From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Nu’man, from Abu Asama Zayd, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who does not get consoled by the Consolation of Allah -azwj , the regret upon the world will cut-off his self; and the one who pursues with his vision what is in the hands of the people, his worries would be numerous and his anger would not subside; and the one who does not see the Bounties of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic upon him, except regarding the food and the drink or clothes, so his deeds would be deficient and his Punishment has approached’ .
[15] The Love for the Wealth, the Greed and the Envy: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ زِيَادٍ الْقَنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي وَكِيعٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِنَّ الدِّينَارَ وَ الدِّرْهَمَ أَهْلَكَا مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَ هُمَا مُهْلِكَاكُمْ .
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Yaqoub Bin Zayd, from Ziyad Al Qindy, from Abu Wakie, from Abu Is’haq Al Sabie, from Al Haris Al Awr, Amir Al-Momineen -asws says that Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The Dinar and the Dirham both destroyed the ones who were before you, and they will both destroy you all (as well)’.
[16] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَثَلُ الْحَرِيصِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا مَثَلُ دُودَةِ الْقَزِّ كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَتْ مِنَ الْقَزِّ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا لَفّاً كَانَ أَبْعَدَ لَهَا مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ غَمّاً Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yahya Bin Uqba Al Azdy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws that ‘Abu Ja’far -asws having said: An example of the greedy one upon the world is like an example of the silkworm.
Every time it increases enveloping the silk upon itself it becomes even more remote from the exiting (from its cocoon) until it dies sadly’. وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَغْنَى الْغِنَى مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِلْحِرْصِ أَسِيراً And Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘The richest of the rich is the one who does not happen to be a prisoner of the greediness’. وَ قَالَ لَا تُشْعِرُوا قُلُوبَكُمُ الِاشْتِغَالَ بِمَا قَدْ فَاتَ فَتَشْغَلُوا أَذْهَانَكُمْ عَنِ الِاسْتِعْدَادِ لِمَا لَمْ يَأْتِ .