23ـ بِالحِرْصِ يَكُونُ العَناءُ.

23ـ بِالحِرْصِ يَكُونُ العَناءُ. The worst companion is greed. 24ـ بِئْسَ الرَّفيقُ الحِرْصُ. The fruit of greed is hardship. 25ـ ثَمَرَةُ الحِرْصِ العَناءُ. The fruit of greed is anguish. 26ـ ثَمَرَةُ الحِرْصِ النَّصَبُ. Shunning greed severs gluttony and cupidity. 27ـ رَدُّ الحِرْصِ يَحْسِمُ الشَّـرَهَ، والمَطامِعَ. Intense greed comes from strong gluttony and weakness of faith. 28ـ شِدَّةُ الحِرْصِ مِنْ قُوَّةِ الشِـرَّهِ وضَعْفِ الدّينِ. Counter greed with contentment.

29ـ ضادُّوا الحِرصَ بِالقُنُوعِ. Yielding to greed corrupts certitude. 30ـ طاعَةُ الحِرْصِ تُفْسِدُ اليَقينَ. It is on doubt and lack of trust in Allah that greed and avarice are based. 31ـ عَلَى الشَّكِّ وقِلَّةِ الثِّقَةِ بِاللّهِ مَبْنَى الحِرْصِ والشُّحِّ. The slave of greed is eternally wretched. 32ـ عَبْدُ الحِْرصِ مُخَلَّدُ الشِّقاءِ. In greed there is hardship. 33ـ فِي الحِرْصِ العَناءُ. In greed there is misery and anguish. 34ـ فِي الحِرْصِ الشَّقاءُ، والنَّصَبُ.

Greed has been paired up with hardship. 35ـ قُرِنَ الحِرْصُ بِالعَناءِ. Greed [is a mount that] kills its rider. 36ـ قَتَلَ الحِرْصُ راكِبَهُ. Reduce your greed and remain [satisfied] with what has been allocated to you of your sustenance, [by this] you will protect your faith. 37ـ قَصِّـرْ مِنْ حِرْصِكَ، وَقِفْ عِنْدَ المَقْدُورِ لَكَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ، تُحْرِزْ دينَكَ. How can there be relief from the suffering of greed for one who has not truly trusted [in Allah]?

38ـ كَيْفَ يَتَخَلَّصُ مِنْ عَناءِ الحِرْصِ مَنْ لَمْ يَصْدُقْ تَوَكُّلُهُ؟! Too much greed makes its possessor miserable and abases him. 39ـ كَثْرَةُ الحِرْصِ تُشْقي صاحِبَهُ، وتُذِلُّ جانِبَهُ. Not everyone who seeks, finds and not everyone who turns away, loses. 40ـ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ طَلَبَ وَجَدَ، لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ أضَلَّ فَقَدَ. One who is greedy becomes wretched and undergoes hardship. 41ـ مَنْ حَرَصَ شَقى وتَعَنّى. One whose greed increases, his status is lowered.

42ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ ذَلَّ قَدْرُهُ. One who clothes himself with greed becomes poverty-stricken. 43ـ مَنِ ادَّرَعَ الحِرْصَ افْتَقَرَ. One whose greed increases, his certitude decreases. 44ـ مَنْ كَثُرَ حِرْصُهُ قَلَّ يَقينُهُ. One who is overcome by greed faces great humiliation. 45ـ مَنْ غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الحِرْصُ عَظُمَتْ ذِلَّتُهُ. Nothing debases the self like greed and nothing disgraces [one’s] honour like stinginess. 46ـ ما أذَلَّ النَّفْسَ كَالحِرْصِ،وَ لاشانَ العِرْضَ كَالبُخْلِ.

How much agony is brought about by greed! 47ـ ما أجْلَبَ الحِرْصَ لِلنَّصَبِ.