Sayings · Generosity surpasses kinship in prompting virtue

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

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Arabic text

٢٤٧. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): الْكَرَمُ أَعْطَفُ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ.

Original English translation

247. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Generosity is more prompting to good than regard for kinship.

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