١٩٥. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام) وَقَدْ مَرَّ بِقَذَرٍ عَلَى مَزْبَلَةٍ: هَذَا مَا بَخِلَ بِهِ الْبَاخِلُونَ.

195. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, passed beside a dump of rubbish full of filth and remarked: This is what the misers used to be niggardly about.

وَرُوِيَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: هَذَا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَتَنَافَسُونَ فِيهِ بِالْأَمْسِ!

In another tradition it is related that he said: This is what you used to dispute with each other about until yesterday!

Nahj al-Balāgha

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