Home / Books / Ghurar al-Ḥikam / Volume 1 / Generosity (الجود) / Hadith 1372 hadith 1372 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, The generosity of a man endears him to his rivals and his stinginess makes him hated by his [own] children. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جُودُ الرَّجُلِ يُحَبِّبُهُ إلى أضْدادِهِ وَ بُخْلُهُ يُبَغِّضُهُ إلى أوْلادِهِ Similar narrations Mīzān al-Ḥikma #2856 Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Mans open-handedness endears him to his opponents, and his stinginess makes him hated even by his children. All narrations in Generosity (الجود) Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 1372 ۞ Imam Ali (AS) said, The generosity of a man endears him to his rivals and his stinginess makes him hated by his [own] children. الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جُودُ الرَّجُلِ يُحَبِّبُهُ إلى أضْدادِهِ وَ بُخْلُهُ يُبَغِّضُهُ إلى أوْلادِهِ