Chapter on the Virtue of Generosity and Munificence
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 16
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 16
Chapter on the Virtue of Generosity and Munificence
وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: «مَا مَحَقَ اَلْإِسْلاَمَ مَحْقَ اَلشُّحِّ شَيْءٌ » ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ لِهَذَا اَلشُّحِّ دَبِيباً كَدَبِيبِ اَلنَّمْلِ وَ شُعَباً كَشُعَبِ اَلشَّرَكِ ».
The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "Nothing has eroded Islam as much as miserliness (shuhh)." He then added: "This miserliness creeps in like the creeping of ants and has branches like the branches of a net."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh