Generosity surpasses kinship in prompting virtue
Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 247
٢٤٧. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): الْكَرَمُ أَعْطَفُ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ.
247. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Generosity is more prompting to good than regard for kinship.