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25-12-2024 |24 Jumādá al-ākhirah 1446 AH

Greed

Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Greed takes away wisdom from the hearts of the knowledgeable men.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الطَّمَعُ يُذهِبُ الحِكمَةَ مِن قُلوبِ العُلَماءِ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 7576]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Verily greed is a slippery fluid on which the feet of knowledgeable men never become firmly rooted.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ الصَّفاةَ الزُّلالَ الذي لا تَثبُتُ علَيهِ أقدامُ العُلَماءِ الطَّمَعُ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 49]
Description: The Prophet (S) said, ‘Beware of greed for it is ready poverty.’

رسولُ اللّٰهِ (صَلَّيَ اللّٰهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إيّاكَ والطَّمَعَ؛ فإنّهُ فَقرٌ حاضِرٌ.

Reference: [From Mizan al hikmat -- Kanz al-’Ummal, no. 8852]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Greed is an eternal slavery.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الطَّمَعُ رِقٌّ مُؤَبَّدٌ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Nahjul Balaghah, Saying 180]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Whoever wishes to spend the days of his life as a free man must not allow greed to abide in his heart.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أرادَ أن يَعِيشَ حُرّاً أيّامَ حياتِهِ فلا يُسكِنِ الطَّمَعَ قَلبَهُ .

Reference: [From Mizan al hikmat -- Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 1, p. 49]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The greedy person is shackled in disgrace.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الطامُعُ في وَثاقِ الذُّلِّ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 19, p. 50]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The person most neglectful of his own soul is the one who is full of greed.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أزري بِنَفسِهِ مَنِ استَشعَرَ الطَّمعَ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 18, p. 84]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘No one is more despicable than a greedy person.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا أذَلَّ مِن طامِعٍ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10593]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘The intellects are most often destroyed as a result of their subservience to bursts of avid desires.’[Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 19, p. 41]

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أكثَرُ مَصارِعِ العُقولِ تحتَ بُرُوقِ المَطامِعِ

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Sharh Nahjul Balaghah li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 19, p. 41]
Description: Imam Ali (a.s.) said, ‘Piety and greed can never come together.’

الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا يَجتَمِعُ الوَرَعُ والطَّمَعُ.

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10578]
Description: Imam Zayn al-Abidin (a.s.) said in one of his supplications, ‘When I consider my sins my Lord, I am horrified [at them], and when I consider Your pardon, I am avidly eager [for it].’

الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في الدعاءِ ـ: إذا رَأيتُ مَولايَ ذُنُوبي فَزِعتُ، وإذا رَأيتُ عَفوَكَ طَمِعتُ .

Reference: [From Mizan al Hikmat -- Bihar al-Anwar, v. 98, p. 83, no. 2]

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