Hadith 84

(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ –
‘He-asws said: ‘(With) the riches in the strange land it is a homeland, and (with) the poverty in the homeland it is a strange land’’. [117]
And he-asws said: ‘The poverty mutes the intelligent from his argument, and the destitute is a stranger in his own city’’. [118]
And he-asws said: ‘The poverty is the greatest death’’. [119]
And he-asws said to his-asws son Muhammad: ‘O my-asws son! I-asws fear the poverty upon you, so seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from it, for the poverty (leads to) deficiency of the religion, and confusion for the intellect, caller to the hatred (by the people)’’. [120]
And he-asws said: ‘The chastity is an adornment of the poverty, and the thanks (appreciation) is an adornment of the riches’’. [121]
And he-asws said: ‘Indeed, and from the afflictions is the destitution, and severer than the destitution is sickness of the body, and severer than sickness of the body is sickness of the heart. Indeed! And form the bounties is vastness of the wealth, and superior to vastness of the wealth is health of the body, and superior to health of the body is strength of the hearth’’. [122]
And he-asws said: ‘The riches and the poverty are after the presentation to Allah-azwj the Glorious (on the Day of Qiyamah)’’. [123]