Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as)

اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِی الضَّعِیفَیْنِ یَعْنِی بِذَلِکَ الْیَتِیمَ وَ النِّسَاءَ.

Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as)

حَسْبُ البخيلِ مِن بُخلِهِ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بربِّهِ، مَن أيقَنَ بالخَلَفِ جادَ بالعَطيّةِ.

The miser's parsimony suffices as mistrust of his Lord, for a man who is certain of [God's] compensation would give generously.

Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as)

السَّخاءُ أن تَسخُوَ نَفسُ العَبدِ عن الحَرامِ أن تَطلُبَهُ، فإذا ظَفِرَ بالحلالِ طابَت نَفسُهُ أن يُنفِقَهُ في طاعَةِ اللّهِ عزّ و جلّ.

Generosity is that a servant deems himself too dignified to go after prohibited things, and that when he attains permissible wealth, he spen...