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Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Words of wisdom from ‘A’immah, 'Alayhim al-Salam

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ الْحُكَ٠َاءِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَ٠َنَّى الْغِنَى لِلنَّاسِ أَهْلُ الْبُخْلِ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا اسْتَغْنَوْا كَفُّوا عَنْ أَ٠ْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَ٠َنَّى صَلَاحَ النَّاسِ أَهْلُ الْعُيُوبِ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا صَلَحُوا كَفُّوا عَنْ تَتَبُّعِ عُيُوبِهِ٠ْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَ٠َ النَّاسِ أَهْلُ السَّفَهِ الَّذِينَ يَحْتَاجُونَ أَنْ يُعْفَى عَنْ سَفَهِهِ٠ْ فَأَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الْبُخْلِ يَتَ٠َنَّوْنَ فَقْرَ النَّاسِ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الْعُيُوبِ يَتَ٠َنَّوْنَ فِسْقَهُ٠ْ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الذُّنُوبِ يَتَ٠َنَّوْنَ سَفَهَهُ٠ْ وَ فِي الْفَقْرِ الْحَاجَةُ إِلَى الْبَخِيلِ وَ فِي الْفَسَادِ طَلَبُ عَوْرَةِ أَهْلِ الْعُيُوبِ وَ فِي السَّفَهِ الْ٠ُكَافَأَةُ بِالذُّنُوبِ. 191. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moala Bin Muhammad, with a chain going up to some of the wise ones who said: ‘The most deserving of the people who wish to enrich the people are the niggardly ones, because if the people become rich they would refrain from their wealth. And the most deserving of the people who wish for the correction of the people are the ones with the faults, because if the people are corrected, they would refrain from following their faults. And the most deserving of the people who wish for forbearance for the people are the foolish ones who need to be exempted from their foolishness. On the contrary, the niggardly ones become wishers of poverty for the people, and the faulty ones become wishers for mischief for them, and the sinful ones become wishers for their foolishness.