The miser is a treasurer for his heirs
الْبَخِيلُ خَازِنٌ لِوَرَثَتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess with what is available [in one’s possession] is thinking negatively of God
الْبُخْلُ بِالْمَوْجُودِ سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بِالْمَعْبُودِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Greed, gluttony and stinginess are the result of ignorance
الْحِرْصُ وَالشَّرَهُ وَالْبُخْلُ نَتِيجَةُ الْجَهْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Cowardice, greediness and stinginess are evil characteristics that are brought together by thinking ill of Allah, the Glorified
الْجُبْنُ وَالْحِرْصُ وَالْبُخْلُ غَرَائِزُ سَوْءٍ يَجْمَعُهَا سُوءُ الظَّنِّ بِاللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser is stingy towards himself with little of his worldly possessions and leaves all the rest for his heirs
الْبَخِيلُ يَبْخَلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالْيَسِيرِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ وَيَسْمَحُ لِوُرَّاثِهِ بِكُلِّهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser gives up of more of his honour than what he holds of his possessions and loses multiple times more of his religion than what he saves of his property
الْبَخِيلُ يَسْمَحُ مِنْ عِرْضِهِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا أَمْسَكَ مِنْ عَرَضِهِ وَيُضَيِّعُ مِنْ دِينِهِ أَضْعَافَ مَا حَفِظَ مِنْ نَشَبِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Four things disgrace a man: miserliness, dishonesty, voraciousness and bad manners
أَرْبَعٌ تَشِينُ الرَّجُلَ الْبُخْلُ وَالْكِذْبُ وَالشَّرَهُ وَسُوءُ الْخُلُقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The farthest of creatures from Allah, the Exalted, is the wealthy miser
أَبْعَدُ الْخَلَائِقِ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى الْبَخِيلُ الْغَنِيُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The bane of moderation is stinginess
آفَةُ الِاقْتِصَادِ الْبُخْلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst trait is stinginess
بِئْسَ الْخَلِيقَةُ الْبُخْلُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Keep away from miserliness and hypocrisy, for these two are from the most reprehensible qualities
تَجَنَّبُوا الْبُخْلَ وَالنِّفَاقَ فَهُمَا مِنْ أَذَمِّ الْأَخْلَاقِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is stingy to himself with his wealth is not successful and leaves behind his possessions for others
لَمْ يُوَفَّقْ مَنْ بَخِلَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِخَيْرِهِ وَخَلَّفَ مَالَهُ لِغَيْرِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is miserly with that which he does not [even] possess, has exceeded in meanness
مَنْ بَخِلَ بِمَا لَا يَمْلِكُهُ فَقَدْ بَالَغَ فِي الرَّذِيلَةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who does not let go [of his wealth] while he is praised will have to leave [it] while he is vilified
مَنْ لَمْ يَدَعْ وَهُوَ مَحْمُودٌ يَدَعْ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who does not forward his wealth for his Hereafter while he is [sure to be] rewarded [for it], leaves it behind while he is sinful
مَنْ لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ مَالَهُ لِآخِرَتِهِ وَهُوَ مَأْجُورٌ خَلَّفَهُ وَهُوَ مَأْثُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is stingy to the one who needs what he possesses, Allah’s wrath upon him increases
مَنْ بَخِلَ عَلَى الْمُحْتَاجِ بِمَا لَدَيْهِ كَثُرَ سَخَطُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
It is from bad character to be stingy and abusive in demanding your right
مِنْ سُوءِ الْخُلُقِ الْبُخْلُ وَسُوءُ التَّقَاضِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Avarice is one of the most revolting traits
مِنْ أَقْبَحِ الْخَلَائِقِ الشُّحُّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How revolting is stinginess with affluence!
