Sayings · Misers' niggardly disputes over worthless possessions

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

١٩٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام) وَقَدْ مَرَّ بِقَذَرٍ عَلَى مَزْبَلَةٍ: هَذَا مَا بَخِلَ بِهِ الْبَاخِلُونَ.

Original English translation

195. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, passed beside a dump of rubbish full of filth and remarked: This is what the misers used to be niggardly about.

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