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OPEN-HANDEDNESS

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2– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Man’s open-handedness endears him to his opponents, and his stinginess makes him hated even by his children.’
[Ibid. no. 4729]

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Open-handedness is of the nobility of
[man’s] nature.’
[al-Irshad, v. 1, p. 303]

4– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Open-handedness is a present honour.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 330]

5– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘He who is open-handed rules.’
[Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 2, p. 242]

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most open-handed of people is he who gives freely of himself and his wealth in the way of Allah.’
[Nawadir al-Rawandi, p. 20]

7– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best form of open-handedness is that expressed in spite of hardship.’
[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 3185]

8– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, ‘The most open-handed of people is he who gives without expectation.’
[Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 2, p. 242]

9- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The open-handed cannot be considered open-handed unless he has three
[attributes]: he is generous with his wealth both in times of ease as well as hardship, bestows it on the deserving, and finds the gratitude of the one he gave to greater than what he gave him.’
[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 231, no. 27]