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18ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لا تَقطَعُوا علىالسائلِ مَسألَتَهُ فلَولا أنَّ المَساكينَ يَكذِبُونَ ما أفلَحَ مَن رَدَّهُم . |
| 18– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not ever snub the beggar's request, for were it not for the fact that some of them do lie, those who turn beggars away would never prosper.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 158, no. 37] |
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19ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): اُنظُرُوا إلى السائلِ، فإن رَقَّتْ لَهُ قُلوبُكُم فَأعطُوهُ ، فإنّهُ صادِقٌ . |
| 19– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Look at the beggar and if you find your hearts softening towards him then give him for verily he is honest.’[Nawadir al-Rawandi, p. 3] |
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20ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَرُدَّ سائلاً ولَو مِن شَطرِ حَبَّةِ عِنَبٍ أو شِقِّ تَمرَةٍ. |
| 20– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not turn the beggar away empty handed, even if you can give him but half a grape or a piece of a date.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 172] |
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21ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَستَحِ مِن إعطاءِ القَليلِ؛ فإنَّ الحِرمانَ أقَلُّ مِنهُ. |
| 21– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not be ashamed to give little, for verily refusing to give anything at all is an act of greater shame.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 67] |
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22ـ الإمامُ الحسينُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): صاحِبُ الحاجةِ لَم يُكرِمْ وَجهَهُ عن سُؤالِكَ فَأكرِمْ وَجهَكَ عن رَدِّهِ. |
| 22– Imam al-Husayn (AS) said, 'The needy one loses his self-respect by asking you, so do not lose your self-respect by denying him.’[Kashf al-Ghamma, v. 2, p. 244] |
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23ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لو يَعلَمُ السائلُ ما في المَسألَةِ ما سَألَ أحَدٌ أحَداً، ولَو يَعلَمُ المَسؤولُ ما في المَنعِ ما مَنَعَ أحَدٌ أحَداً. |
| 23– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'If the beggar was to know the enormity of begging, no one would ever ask anything of another, and if the one asked was to know the enormity of denying someone, no one would ever deny another again.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 200] |
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24ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَسألُني الحاجَةَ فَاُبادِرُ بقَضائها مَخافَةَ أن يَستَغنِيَ عَنها فلا يَجِدَ لَها مَوقِعاً إذا جاءَتْهُ . |
| 24– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When a man asks me to fulfil a need, I rush to fulfil it fearing lest he ceases to need it, and will find no place for it when it comes.’[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 179, no. 2] |
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25ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أطعِمُوا ثلاثةً ثُمّ أنتُم بالخِيارِ علَيهِ ، إن شِئتُم أن تَزدادُوا فَازدادُوا وإلّا فقد أدَّيتُم حَقَّ يَومِكُم. |
| 25– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Feed [at least] three people. If you then wish to feed more then it is up to you, and if not then you will have at least performed your duty for the Day [of Resurrection].’[`Auddat al-Da`ai, p. 91] |
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26ـ أئمَةِ المَعصُومِينَ (عَلَيهِم الّسَلام): إنّا لَنُعطي غَيرَ المُستَحِقِّ حَذَراً مِن رَدِّ المُستَحِقِّ . |
| 26– The Imams (AS) said, 'Verily we give to the undeserving in order to act as a deterrent [for people] from turning away the deserving.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 96, p. 159, no. 37] |
