Mīzān al-Ḥikma

The Hoarder

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hadith 1677
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The hoarder is damned.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : المُحْتَكِرُ مَلْعونٌ.
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hadith 1678
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The hoarder in our market is like the apostate in the Book of Allah.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : المُحتَكِرُ في سُوقِنا كالمُلْحِدِ في كِتابِ اللّهِ.
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hadith 1679
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘What a wretched servant the hoarder is, for if Allah, most High, lowers the prices he is saddened but if He raises them he rejoices.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : بِئسَ العَبدُ المُحتَكِرُ ، إنْ أرْخَصَ اللّهُ تعالى الأسْعارَ حَزِنَ ، وإنْ أغْلاها اللّهُ فَرِحَ .
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hadith 1680
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The hoarders and the murderers will be resurrected to occupy the same position in Hell.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : يُحْشَرُ الحَكّارونَ وقَتَلَةُ الأنْفُسِ إلى جَهَنّمَ في دَرَجةٍ .
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hadith 1681
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who hoards food for forty days waiting for the rise of its price, he indeed disassociates himself from Allah and Allah disassociates Himself from him.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : مَن جَمعَ طَعاماً يَتَربّصُ بهِ الغَلاءَ أربَعينَ يَوما فقد بَرِئَ من اللّهِ وبَرِئَ اللّهُ مِنهُ .
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hadith 1682
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Any man who buys food and hoards it for forty days waiting for its demand to rise among the Muslims and then sells it, even if he were to donate its value in charity, it would not atone for what he did.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أيُّما رجُلٍ اشْتَرى طَعاماً فكَبسَهُ أربَعينَ صَباحاً يُريدُ بهِ غَلاءَ المُسلِمينَ ، ثُمَّ باعَهُ فتَصدّقَ بثَمنِهِ لَم يَكُنْ كَفّارَةً لِما صَنَعَ.
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hadith 1683
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The hoarder is deprived of his bounty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : المُحْتَكِرُ مَحرومٌ نِعْمتَهُ .
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hadith 1684
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The miserly hoarder gathers for those who will not thank him, and will come to Him who will not excuse him.
عنه (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ)
المُحتَكِرُ البَخيلُ جامعٌ لمَن لا يَشْكُرُهُ ، وقادِمٌ على مَنْ لا يَعْذِرُهُ .
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