Hawzah News Agency- Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Muhammad ibn Adam, from his father, via his chain of transmission, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh and his family) said:
يَا عَلِيُّ، لَا تُشَاوِرَنَّ جَبَانًا فَإِنَّهُ يُضَيِّقُ عَلَيْكَ الْمَخْرَجَ، وَلَا تُشَاوِرَنَّ الْبَخِيلَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْصُرُ بِكَ عَنْ غَايَتِكَ، وَلَا تُشَاوِرَنَّ حَرِيصًا فَإِنَّهُ يُزَيِّنُ لَكَ شَرَهًا. وَاعْلَمْ يَا عَلِيُّ أَنَّ الْجُبْنَ وَالْبُخْلَ وَالْحِرْصَ غَرِيزَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ يَجْمَعُهَا سُوءُ الظَّنِّ.
O Ali! Never consult a coward, for he will narrow your way out of a situation. Never consult a miser, for he will hold you back from your goal. And never consult a greedy person, for he will beautify voracity (excessive desire) to you.
Know, O Ali, that cowardice, stinginess, and greed are fundamentally a single instinct, brought together by a lack of trust [in Allah].
Al-Khisal,Book 3,Hadith 57
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