37ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): المُعتَدي في الصَّدقةِ كَمانِعِها .
37– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who gives excessive charity is as the one who withholds it.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16246]
38ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تَبذُلْ لإِخوانِكَ مِن نفسِكَ ما ضَرُّهُ علَيكَ أكثَرُ مِن مَنفَعَتِهِ لَهُم.
38– Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Do not give away of yourself to your brothers so much that the loss incurred by you supercedes the benefit to them.’[al-Kafi, v. 4, p. 33, no. 2]