Chapter on the Virtue of Charity
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 20
وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اِسْتَغْنُوا عَنِ اَلنَّاسِ وَ لَوْ بِشَوْصِ اَلسِّوَاكِ ».
Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, said: "Be independent of people, even if it is with the splinters of a toothstick."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh