Hawzah News Agency – Imam al-Sadiq peace be upon him says:

شابٌّ سَخِيٌّ مُرَهَّقٌ في الذُّنوبِ أحَبُّ إلى اللَّهِ عزّوجلّ مِن شَيخٍ عابِدٍ بَخيلٍ.

'A generous youth burdened by sins is more beloved to Allah than a worshipping but miserly old man.'

Source: Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 307, no. 34