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hadith 2674
Hadith #
2674
Book
Mīzān al-Ḥikma
Volume
1
Part
Miserliness
Chapter
The Most Miserly Of People
Source
Muḥammad Muḥammadī Rayshahrī
Publisher
ICAS Press
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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most miserly person is he who refuses to give what Allah has made obligatory [i.e. the alms-tax].
رسولُ اللّه اللّه صلى الله عليه و آله : أبْخَلُ النّاسِ مَن بَخِلَ بما افترَضَ اللّهُ علَيهِ.

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