1447 - مَسؤولِيَّةُ الأغنِياءِ عَن جوعِ الفُقَراءِ

1447. THE RICH PEOPLE’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POOR PEOPLE’S HUNGER

4884.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ سبحانَهُ فَرَضَ في أموالِ الأغنياءِ أقواتَ الفُقَراءِ ، فما جاعَ فَقيرٌ إلّا بما مُتِّعَ بهِ غَنيٌّ ، واللَّهُ تعالى‏ سائلُهُم عن ذلكَ .¹

4884.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah, Glory be to Him, allotted the food provisions of the poor within the wealth of the rich, so no poor man goes hungry except as a result of what a rich man has denied him, and Allah, most High, will question him about that.’²

4885.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ علَى الأغنياءِ في أموالِهِم بقَدْرِ ما يَكفِي فُقَراءَهُم ، وإن جاعُوا وعَرُوا وجَهَدُوا فَبِمَنعِ الأغنياءِ ، وحَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أن يُحاسِبَهُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ ويُعذِّبَهُم علَيهِ .³

4885.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah made it obligatory on the rich in their wealth a proportion to what would also suffice the poor from among them, so if they go hungry or are naked or exhausted, it is only because of the rich people’s deprivation of them. And Allah has a right to take them to account for it on the Day of Resurrection and to punish them for it.’⁴

4886.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا وِزرَ أعظَمُ مِن وِزرِ غَنيٍّ مَنَعَ المُحتاجَ .⁵

4886.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘There is no burden greater than the burden that a rich person carries for depriving the needy.’⁶

1446 - مَن يُضاعَفُ لَهُ الأجرُ مِنَ الأغنِياءِ

1446. THE RICH PEOPLE WHOSE REWARD WILL BE DOUBLED

(وَما أمْوالُكُمْ وَلا أوْلادُكُمْ بِالَّتِي تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدَنا زُلْفَى‏ إلَّا مَنْ آمَنَ وَعَمِلَ صالِحاً فَأُولئِكَ لَهُمْ جَزاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِما عَمِلُوا وَهُمْ في الْغُرُفاتِ آمِنُونَ) .¹

“It is not your wealth, nor your children, that will bring you close to Us in nearness, except those who have faith and act righteously. It is they for whom there will be a twofold reward for what they did, and they will be secure in lofty abodes.”²

4883.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لَمّا ذَكَرَ رجُلٌ عندَهُ الأغنياءَ ووَقَعَ فيهِم - : اُسكُتْ ! فإنَّ الغَنيَّ إذا كانَ وَصُولاً لِرَحِمِهِ بارّاً بِإخوانِهِ ، أضعَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الأجرَ ضِعفَينِ ؛ لأنَّ اللَّهَ يقولُ : (وما أموالُكُم ولا أولادُكُم بالّتي تُقَرِّبُكُم عِندَنا زُلْفى‏ إلّا مَن آمَنَ وعَمِلَ صالِحاً فاُولئكَ لَهُم جَزاءُ الضِّعْفِ بِما عَمِلُوا وهُمْ في الغُرُفاتِ آمِنونَ ) الآية .³

4883. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when a man mentioned the rich people in his presence, defaming them, replied, ‘Be quiet! For verily if the rich man maintains relations with his kin and does good to his fellow brothers [with the aid of his riches], Allah doubles his reward for him, for Allah has said, “It is not your wealth, nor your children, that will bring you close to Us in nearness, except those who have faith and act righteously. It is they for whom there will be a twofold reward for what they did, and they will be secure in lofty abodes.”⁴