مَا أَقْبَحَ الْبُخْلَ مَعَ الْإِكْثَارِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How revolting is stinginess by those who possess nobility
مَا أَقْبَحَ الْبُخْلَ بِذَوِي النُّبْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is stingy with his favours has not fastened his faith [and made it firm]
مَا عَقَدَ إِيمَانَهُ مَنْ بَخِلَ بِإِحْسَانِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing brings down the wrath of Allah like stinginess
مَا اجْتُلِبَ سَخَطُ اللَّهِ بِمِثْلِ الْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
He who is stingy with his favours is not intelligent
مَا عَقَلَ مَنْ بَخِلَ بِإِحْسَانِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Woe to the miser who hastens towards the poverty which has fled from him and abandons the wealth that has sought him
وَيْحَ الْبَخِيلِ الْمُتَعَجِّلِ الْفَقْرَ الَّذِي مِنْهُ هَرَبَ وَالتَّارِكِ الْغِنَى الَّذِي إِيَّاهُ طَلَبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no evil trait worse than avarice
لَا سَوْءَةَ أَسْوَأُ مِنَ الشُّحِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no evil trait worse than stinginess
لَا سَوْأَةَ أَسْوَأُ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser always comes up with excuses and pretexts
الْبَخِيلُ مُتَحَجِّجٌ بِالْمَعَاذِيرِ وَالتَّعَالِيلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Making too many excuses is a sign of stinginess
كَثْرَةُ التَّعَلُّلِ آيَةُ الْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The avaricious has no friend
لَيْسَ لِشَحِيحٍ رَفِيقٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The miser has no close friend
لَيْسَ لِبَخِيلٍ حَبِيبٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you were to see stinginess in the form of a man, you would have surely seen an ugly, disfigured person
لَوْ رَأَيْتُمُ الْبُخْلَ رَجُلًا لَرَأَيْتُمُوهُ شَخْصاً مُشَوَّهاً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
If you were to see stinginess in the form of a man, you would have surely seen a disfigured person, from whom every eye would look away and every heart would turn away
لَوْ رَأَيْتُمُ الْبُخْلَ رَجُلًا لَرَأَيْتُمُوهُ مُشَوَّهاً يُغَضُّ عَنْهُ كُلُّ بَصَرٍ وَيَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ كُلُّ قَلْبٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who persists in avarice is deprived of [sincere] advisers
مَنْ لَزِمَ الشُّحَّ عَدِمَ النَّصِيحَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever is miserly with himself is more miserly with others
مَنْ بَخِلَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ كَانَ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ أَبْخَلَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The honourable do not flee from death the way they flee from stinginess and the company of the wicked
مَا فِرَارُ الْكِرَامِ مِنَ الْحِمَامِ كَفِرَارِهِمْ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ وَمُقَارَنَةِ اللِّئَامِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no magnanimity in a miser
لَا مُرُوَّةَ لِبَخِيلٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The vile one is recognized by [his] evil action, ugly character and blameworthy miserliness
يُسْتَدَلُّ عَلَى اللَّئِيمِ بِسُوءِ الْفِعْلِ وَقُبْحِ الْخُلُقِ وَذَمِيمِ الْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The miser is dispraised, the envious is disheartened
الْبَخِيلُ مَذْمُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess degrades its possessor
الْبُخْلُ يُزْرِي
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess degrades its possessor
الْبُخْلُ يُزْرِي بِصَاحِبِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess earns condemnation
الْبُخْلُ يَكْسِبُ الذَّمَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser is always disgraced
الْبَخِيلُ أَبَداً ذَلِيلٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess humiliates its possessor and elevates the one who turns away from it
الْبُخْلُ يُذِلُّ مُصَاحِبَهُ وَيُعِزُّ مُجَانِبَهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser is abased among those who are dear to him
الْبَخِيلُ ذَلِيلٌ بَيْنَ أَعِزَّتِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess earns dishonor and makes one enter hellfire
الْبُخْلُ يَكْسِبُ الْعَارَ وَيُدْخِلُ النَّارَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser is rebuked in this world, and punished and chastised in the Hereafter
الْبَاخِلُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَذْمُومٌ وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ مُعَذَّبٌ مَلُومٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
I bid you not to adorn yourself with stinginess, for it will disparage you near those who are close to you and will make your hated by your relatives
إِيَّاكَ وَالتَّحَلِّيَ بِالْبُخْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يُزْرِي بِكَ عِنْدَ الْقَرِيبِ [الْغَرِيبِ] وَيُمَقِّتُكَ إِلَى النَّسِيبِ [إِلَى الْقَرِيبِ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who is stingy with his wealth is abased
مَنْ بَخِلَ بِمَالِهِ ذَلَّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Nothing debases the self like greed and nothing disgraces [one’s] honour like stinginess
مَا أَذَلَّ النَّفْسَ كَالْحِرْصِ وَلَا شَانَ الْعِرْضَ كَالْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess is [a form of] poverty
الْبُخْلُ فَقْرٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
A miser hastens poverty
الْبَخِيلُ مُتَعَجِّلُ الْفَقْرِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess is one of the two forms of poverty
الْبُخْلُ أَحَدُ الْفَقْرَيْنِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
I bid you to refrain from avarice, for it is the garment of indigence and the bridle that is used to drive one towards every [type of] vileness
إِيَّاكَ وَالشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ جِلْبَابُ الْمَسْكَنَةِ وَزِمَامٌ يُعَادُ بِهِ إِلَى كُلِّ دَنَاءَةٍ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not be stingy by acting tightfistedly; and do not waste by acting extravagantly
لَا تَبْخَلْ فَتُقَتِّرَ وَلَا تُسْرِفْ فَتُفْرِطَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Do not include a miser in your consultation as he will turn you away from the goal and frighten you with poverty
لَا تُدْخِلَنَّ فِي مَشُورَتِكَ بَخِيلًا فَيَعْدِلَ بِكَ عَنِ الْقَصْدِ وَيَعِدَكَ الْفَقْرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who withholds his hand out of fear of poverty has [actually] hastened poverty
مَنْ قَبَضَ يَدَهُ مَخَافَةَ الْفَقْرِ فَقَدْ تَعَجَّلَ الْفَقْرَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Avarice leads to vilification
الشُّحُّ مَسَبَّةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Avarice earns vilification
الشُّحُّ يَكْسِبُ الْمَسَبَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of stinginess, for it is ignobility and [leads to] vilification
احْذَرُوا الْبُخْلَ فَإِنَّهُ لُؤْمٌ وَمَسَبَّةٌ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Through stinginess, vilification increases
بِالْبُخْلِ تَكْثُرُ الْمَسَبَّةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
In avarice there is vilification (and dishonour)
فِي الشُّحِّ الْمَسَبَّةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Excessive avarice leads to vilification
كَثْرَةُ الشُّحِّ تُوجِبُ الْمَسَبَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no vilification like avarice
لَا مَسَبَّةَ كَالشُّحِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess gives rise to hatred
الْبُخْلُ يُوجِبُ الْبَغْضَاءَ [ينتج]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who prevents righteousness is deprived of gratitude
مَنْ مَنَعَ بِرّاً مُنِعَ شُكْراً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Be wary of avarice, for verily it brings hate, tarnishes [one’s] good qualities and exposes [one’s] faults
احْذَرُوا الشُّحَّ فَإِنَّهُ يَكْسِبُ الْمَقْتَ وَيَشِينُ الْمَحَاسِنَ وَيُشِيعُ الْعُيُوبَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
I bid you to refrain from stinginess, for the miser is hated by strangers and shunned by those who are close to him
إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْبُخْلَ فَإِنَّ الْبَخِيلَ يَمْقَتُهُ الْغَرِيبُ وَيَنْفُرُ مِنْهُ الْقَرِيبُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Excessive avarice sullies chivalry and spoils brotherhood
زِيَادَةُ الشُّحِّ تَشِينُ الْفُتُوَّةَ وَتُفْسِدُ الْأُخُوَّةَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Holding back your kindness invites [your companions] to accompany someone other than you
مَنْعُ خَيْرِكَ يَدْعُو إِلَى صُحْبَةِ غَيْرِكَ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
There is no alienation like avarice
لَا غُرْبَةَ كَالشُّحِّ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Stinginess in spending from one’s wealth that which Allah, the Glorified, has made obligatory, is the worst type of stinginess
الْبُخْلُ بِإِخْرَاجِ مَا افْتَرَضَهُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ أَقْبَحُ الْبُخْلِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The worst stinginess is withholding money from those who deserve it
أَقْبَحُ الْبُخْلِ مَنْعُ الْأَمْوَالِ مِنْ مُسْتَحَقِّهَا
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most miserly with his possessions is the most generous with his honour
أَبْخَلُ النَّاسِ بِعَرَضِهِ [بقرضه] أَسْخَاهُمْ بِعِرْضِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most miserly of people is the only who is stingy with his Salām.
أَبْخَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ بَخِلَ بِالسَّلَامِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The most miserly of all people is the one who is stingy to himself with his wealth, and [eventually] leaves it behind for his heirs
أَبْخَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ بَخِلَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِمَالِهِ وَخَلَّفَهُ لِوُرَّاثِهِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech