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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech Greed Greed الحِرص Greed is a disgrace and a humiliation for the one who espouses it. 1ـ الحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ ومَهانَةٌ لِمَنْ يَسْتَشْعِرُهُ. Greed is the cornerstone of poverty and the foundation of evil. 2ـ اَلحِرْصُ رَأسُ الفَقْرِ، وأُسُّ الشَّـرِّ. Greed is one of the two miseries. 3ـ اَلحِرْصُ أحَدُ الشِّقائَيْنِ. Greed, gluttony and stinginess are the result of ignorance.

4ـ اَلحِرْصُ، والشَّـرَهُ، والبُخْلُ، نَتيجَةُ الجَهْلِ. Greed does not increase sustenance, rather it debases one’s status. 5ـ اَلحِرْصُ لايَزيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ، ولكِنْ يُذِلُّ القَدْرَ. Take revenge on your greed through contentment, just as you would avenge your enemy by retaliation. 6ـ إنْتَقِمْ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ بِالقُنُوعِ، كَما تَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكَ بِالقِصاصِ. Be cautious of greed, for its possessor is subject to humiliation and suffering.

7ـ إتَّقُوا الحِرْصَ، فَإنَّ صاحِبَهُ رَهينُ ذُلّ وعَناء. Be wary of greed, for it is a disgrace to the religion and the worst companion. 8ـ إيّاكَ والحِرْصَ فَإنَّهُ شَيْنُ الدّينِ، وبِئْسَ القَرينُ. Verily in greed there is suffering. 9ـ إنَّ فِي الحِرْصِ لَعَناءً. Greed is the riding mount of hardship. 10 ـ اَلحِرْصُ مَطِيَّةُ التَّعَبِ. Greed is a sign of penury. 11ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَلامَةُ الفَقْرِ. Greed has blameworthy consequences. 12ـ اَلحِرْصُ ذَمِيمُ المَغَبَّةِ.

Greed is a symbol of the wretched. 13ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَلامَةُ الأشْقياءِ. Greed is [a trait that leads to] disgrace and suffering. 14ـ اَلحِرْصُ ذُلٌّ، وعَناءٌ. Greed corrupts conviction. 15ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُفْسِدُ الإيقانَ. Greed humiliates and causes misery. 16ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُذِلُّ ويُشْقي. Greed is [a trait that results in] endless suffering. 17ـ اَلحِرْصُ عَناءٌ مُؤَبَّدٌ. Greed degrades magnanimity. 18ـ اَلحِرْصُ يُزْري بِالْـمُرُوَّةِ. Greed leads to many flaws (or great sins).

19ـ اَلحِرْصُ مُوقِعٌ في كَثيرِ (كَبيرِ) العُيُوبِ (الذُّنُوبِ). Greed and gluttony earn wretchedness and humiliation. 20ـ اَلحِرْصُ، والشَّـرَهُ، يَكْسِبانِ الشَّقاءَ والذِّلَّةَ. Greed diminishes the status of a man and does not increase his sustenance. 21ـ اَلحِرْصُ يَنْقُصُ قَدْرَ الرَّجُلِ، ولايَزيدُ في رِزْقِهِ. Verily you cannot outrun your death, nor acquire that which is not for you, so why do you debase yourself O wretched one?!

22ـ إنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِسابِق أجَلَكَ، ولابِمَرْزُوقِ ما لَيْسَ لَكَ، فَلِما ذا تُشْقي نَفْسَكَ يا شَقِيُّ. It is through greed that hardship comes about.