Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl - Rewards Chapter: Reward of concealment of one’s poverty أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْ٠َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ ٠َدَ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِیِّ یَرْفَعُهُ إِلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص یَا عَلِیُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ الْفَقْرَ أَ٠َانَهً عِنْدَ خَلْقِهِ فَ٠َنْ سَتَرَهُ کَانَ کَالصَّائِ٠َنْ أَفْشَاهُ إِلَی ٠َنْ یَقْدِرُ عَلَی قَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ فَلَ٠ْ یَفْعَلْ قَتَلَهُ أَ٠َا قَتَلَهُ بِسَیْفِهِ وَ لَا رُ٠ْحِهِ وَ لَکِنْ بِ٠1.

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “O Ali (a.s.)! The Almighty Allah has kept poverty among His creatures as a trust. One who keeps it hidden will be like one who stays awake at night for Allah and observes fast. One who reveals his poverty in front of a person who can fulfill his desire but does not do so, such a person has killed that poor man. This person is not killed by a sword or a lance but by a wound on his heart.”