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31ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا سُئلَ عمّا يُروى عن أبي ذَرٍّ: ثلاثةٌ يُبغِضُها الناسُوأنا اُحِبُّها: اُحِبُّ المَوتَ واُحِبُّ الفَقرَ واُحِبُّ البَلاءَ ـ: إنّ هذا ليس على ما يَرَونَ ؛ إنّما عَنى: المَوتُ في طاعَةِ اللّهِ أحَبُّ إلَيَّ مِن الحَياةِ في مَعصيَةِ اللّهِ ،والفَقرُ في طاعةِ اللّهِ أحَبُّ إليَّ مِنالغِنى في مَعصيَةِ اللّهِ، والبَلاءُ في طاعَةِ اللّهِ أحَبُإلَيَّ مِن الصِّحَّةِ في مَعصيَةِ اللّهِ. |
| 31– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked about the [meaning of the] saying of Abu Dharr: “There are three things that people hate but I love: I love death and I love poverty and I love tribulation”, said, ‘This is not as they have understood it. What he meant is that death in the obedience of Allah is more beloved to me than a life of disobedience to Allah; poverty in the obedience of Allah is more beloved to me than wealth [accompanied] with disobedience to Allah, and tribulation [accompanied] with obedience to Allah is more beloved to me than good health with disobedience to Allah.’[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 165, no. 1] |
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32ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ مَعَنا خَيرٌ منالغِنى مع غَيرِنا، والقَتلُ مَعَنا خَيرٌ من الحَياةِ مَع غَيرِنا. |
| 32– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Poverty with us [i.e. our guardianship] is better than wealth with other than us, and death with us is better than life with other than us.’[al-Khara`ij wa al-Jara`ih, v. 2, p. 739, no. 54] |
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33ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): غِنىً يَحجُزُكَ عنِ الظُّلمِ خَيرٌ مِن فَقرٍ يَحمِلُكَ علَى الإثمِ. |
| 33– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Wealth that prevents you from oppression is better than poverty that drives you to sin.’[al-Faqih, v. 3, p. 166, no. 3614] |
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34ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ المَوتُ الأحـمَرُ، [قالَ الراوي: [فـقلـتُ لأبي عبدِاللّهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الفَقرُ مِن الدِّينارِ والدِّرهَمِ؟ فقالَ: لا، ولكن مِن الدِّينِ . |
| 34– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Poverty is red death.’ The narrator said, ‘I asked Abu `Aabdullah [al-Sadiq] (AS), ‘Poverty of dinars and dirhams?’ He said, ‘No, rather poverty in one’s faith.’[al-Kafi, v. 3, p. 266, no. 2] |
