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: «لَيْسَ اَلْبَخِيلُ مَنْ أَدَّى اَلزَّكَاةَ اَلْمَفْرُوضَةَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ أَعْطَى اَلْبَائِنَةَ فِي قَوْمِهِ إِنَّمَا اَلْبَخِيلُ حَقَّ اَلْبَخِيلِ مَنْ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ اَلزَّكَاةَ اَلْمَفْرُوضَةَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ لَمْ يُعْطِ اَلْبَائِنَةَ فِي قَوْمِهِ وَ هُوَ يُبَذِّرُ فِيمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ».
The Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: "The one who pays the obligatory zakat from his wealth and gives generously among his people is not truly stingy. True stinginess belongs to the person who neither pays the obligatory zakat nor gives generously among his people, while squandering wealth on matters other than that."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh