Poverty
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It was quite probable that poverty end in blasphemy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1104; Page No. 157 link
If you knew what you have with God, you would like to fall into more poverty and need.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1034; Page No. 145&146 link
I am not worried about your poverty but only about taking pride in your excessive wealth, nor am I worried about your wrongdoings but only about intentional ones.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 949; Page No. 134 link
I am worried about you more for trials in poverty than for trials in affluence. Verily, you were afflicted with poverty but kept patient; verily the world is sweet and charming!
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 954; Page No. 135 link
Four things are great, though little in weight: pain, poverty, fire and enemy.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 650; Page No. 95 link
Give up hope for what people have and avoid avarice, for it is immediate poverty.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 679; Page No. 99 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "O Ali (a.s.)! The Almighty Allah has kept poverty among His creatures as a trust. One who keeps it hidden will be like one who stays awake at night for Allah and observes fast. One who reveals his poverty in front of a person who can fulfill his desire but does not do so, such a person has killed that poor man. This person is not killed by a sword or a lance but by a wound on his heart."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 235/236 link
Almighty Allah will order a caller on the Day of Judgment to call out for the poor ones. Some people will stand up and they will be ordered to go to Paradise. When they reach the door of Paradise, they will be asked, "Do you want to go to Paradise even before accounting of deeds?" They will reply, "Were we given something whose account we should give?" Almighty Allah will say, "My servants! You are right. I didn't give you poverty to disgrace you but for this day. Go among the people and see. Whoever did good to you, hold his hand and make him enter Paradise along with you.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 236 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "O poor ones! Be happy. Allah's pleasure is granted to your hearts. Allah will pay the price of your poverty. If you had not been poor there was no reward for you."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 236 link
May Allah shower mercy on His virtuous and pious servant who did not beg inspite of difficulties even though he was troubled in this world and his desires were not fulfilled.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 236 link
"One who begs in spite of having rations for next three days, will not have flesh on this face when he meets Allah on the Day of Judgment."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 344 link
God will open the door of poverty to the one who opens the door of excessive requests to people.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 781; Page No. 111&112 link
Poverty is convenience, and wealth is punishment.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 44144; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 704 link
"Do not insult a poor believer because the Almighty Allah insults one who insults a poor believer. Allah will become his enemy till he does not stop doing so or repents for his deed. One who disgraces a believer because of his poverty the Almighty Allah will disgrace him on the Day of Judgment in front of His entire creation."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 315 link
He is not poor, who begs among people to get one or two morsels of food or one or two dates, but the one who does not have anything to make him needless, who is not attended with alms, and who does not make a request to people at the same time.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 868; Page No. 123 link
O Allah I seek refuge in You from infidelity and poverty.' A person asked, 'Are these two equivalent?' He said, 'Yes.'
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16687; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 702 link
O Allah, revive me as a destitute, and make me meet death as a destitute, and resurrect me among the destitute.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16669; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 704 link
I guarantee that those who economize will never fall poor
al-Khisal, p. 9, no. 32; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 709 link
He who acts poor will become poor.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 316, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 709 link
Trustworthiness attracts wealth, and treachery attracts poverty.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 114, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 709 link
Poverty is almost infidelity
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 307, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 701 link
If it was not for my Lord's mercy on the poor of my community, poverty would just about be infidelity.
Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 300 no. 817; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 702 link
Poverty is blackness of the face in the two worlds
Aaw`ali al-La'ali, v. 1, p. 40, no. 41; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 702 link
Poverty is worse than killing
Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 299, no. 816; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 702 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Poverty is the greater death.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 319; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 702 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Poverty silences the sagacious from his proof, and a poor person is a foreigner in his own country
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 702 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Do not blame a person who tries to seek his ration, for he who does not have a ration, his mistakes increase. O son, a poor person is humiliated, his words are not heard, and his status is not recognized. If a poor person speaks the truth, they call him a liar, and if he is an ascetic, they call him ignorant. O son, those who are tried with poverty are tested in four things: weakness in their certainty, deficiency in their intellect, fragility in their devotion, and lack of shame on their face. So, we seek refuge in Allah from poverty.
Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 300, no. 818; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 703 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
O son, I fear for you because of poverty, so seek refuge in Allah from it, for poverty brings diminishment in one's faith, confusion to the intellect and a motive for hatred.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 319; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 703 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Poverty in one's homeland is like being foreign in it.
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 56; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 703 link
Poverty is my honour, and I am proud of it.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 55, no. 85; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 703 link
The poor are the friends of Allah
al-Firdaws, v. 3, p. 157, no. 4423; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 704 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Poverty is more decorative for a believer than a beauty spot on the cheek of a horse
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 265, no. 22; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 704 link
Calamities are endowments from Allah, and poverty is stored with Allah
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 260, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 704 link
Poverty is better than wealth, save those who relieve others' debts [with their own wealth] and give during tragedies
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 56, no. 86; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 704 link
Allah said in an intimate conversation with Moses (AS), 'O Moses, when you see poverty coming, then say to it, 'Welcome O mark of the righteous', and when you see wealth coming, say, 'A sin whose punishment has been hastened.
al-Kafi,v. 2, p. 263, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 705 link
Bihar al-Anwar: 'It is narrated in the scriptures of Prophet Enoch (AS) There is no wealth with those who are not in need of Me, and there is no poverty for those who are in want of Me {Prophet Enoch (AS) is known as Idris in the Arabic tradition (ed.)}
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 95, p. 462; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 705 link
O people! Who are the utterly destitute?' They said, 'A person who does not have any money.'He said, 'No, rather the real destitute is he who has not offered any of his money regarding it to be for Allah, even though he has a lot more after that.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 150, no. 86; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 705 link
[True] Poverty is the poverty of the heart.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 56, no. 86; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 705 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
There is no poverty like ignorance
Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 54; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 706 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The greatest of poverty is stupidity
Bihar al-Anwar, Saying 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 706 link
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