sayingSelf-DisciplineSaying 53
“Generosity is that which is by one's own initiative because giving on being asked is either out of self- respect or to avoid rebuke.”
MEANING
Imam Ali (a.s.) points to a truth worth sitting with: generosity is that which is by one's own initiative because giving on being asked is either out of self- respect or to avoid rebuke.
TAKE THIS INTO YOUR DAY
Identify one desire today and refuse it for Allah's sake.
SOURCE
Saying 53 — Peak of Eloquence / Nahjul-Balagha (Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an ed.)
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