Kathir ibn 'Ubayd said, "I visited 'A'isha, the Umm al-Mu'minin,
may Allah be pleased with her. She said, 'Wait until I sew up my garment.'
So I waited and said, 'Umm al-Mu'minin, when I go out, I will tell them
that your enemy is miserliness.' She said, 'Look to your own business.
There are no new clothes for anyone who does not wear shabby clothes.'"
Sa'id al-Maqburi reported from his father that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of avarice.
It destroyed those before you. They shed one another's blood and broke
off relations with their relatives. Injustice will appear as darkness on
the Day of Rising."
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ، وَيُعْطِي عَلَيْهِ مَا لاَ يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ.
'Abdullah ibn Mughaffal reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "Allah is compassionate and loves compassion.
He gives for compassion what He goes not give for harshness."
'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, said, "I was on a camel
which was somewhat intractable and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, remarked, 'You must be compassionate. Whenever there is
compassion in something, it adorns it, and when it is removed from something
it disgraces it."
