The Excellence of the Poor Muslims

4. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Muhammad ibn Ali from Dawud al-Hadhdha’ from Muhammad ibn Saghir from his grandfather, Shu’ayb from Mufaddal who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام has said, ‘As the belief of a person increases in strength, his poverty intensifies.’”