Ja`far b. al-Husayn narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ja`far b. Batta narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from `Abdullah b. Muskan from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq . He said:

The most deserving of people to hope that the people become rich are the poor, because if the people become rich, then they will become needless of their wealth [and they would give it out more freely]. The most deserving of people to hope that the people become rectified are those with flaws, because if they become rectified, they will stop following up on their flaws. The most deserving of people to hope that the people become forbearing are the fools who need to be pardoned for their foolishness. However, the poor hope for the people to become poor, those with flaws hope that the people become flawed, and the fools hope that the people become foolish; even though poverty brings about stinginess, flaws cause people to find flaws in others, and foolishness brings about the sins.