Hadith 623
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Ja`far b. al-Husayn (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ja`far b. Batta narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from `Abdullah b. Muskan from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as). He said
The most deserving of people to hope that the people become rich are the poor, because if the people become rich, then they will become needless of their wealth [and they would give it out more freely]. The most deserving of people to hope that the people become rectified are those with flaws, because if they become rectified, they will stop following up on their flaws. The most deserving of people to hope that the people become forbearing are the fools who need to be pardoned for their foolishness. However, the poor hope for the people to become poor, those with flaws hope that the people become flawed, and the fools hope that the people become foolish; even though poverty brings about stinginess, flaws cause people to find flaws in others, and foolishness brings about the sins.
8 - حدثنا جعفر بن الحسين (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر بن بطة، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سنان، عن عبد الله ابن مسكان، عن أبي عبد الله الصادق (عليه السلام)، قال
إن أحق الناس بأن يتمنى للناس الغنى البخلاء، لان الناس إذا استغنوا كفوا عن أموالهم، وإن أحق الناس بأن يتمنى للناس الصلاح أهل العيوب، لان الناس إذا صلحوا كفوا عن تتبع عيوبهم، وإن أحق الناس بأن يتمنى للناس الحلم أهل السفه الذين يحتاجون أن يعفى عن سفههم، فأصبح أهل البخيل يتمنون فقر الناس، وأصبح أهل العيوب يتمنون معايب الناس، وأصبح أهل السفه يتمنون سفه الناس، وفي الفقر الحاجة إلى البخيل، وفي الفساد طلب عورة أهل العيوب، وفي السفه المكافأة بالذنوب (3).
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