hadith
1588
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In Uyun Akhbar al-Reza it is narrated that Imam Reza (a.s) said
“You cannot gather wealth unless you have real stinginess, long aspirations, extensive greed, cutting off from the relations of kin and preferring this world to the Hereafter.”
من عيون الأخبار: قال الرضا (عليه السلام): لا يجتمع المال إلا بخصال خمس، ببخل شديد، وأمل طويل، وحرص غالب، وقطيعة رحم، وإيثار الدنيا على الآخرة.
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