Against misplaced generosity

Pearl of Wisdom

in reply to Safwan al-Jammal asking about one who holds this position [of Imama], said, 'One who holds this position does not play and nor is he distracted.' Musa b. Ja'far, who was then a child entered accompanied by a Makkan she-goat, to whom he was saying, 'Prostrate to your Lord!' So Abu 'Abdillah took him and hugged him and said, may my parents be your ransom, he never plays and nor is he distracted.'

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

al-Manaqib li Ibn Shahr Ashub, v. 4, no. 317

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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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