The Excellence of the Poor Muslims
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 107
14ـ وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمَسَاكِينِ طِيبُوا نَفْساً وَأَعْطُوا الله الرِّضَا مِنْ قُلُوبِكُمْ يُثِبْكُمُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى فَقْرِكِمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَلا ثَوَابَ لَكُمْ.
14. Through the same chain of narrators he has said the following: “The Holy Prophet has said, ‘O destitute people, rejoice and be happy wholeheartedly with Allah. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, will reward you because of your poverty, if you did not do so, you will not receive any rewards.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/366)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī