The Personal Reasons for Poverty in the View of Quran and Hadith

Islam regards human›s life in welfare and peace their natural right and combats any obstacle that comes on the way to reach this goal. Hence, it gives its followers teachings, doing wich will lead them to such a life accompanied by mental and physical health. «Poverty» is among the negative phenomena that is considered a threat for the human life. Economic schools have proposed various ways to fight it. However, they have not managed to remove it from human›s life. On the other hand, Quran as the most complete Holy Book and the 14 Impeccables as Quran›s interpreters and analyzers, explicate the reasons of this sinister phenomenon as an unfavorable happening. In this article, the various personal and individual reasons of poverty extracted from Quranic verses and Hadiths have been put forth; among them are lethargy, idleness, mismanagement and lack of planning, admonishing and blaming the world, wasting, betraying others› deposits, sins, unthankfulness to Allah, and poverty pretension. In this article, ‹poverty› is defined as destitution and disability to obviate one›s basic needs in order to create a life in welfare and tranquility. The method used in this article is descriptive-analytical.