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Helping the Needy

206- قالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (ص) :

سائِلُوا العُلَماءَ، وَ خاطِبُوا الحُكَماءَ، وَ جالِسُوا الفُقَراءََ

تحف العقول/34

The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] said: "Ask (questions from) the learned, speak with the wise, and associate with the poor."

Tuhaf-ul-'Uqul, p. 34

207- قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ (ع) :

سَبَبُ زَوالِ اليَسارِ مَنعُ المُحتاجِ

غرر الحكم/4/190

Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said: "The cause of the cessation of (one's) wealth is leaving the needy heedless."

Ghurar-ul-Hikam, vol. 4, p. 190

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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a.s.] said: "The Holy Prophet [p.b.u.h.] narrated from Allah, the Exalted, on the night of ascent, Who said: 'O' Ahmad, My love is the loving of the poor. Bring the poor nearer to yourself and situate them close to yourself in order that I approach you..."

Al-Hayat, vol. 2, p. 51

209- قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ (ع) :

مَن اَطعَمَ مُؤمِناً حَتّى يَشبِعَهُ لَم يَدرِ اَحَدٌ مِن خَلقِ الله مالَهُ مِنَ الأجرِ  فِي  الآخِرَة لا مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَلا نَبِيّ مُرسَـلٌ إلاّ اللّهُ رَبُّ العالَميـنَ. ثُـمَّ قالَ: مِن مُوجِباتِ المَغفِـرَة اِطعامُ المُسلِـمِ السَّغبانِ ثُمَّ تَلا قَـولَ الله عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:" اَو اِطعامٌ في يَـومٍ ذِي مَسغَبَةٍ * يَتِيماً ذا مَقرَبَةٍ * اَو مِسكِينًا ذا مَترَبَةٍ"

الكافي/2/201

Imam Sadiq [a.s.] said: "Whoever satiates a hungry believer so that the one is satisfied fully, neither a human being among people nor a near-stationed angel nor a divine Messenger knows how great his reward is in the Hereafter except Allah, the Lord of the Worlds." Then, he added: "Feeding a hungry Muslim is from among the means of forgiveness." After that he recited the word of Allah, Almighty and Glorious: "Or the feeding on a day of hunger, of an orphan near of kin, or to the indigent (down) in the dust." (Sura Balad, No. 90, verses 14 to 16).

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 201