Answer to 5 questions

Shaqiq bin Ibrahim said: I asked five questions to seven hundred scholars and they all gave the same answer.

I asked who is wise?
They said: He who does not close his heart to the world.

I asked who is clever?
They said: The one who does not make the world proud.

I asked who is needless?
They said: He who gives satisfaction to the data.

I asked who is poor?
They said: He who is always thinking about increasing.

I asked who is stingy?
They said: He who does not give God’s right.

 Source: Keshkul Montazeri, vol. 2, p. 382.