11ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنّ للّهِ عِبادا اختَصَّهُم بالنِّعَمِ، يُقِرُّها فيهِم ما بَذَلوها للنّاسِ، فإذا مَنَعوها حَوَّلَها مِنهُم إلى غَيرِهِم.
11– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah has servants whom He has chosen for bounties. He establishes these in them as long as they distribute them to people, but if they withhold them [the bounties], He transfers them to other people.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 353, no. 62]
12ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن كَثُرَت نِعَمُ اللّهِ علَيهِ كَثُرَت حَوائجُ النّاسِ إلَيهِ، فمَن قامَ للّهِ فيها بما يَجِبُ فيها عَرَّضَها لِلدَّوامِ والبَقاءِ، ومَن لَم يَقُمْ فيها بما يَجِبُ عَرَّضَها لِلزَّوالِ والفَناءِ.
12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He upon whom the bounties of Allah are plenty, people’s needs from him increase accordingly. So, if he uses them for Allah in the way he must do so, He causes them to continue and remain. But if he does not use them in the way that he must, He will make them cease and perish.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 372]
13ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أقلُّ ما يَلزَمُكُم للّهِ إلّا تَستَعينوا بنِعَمهِ على مَعاصيهِ.
13– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The least of what you are obliged to do for Allah is to not use His bounties to commit acts of disobedience to Him.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 330]
14ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَدومُ النِّعَمُ إلّا بعدَ ثَلاثٍ (إلّا بثَلاثٍ): مَعرِفَةٌ بما يَلزَمُ للّهِ سبحانَهُ فيها، وأداءُ شُكرِها، والتَّعَبُ فيها.
14– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Bounties only remain when accompanied by three things: knowledge of what Allah has made incumbent with respect to them, fulfilment of thanks for them, and striving with them.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 318]
15ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن عَظُمَت نِعمَةُ اللّهِ علَيهِ اشتَدَّت مَؤونَةُ النّاسِ علَيهِ، فاستَديموا النِّعمَةَ باحتِمالِ المَؤونَةِ ولا تُعَرِّضوها لِلزَّوالِ، فقَلَّ مَن زالَتَ عَنهُ النِّعمَةُ فكادَت أن تَعودَ إلَيهِ .
15– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He upon whom are great bounties from Allah, people’s needs from him increase accordingly. So, seek continuity in your bounties through tolerating the provisions, and do not let them cease, for it is seldom that one’s bounties cease and return to him again.’[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 37, no. 1]
16ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَنِ اقتَصَدَ وقَنَعَ بَقِيَت علَيهِ النِّعمَةُ، ومَنبَذَّرَ وأسرَفَ زالَت عنهُالنِّعمَةُ .
16– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘He who economizes and is content, his bounties will stay, and he who wastes and squanders, his bounties cease to remain with him.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 327, no. 4]
17ـ الإمامُ الرِّضا (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): اِستِعمالُ العَدلِ والإحسانِ مُؤْذِنٌ بِدَوامِ النِّعمَةِ .
17– Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘Observing justice and benevolence invites the continuation of bounties.’[`Uyoun Akhbar al-Ridha (AS), v. 2, p. 24, no. 52]
