Against misplaced generosity

Pearl of Wisdom

'Whoever of my community performs the acts of the people of Lot and dies in that state, his punishment is delayed until he is put in his grave, and when he is put in it he does not stay more than three days therein until the earth casts him to the perished people of Lot with whom he will be resurrected!'

Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa]

Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 72, no. 24

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Against misplaced generosity

Sermon 141 Against misplaced generosity

He who shows generosity to those who have no claim to it or who are not fit for it would not earn anything except the praise of the ignoble and appreciation of bad persons, although as long s he continues giving, the ignorant will say how generous his hand is, even though in the affairs of Allah he is a miser.

Therefore, to whosoever Allah gives wealth he should use it in extending good behaviour to his kinsmen, in entertaining, in releasing prisoners and the afflicted; in giving to the poor and to debtors, and he should endure (the troubles arising out of) the fulfilment of rights (of others) and hardships in expectation of reward. Certainly, the achievement of these qualities is the height of greatness in this world and achievement of the distinctions of the next world; if Allah so wills.

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