good etiquette for verily these two [traits] increase sustenance and bring about adoration.

33ـ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّخاءِ وحُسْنِ الخُلْقِ، فَإنَّهُما يَزيدانِ الرِّزْقَ، ويُوجِبانِ المَحَبَّةَ. One’s generosity is proportionate to one’s magnanimity. 34ـ على قَدْرِ المُرُوءَةِ تَكُونُ السَّخاوَةُ. Cover up your faults with generosity for it is indeed a covering for faults. 35ـ غَطُّوا مَعائِبَكُمْ بِالسَّخاءِ فَإنَّهُ سِتْرُ العُيُوبِ. In generosity there is affection. 36ـ فِي السَّخاءِ اَلمَحَبَّةُ. Abundance of generosity increases [one’s] friends and reforms [one’s] enemies.

37ـ كَثْرَةُ السَّخاءِ تُكْثِرُ الأوْلِياءَ وتَسْتَصْلِحُ الأعْداءَ. If you were to see generosity in the form of a man, you would surely see him as a handsome person, pleasing to look at.