بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ الْمُحْتَكِرُ، إِنْ أَرْخَصَ اللَّهُ الْأَسْعَارَ، حَزِنَ، وَإِنْ أَغْلَاهَا، فَرِحَ
How blameworthy is the hoarder: when Allah makes prices low, he grieves; and when He makes them high, he rejoices.
Source: البيهقي
بِئْسَ is used for condemnation: “how blameworthy.” الْمُحْتَكِرُ is a hoarder who withholds needed goods in circumstances of public need to exploit higher prices. The narration exposes a distorted attitude: sadness when prices fall and happiness when they rise.
إِنْ أَرْخَصَ اللَّهُ الْأَسْعَارَ حَزِنَ is a conditional structure: “if prices fall, he grieves.” وَإِنْ أَغْلَاهَا فَرِحَ supplies the opposite condition and response. The two reactions expose selfishness.