hadith
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Imam Reza (a.s) said: “Generous people eat other people's food so that others eat their food, but stingy people do not eat other people's food so that others do not eat their food.”
عن الرضا (عليه السلام) قال
السخي يأكل طعام الناس ليأكلوا من طعامه، والبخيل لا يأكل طعام الناس لكيلا يأكلوا من طعامه.
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