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5ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أمّا علامةُ المُسرِفِ فأربَعةٌ: الفَخرُ بالباطِلِ ، ويَأكُلُ ما لَيسَ عِندَهُ ، ويَزهَدُ في اصطِناعِ المَعروفِ ، ويُنكِرُ مَن لا يَنتَفِعُ بِشَيءٍ مِنهُ . |
| 5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There are four characteristics distinguishing a wasteful person: pride in his wrongdoing, eating that which does not belong to him, refraining from acts of courtesy, and refusal to acknowledge anyone who is of no use to him.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 22] |
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6ـ عن إسحاق بنِ عَمّارٍ: قلتُ لأبي عبدِاللّهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يكونُ للمؤمِنِ عَشرَةُ أقْمِصَةٍ؟ قالَ: نَعَم ، قلتُ: وَعِشرينَ ؟ قالَ: نَعَم ، وليسَ ذلكَ مِنَ السَّرَفِ ، إنّما السَّرَفُ أن تَجعَلَ ثَوبَ صَونِكَ ثَوبَ بِذْلَتِكَ. |
| 6– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once asked by Isq b. `Aammar, 'Can a believer own ten shirts?’ To which he replied, 'Yes.’ 'What about twenty?' to which he replied, 'Yes. And no, that would not be wasting, for indeed wasting is when you wear your formal finery as casual wear at home.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 317, no. 1] |
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7ـ الإمامُ العسكريُّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ للسَّخاءِ مِقداراً ، فإن زادَ علَيهِ فهُو سَرَفٌ. |
| 7– Imam al-`Aaskari (AS) said, 'Generosity has a set limit, and if taken to extremes becomes squandering.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 407, no. 115] |
