مَسؤولِيَّةُ الأغنِياءِ عَن جوعِ الفُقَراءِ The Rich People’s Responsibility for the Poor People’s Hunger

23ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ اللّه‏َ سبحانَهُ فَرَضَ في أموالِ الأغنياءِ أقواتَ الفُقَراءِ، فما جاعَ فَقيرٌ إلّا بما مُتِّعَ بهِ غَنيٌّ، واللّه‏ُ تعالى سائلُهُم عن ذلكَ.

23– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Glory be to Him, allotted the food provisions of the poor within the wealth of the rich, so no poor man goes hungry except as a result of what a rich man has denied him, and Allah, most High, will question him about that.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 328]
 

24ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّه‏َ فَرَضَ علَى الأغنياءِ في أموالِهِم بقَدْرِ ما يَكفِي فُقَراءَهُم، وإن جاعُوا وعَرُوا وجَهَدُوا فَبِمَنعِ الأغنياءِ، وحَقٌّ عَلَى اللّه‏ِ أن يُحاسِبَهُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ ويُعذِّبَهُم علَيهِ.

24– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah allotted to the rich their wealth in proportion to what would also suffice the poor from among them, so if they go hungry or are naked or exhausted, it is only because of the rich people’s deprivation of them. And Allah has a right to take them to account for it on the Day of Resurrection and to punish them for it.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16840]
 

25ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا وِزرَ أعظَمُ مِن وِزرِ غَنيٍّ مَنَعَ المُحتاجَ.

25– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no burden greater than the burden that a rich person carries for depriving the needy.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10738]