Chapter 6 - On Affluence and Poverty

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hadith 637

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “As a servant's degree of belief increases, his difficulties to provide for his living expenses will increase.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

كلما ازداد العبد إيمانا ازداد ضيقا في معيشته.

hadith 638

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “No one is granted any worldly goods except by which he learns a lesson and nothing is taken away from anyone except by which he is tested.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

ما أعطي عبد من الدنيا إلا اعتبارا، ولا زوي عنه إلا اختبارا.

hadith 640

Imam Baqir (a.s) said that God's Prophet (a.s) said that God the Almighty said: “Some of My believing servants are such that their religious affairs will improve if they are healthy and wealthy. Therefore, I test them by making them healthy and wealthy. But some other believing servants are such that their religious affairs will not improve unless they are poor and physically ill, so I test them by using illness and poverty. I am more aware of what improves the religious affairs of My believing servants.”

عن الباقر (عليه السلام) قال

قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): قال الله عز وجل: إن من عبادي المؤمنين عبادا لا يصلح لهم أمر دينهم إلا بالغنى والسعة والصحة في البدن فأبلوهم بالغنى والسعة وصحة البدن، فيصلح عليهم أمر دينهم، وإن من عبادي المؤمنين لعبادا لا يصلح أمر دينهم إلا بالفاقة والمسكنة والسقم في أبدانهم فأبلوهم بالفاقة والمسكنة والسقم، فيصلح عليهم أمر دينهم، وأنا أعلم بما يصلح عليه أمر دين عبادي المؤمنين.

hadith 641

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “When a servant of God has a rank near God which he cannot attain just with his own deeds, God will make him ill, or bring a calamity upon his wealth or children in order to help him attain that rank. If he is patient, then God will make him overcome that calamity.”

عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

إن العبد ليكون له عند الله عز وجل الدرجة لا يبلغها بعمله، فيبتلى بجسده أو يصاب في ماله أو يصاب في ولده، فإن هو صبر ظفره الله إياها.

hadith 642

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “If God loves any of His servants, He will take away his most beloved child.”

عنه (عليه السلام) قال

إن الله عز وجل إذا أحب عبدا قبض أحب ولده إليه.

hadith 644

Imam Musa ibn Ja' far (a.s) said: “There are three things unique to the Prophets, their children and their followers: (1) physical illness, (2) fear of the kings, and (3) poverty.”

قال أبو الحسن موسى (عليه السلام): إن الأنبياء وأولاد الأنبياء وأتباع الأنبياء خصوا بثلاث خصال: السقم في الأبدان، وخوف السلطان، والفقر.

hadith 651

The Noble Prophet (a.s) said: “God will leave whomever He loves hungry in this world.” He was asked: “O' Prophet of God! How will God make him hungry?” He replied: “God's friend will not find any food to eat where there is an abundance of cheap food and blessings.”

وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): إذا أحب الله عبدا في دار الدنيا يجيعه، قالوا: يا رسول الله، وكيف يجيعه؟ قال: في موضع الطعام الرخيص والخير الكثير، ولي الله لا يجد طعاما يملأ به بطنه.