1715 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ أَبِي قُرَّةَ اَلسَّمَنْدِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَ تَدْرِي مَنِ اَلشَّحِيحُ» قُلْتُ هُوَ اَلْبَخِيلُ فَقَالَ «اَلشُّحُّ أَشَدُّ مِنَ اَلْبُخْلِ إِنَّ اَلْبَخِيلَ يَبْخَلُ بِمَا فِي يَدِهِ وَ اَلشَّحِيحَ يَشُحُّ بِمَا فِي أَيْدِي اَلنَّاسِ وَ عَلَى مَا فِي يَدِهِ حَتَّى لاَ يَرَى فِي أَيْدِي اَلنَّاسِ شَيْئاً إِلاَّ تَمَنَّى أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ بِالْحِلِّ وَ اَلْحَرَامِ وَ لاَ يَقْنَعُ بِمَا رَزَقَهُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ».
Hadith.1715 - It is narrated from Al-Fadl ibn Abi Qurrah Al-Samandi that he said:
Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq 
said to me:
"Do you know who the miser is?"
I said: "The miser is the stingy person."
He replied: "Miserliness (shuhh) is more severe than stinginess (bukhl). A stingy person withholds what is in his hand, but a miser is protective over what is in the hands of others and also over what is in his own hand. He does not see anything in the possession of others except that he wishes it were his, whether by lawful or unlawful means. Moreover, he is not content with what Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, has provided him."
