Misplaced generosity

Nahj al-Balāgha · Volume 1 · Section 142 · 3 narrations

Hadith 613

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 as he continues giving, the…

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Hadith 614

[Deserving recepients of generosity :] Therefore, to whosoever Allāh 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…

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