The Distinguished ones
سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ خِيَارُكُمْ سُمَحَاؤُكُمْ وَ شِرَارُكُمْ بُخَلَاؤُكُمْ وَ مِنْ خَالِصِ الْإِيمَانِ الْبِرُّ بِالْإِخْوَانِ وَ السَّعْيُ فِي حَوَائِجِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ الْبَارَّ بِالْإِخْوَانِ لَيُحِبُّهُ الرَّحْمَنُ وَ فِي ذَلِكَ مَرْغَمَةٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَ تَزَحْزُحٌ عَنِ النِّيرَانِ وَ دُخُولُ الْجِنَانِ يَا جَمِيلُ أَخْبِرْ بِهَذَا غُرَرَ أَصْحَابِكَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَنْ غُرَرُ أَصْحَابِي قَالَ هُمُ الْبَارُّونَ بِالْإِخْوَانِ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَ الْيُسْرِ
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from the one who narrated it, from Jameel Bin Darraj who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘The best ones of you are your most generous ones, and your worst ones are the stingy ones; and from the sincerity of the faith is the righteousness with the brethren, and the striving regarding their needs; and the do-gooder with the brethren is Beloved to the Beneficent, and in that is the aversion for the Satan-la and a removal from the Fires, and entering into the Paradise. O Jameel! Inform this to the distinguished ones of your companions. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Who are the ‘غُرَرُ’ distinguished ones of my companions?’ He-asws said: ‘They are the do-gooders with the brethren during the hardships as well as the ease’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا جَمِيلُ أَمَا إِنَّ صَاحِبَ الْكَثِيرِ يَهُونُ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ مَدَحَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي ذَلِكَ صَاحِبَ الْقَلِيلِ فَقَالَ فِي كِتَابِهِ يُؤْثِرُونَ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ لَوْ كانَ بِهِمْ خَصاصَةٌ وَ مَنْ يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
‘Then he-asws said: ‘O Jameel! As for the owner of the plenty, that would be easy upon him, and Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Praised the owner of the little with regards to that, so He-azwj Said in His-azwj Book [59:9] and prefer (them) before themselves though poverty may afflict them, and whoever is preserved from the niggardliness of his soul, these it is that are the successful ones’.[1]
[1] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Zakat Ch 76 H 15