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Hadith 161
Hadith #
161
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
2
Section
20
Part
Book of Zakat
Chapter
Chapter on the Virtue of Charity
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.1756 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Beware of asking people [for help], for it is the humiliation of this world, a hastened form of poverty, and a prolonged reckoning on the Day of Judgment."
1756 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «إِيَّاكُمْ وَ سُؤَالَ اَلنَّاسِ فَإِنَّهُ ذُلُّ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ فَقْرٌ تَتَعَجَّلُونَهُ وَ حِسَابٌ طَوِيلٌ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ ».
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