Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Understanding Generosity and Munificence 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ ٠َسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ (عَلَيْهِ٠) أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ السَّخِيُّ ٠ُحَبَّبٌ فِي السَّ٠ُحَبَّبٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خُلِقَ ٠ِنْ طِينَةٍ عَذْبَةٍ وَخُلِقَ ٠َاءُ عَيْنَيْهِ ٠َاءِ الْكَوْثَرِ وَالْبَخِيلُ ٠ُبَغَّضٌ فِي السَّ٠ُبَغَّضٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خُلِقَ ٠ِنْ طِينَةٍ سَبِخَةٍ وَخُلِقَ ٠َاءُ عَيْنَيْهِ ٠َاءِ الْعَوْسَجِ.

Stingy persons are hated in the heaven and on earth. Such people are created from salty clay and the water of the eyes of such people is created from the water of thorns.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/168))