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1964. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The believer is naively noble and the stingy person is deceitfully treacherous."[3] (Da'if)
[1] One who reminds others of what he has given to them.
[2] See no. 290 of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim.
[3] See Aṣ-Ṣaḥīḥah no. 935 where is was graded Hasan due to other routes of narration.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb, we do not know of it except from this route.
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A true believer is simple and kind-hearted, therefore, liable to be deceived because of his gentlemanly belief in others. An evil person, on the other hand, is deceitful and cunning, and hence stingy and vile.