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Hadith 440
Hadith #
440
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
266
Part
Content
Chapter
The meaning of stinginess and avarice
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Nadhr bin Suwayd, from Abdul-A’la al-Arjani,from Abdul-A’la bin A’yan, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said
Indeed, the stingy is the one who acquires a property from other than its lawful method and spends it in other than its right.
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن النضر بن سويد، عن عبد الأعلى الأرجاني، عن عبد الأعلى بن أعين، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال
إن البخيل من كسب مالا من غير حلة وأنفقه في غير حقه.
Tags Greed/Stinginess

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