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LIKENESS OF A MISER AND A GENEROUS PERSON

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“The case of a miser and a generous person is similar to that of two people clad in steel armor from their chest up to their collar bone. When the generous person spends, his armor expands until it covers his fingers and his toes. When the miser concedes to spend something, every link of the armor sinks into his flesh. He tries to loosen it, but it does not become loose.”

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.