hadith
3086
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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘If it was not for my Lord's mercy on the poor of my community, poverty would just about be infidelity.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لَولا رَحمَةُ رَبّي عَلى فُقَراءِ اُمَّتي، كادَ الفَقرُ يَكونُ كُفراً.
Similar narrations
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #3084 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Poverty is almost infidelity.
- Al-Kāfi #1097 ‘‘The Messenger of Allah (sw) said, ‘Poverty can almost be disbelief, and envy may almost overcome (disable) qadr/destiny.’”
- Al-Khiṣāl #41 Poverty is close to blasphemy, and jealousy might bring you close to changing destiny.”
- Al-Amālī #462 Poverty can incline into disbelief, and envy can incline into the changing of destiny.