Chapter on Sustaining Blessings Through Bearing Financial Burdens
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 15
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 15
Chapter on Sustaining Blessings Through Bearing Financial Burdens
2 hadiths
قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَنْ عَظُمَتْ نِعْمَةُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اِشْتَدَّتْ مَئُونَةُ اَلنَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ فَاسْتَدِيمُوا اَلنِّعْمَةَ بِاحْتِمَالِ اَلْمَئُونَةِ وَ لاَ تَعْرِضُوهَا لِلزَّوَالِ فَقَلَّ مَنْ زَالَتْ عَنْهُ اَلنِّعْمَةُ فَكَادَتْ تَعُودُ إِلَيْهِ ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Whoever is granted great blessings by Allah سبحانه وتعالى will also face greater responsibilities from others. Preserve the blessings by enduring these responsibilities and do not expose them to loss. Rarely does one lose blessings only to have them return."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «أَحْسِنُوا جِوَارَ نِعَمِ اَللَّهِ وَ اِحْذَرُوا أَنْ تَنْتَقِلَ عَنْكُمْ إِلَى غَيْرِكُمْ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَنْ تَنْتَقِلَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ قَطُّ فَكَادَتْ تَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ «قَلَّ مَا أَدْبَرَ شَيْءٌ فَأَقْبَلَ» ».
Imam عليه السلام said: "Be kind in your dealings with Allah’s سبحانه وتعالى blessings, and beware of them being transferred from you to others. Indeed, once blessings leave someone, they rarely return to them." And Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام used to say: "Rarely does something that departs come back again."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh