السَّخاءِ

GENEROSITY

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2– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Allah has created every single vicegerent of His with generosity as their natural disposition.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16204]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Generosity is a means of nearness
[to Allah].’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 193, no. 9]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The heart can only be made use of
[to the best of its capacity] with generosity.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 7, no. 59]

5– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Generosity is the fruit of the intellect, and contentment is the proof of magnanimity.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 2145]

6– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Generosity cultivates love.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 306]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Generosity imparts love and adorns one's character.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1600]

8– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Generosity is one of the noble traits possessed by prophets. It is the pillar of belief, such that only a true believer will be generous, as well as one who possesses great certainty and high aspiration, for generosity is a gleam from the light of certainty, and the one who knows what he wants finds it easy to give away.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 355, no. 17]

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The best ones from among you are those who are liberal and the worst ones from among you are the miserly.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 350, no. 3]

10– Allah, Mighty and Exalted, revealed to Prophet Moses (AS), 'That you kill not the Samiri*, for verily he is a generous man.’
[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 41, no. 13]

11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The generous person is close to Allah, close to people and close to Paradise.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 308, no. 37]

12– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Relinquish the generous person's sin for verily Allah takes him by the hand every time he slips.’
[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16212]

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'A generous youth burdened by sins is more beloved to Allah than a worshipping but miserly old man.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 307, no. 34]

14– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'The generous person partakes of other people's food in order that they may
[feel comfortable to] partake of his food, whereas the miser does not partake of others' food so that they may not eat from his.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 352, no. 8]

15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The most generous of people is he who fulfils payment of the alms-tax due upon him.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 112, no. 2]

16– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Generosity is that you contribute willingly from your own wealth, and restrain yourself from other people's wealth.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1928]

17– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'The kind and generous person is he who spends his wealth for a right cause.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 71, p. 353, no. 11]

18– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Generosity is when the act of giving is initiated. When it is prompted by a request however, it is merely out of a sense of embarrassment or obligation.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 357, no. 21]

19– Imam al-`Askari (AS) said, 'Generosity has a set limit, and if taken to extremes becomes squandering.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 407, no. 115]

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* Samiri: one of the Israelites accompanying Prophet Moses after he had delivered them from Pharaoh. He led the Israelites to take a golden calf for an idol during Moses’s absence (ed.)