Nahj al-Balāgha

Patience in grief versus material loss

Volume 1 Section 307 2 narrations
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Hadith 1877
307. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: A man can sleep on the death of his child, but cannot sleep at loss of property.
٣٠٧. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): يَنَامُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الثُّكْلِ وَلَا يَنَامُ عَلَى الْحَرَبِ.
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Hadith 1878
as-Sayyid ar-Raḍī says: It means that a man keeps patience on the death of his children but does not do so on the loss of property.
قال السيد الرضى: ومعنى ذلك: أنه يصبر على قتل الاَولاد، ولا يصبر على سلب الاَموال.
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