Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

Hadith 444
greed
وبهذا الاسناد، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن أبي الجهم، عن موسى بن بكر عن أحمد بن سليمان، عن أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، قال: البخيل من بخل بما افترض الله عليه.
6. With this chain of narrators, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Abu’l-Jahm, from Musa bin Bikr, from Ahmad bin Sulayman, from Abu’l-Hasan, Musa bin Ja’far, peace be upon them both, that he said: The stingy is the one who is stingy with regards to what Allah has obliged upon him.
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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