وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ مَا جُبِلَ وَلِيُّ اللَّهِ إِلَّا...

وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ مَا جُبِلَ وَلِيُّ اللَّهِ إِلَّا عَلَى السَّخَاءِ وَ السَّخَاءُ مَا يَقَعُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَحْبُوبٍ أَقَلُّهُ الدُّنْيَا And the Prophet -saww said: ‘And a friend of Allah -azwj is not brought into being except upon the generosity and the generosity is what occurs upon every beloved who deems the world as insignificant’.

وَ مِنْ عَلَامَةِ السَّخَاءِ أَنْ لَا يُبَالِيَ مَنْ [أصحاب‏] أَكَلَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَنْ مَلَكَهَا مُؤْمِناً أَوْ كَافِراً وَ عَاصِياً أَوْ مُطِيعاً شَرِيفاً أَوْ وَضِيعاً And from a sign of the generous one is that he does not care who devours the world and who owns it, whether a Momin or a Kafir, and a disobedience one or an obedient one, noble or ignoble.

يُطْعِمُ غَيْرَهُ وَ يَجُوعُ وَ يَكْسُو غَيْرَهُ وَ يَعْرَى وَ يُعْطِي غَيْرَهُ وَ يَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ قَبُولِ عَطَاءِ غَيْرِهِ وَ يَمُنُّ بِذَلِكَ وَ لَا يَمْتَنُّ وَ لَوْ مَلَكَ الدُّنْيَا بِأَجْمَعِهَا لَمْ يَرَ نَفْسَهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا أَجْنَبِيّاً وَ لَوْ بَذَلَهَا فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ مَا مَلَّ He feeds others and he is hungry, and he clothes others and he is bare, and he gives others and he prevents (himself) from accepting the giving by others, and he confers with that and he is not conferred; and if he were to own the world in its entirety, he would not see himself in it except as a stranger, and if he were to spend it regarding the Self of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic in one moment, he would not get fed-up.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص السَّخِيُّ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ بَعِيدٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْبَخِيلُ بَعِيدٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ بَعِيدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ بَعِيدٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ لَا يُسَمَّى سَخِيّاً إِلَّا الْبَاذِلُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَ لِوَجْهِهِ وَ لَوْ بِرَغِيفٍ أَوْ شَرْبَةِ مَاءٍ Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The generous one is closer to Allah -azwj , closer to the people, closer to the Paradise, remote from the Fire, while the miser one is remote from Allah -azwj , remote from the people, remote from the Paradise, close to the Fire; and he cannot be named as generous except the spender in the obedience of Allah -azwj and for His -azwj Face, and even though it may be with a loaf or a drink of water.