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Hadith 1057
Hadith #
1057
Book
Nahj al-Balāgha
Volume
1
Section
209
Part
Sermons
Chapter
When he noticed the vastness of his companion''s house
Source
al-Sharīf al-Raḍī
۞
Then he replied: Woe be to you, I am not like you. Certainly, Allāh, the Sublime, has made it obligatory on true leaders that they should maintain themselves at the level of low people so that the poor do not cry over their poverty. [1]
قال: وَيْحَكَ، إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَنْتَ، إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى فَرَضَ عَلى أَئِمَّةِ الْعَدْلِ أَنْ يُقَدِّرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِضَعَفَةِ النَّاسِ، كَيْلاَ يَتَبَيَّغَ بِالْفَقِيرِ فَقْرُهُ!
Tags GovernanceJusticeThe Poor and Needy

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