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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

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Akalim of Amirul Mumineen Maulana Ali (AS)

The Miser And The Avaricious

20. One who is stingy with his wealth towards himself, is generous with it to his wife’s [next] husband.

20. One who is stingy with his wealth towards himself, is generous with it to his wife’s [next] husband.

20 مَنْ بَخِلَ بِمالِهِ على نَفْسِهِ جادَ بِهِ على بَعْلِ عِرْسِهِ.

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21. He who is stingy to the one who needs what he possesses, Allah’s wrath upon him increases.

21. He who is stingy to the one who needs what he possesses, Allah’s wrath upon him increases.

21 مَنْ بَخِلَ علَى المُحْتاجِ بِما لَدَيْهِ كَثُرَ سَخَطُ اللّهِ علَيْهِ.

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24. While passing by some filth in a cesspit, he (‘a) said: This is what you were competing for yesterday. And in another narration, he said: This is what the misers were stingy with.

24. While passing by some filth in a cesspit, he (‘a) said: This is what you were competing for yesterday. And in another narration, he said: This is what the misers were stingy with.

24 وقال عليه السّلام : وَقَدْ مَرَّ بِقَذِر عَلى مَزْبَلَة: هذا ما كُنْتُمْ (عَلَيْهِ بالأمْسِ تَتَنافَسُونَ) تَتَنافَسُونَ فيهِ بِالأمْسِ وفي خبر آخر أنَّهُ قال: هذا ما بَخِلَ بِهِ الباخِلُونَ.

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25. Woe to the miser who hastens towards the poverty which has fled from him and abandons the wealth that has sought him.

25. Woe to the miser who hastens towards the poverty which has fled from him and abandons the wealth that has sought him.

25 وَيْحَ البَخيلِ المُتَعَجِّلِ الفَقْرَ الَّذي مِنهُ هَرَبَ، والتَّارِكِ الغِنَى الَّذي إيَّاهُ طَلَبَ.

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26. Do not be stingy by acting tightfistedly; and do not waste by acting extravagantly.

26. Do not be stingy by acting tightfistedly; and do not waste by acting extravagantly.

26 لاتَبْخَلْ فَتُقَتِّرَ ولا تُسْرِفْ فَتُفْرِطَ.

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28. Nothing holds back wealth except stinginess, and a miser is blameworthy and liable for punishment.

28. Nothing holds back wealth except stinginess, and a miser is blameworthy and liable for punishment.

28 لايُبْقِى المالَ إلاَّ البُخْلُ، والبَخيلُ مُعاقَبٌ مَلُومٌ.

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29. A miser is rebuked in this world, and punished and chastised in the Hereafter.

29. A miser is rebuked in this world, and punished and chastised in the Hereafter.

29 اَلباخِلُ فيِ الدُّنيا مَذْمُومٌ، وفيِ الآخِرَةِ مُعَذَّبٌ مَلُومٌ.

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