سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ طَلَبُ الْحَوَائِجِ إِلَى النَّاسِ اسْتِلَابٌ لِلْعِزِّ وَ مَذْهَبَةٌ لِلْحَيَاءِ وَ الْيَأْسُ مِمَّا فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ عِزٌّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ فِي دِينِهِ وَ الطَّمَعُ هُوَ الْفَقْرُ الْحَاضِرُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Husayn Bin Abu Al A’ala, from Abdul A’ala Bin Ayn who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘Seeking the needs to the people would dispossession of the honour and the departing of the bashfulness; and placing no hope in what is in the hands of people is dignity for a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span> in his religion, and greed is poverty at hand’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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