hadith
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Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The best of you are the most generous ones, and the worst of you are the most greedy ones. Helping your brothers and assisting them to fulfill their needs is one of the good deeds, and it will defeat Satan, and cause you to remain secure from the Fires of Hell, and enter the gardens of Heaven.” He added: “O' Jamil! Please narrate this for your best companions.” Jamil asked: “O' May I be your devoted servant! Who are my best companions?” Imam Sadiq (a.s) replied: “They are those who treat their brothers with kindness during times of ease and hardship.” He then added: “O' Jamil! This is easy to do for a rich man, but God has praised the ones who do not have much wealth and said: “But give them preference over themselves, even though poverty was their (own lot). And those saved from the covetousness of their own souls, -they are the ones that achieve prosperity.” [The Holy Quran
Hashr 59:9]
قال الصادق (عليه السلام): خياركم سمحاؤكم، وشراركم بخلاؤكم، ومن صالح الأعمال البر بالإخوان والسعي في حوائجهم، وفي ذلك مرغمة للشيطان، وتزحزح عن النيران، ودخول الجنان. قال (عليه السلام): يا جميل، أخبر بهذا الحديث غرر أصحابك، فقال له: جعلت فداك من غرر أصحابي؟ قال: هم البارون بالإخوان في العسر واليسر، ثم قال: يا جميل، أما أن صاحب الكثير يهون عليه ذلك، وقد مدح الله صاحب القليل ﴿ويؤثرون على أنفسهم ولو كان بهم خصاصة ومن يوق شح نفسه فأولئك هم المفلحون﴾.
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