الإسرافِ Wasting

1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): وَيحَ المُسرِفِ ، ما أبعَدَهُ عن صَلاحِ نفسِهِ واستِدراكِ أمرِهِ !

1– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Woe betide the wasteful person, how far he is from self-improvement and from redressing his situation.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10092]
 

2ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): السَّرَفُ مَثواةٌ ، والقَصدُ مَثراةٌ.

2– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Wasting leads to stagnation [of wealth] whereas thriftiness causes it to thrive.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 192, no. 9]
 

3ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إعطاءُ المالِ في غَيرِ حَقِّهِ تَبذيرٌ وإسرافٌ .

3– Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The giving of wealth to an undeserving cause is squandering and wasting.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 126]
 

4ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في الدعاءِ ـ: وامنَعْني مِنَ السَّرَفِ ، وحَصِّنْ رِزقي مِن التَّلَفِ ، ووَفِّرْ مَلَكَتِي بالبَرَكَةِ فيهِ ، وأصِبْ بِي سَبيلَ الهِدايَةِ لِلبِرِّ فيما اُنفِقُ مِنهُ.

4– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in one of his supplications, '…hold me back from wastefulness, fortify my provision against ruin, increase my possessions through blessing them, and set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend of it.’[al-Sahifat al-Sajjadiyya, Supplication 20]