ما لا يُعَدُّ مِنَ الإسرافِ That Which is Not Counted As Waste

10ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لا خَيرَ في السَّرَفِ ، ولا سَرَفَ في الخَيرِ .

10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is nothing of good to be found in waste, and nothing of waste to be found in good.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 165, no. 2]
 

11ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لَيسَ‏فيما أصلَحَ‏البَدَنَ إسرافٌ... إنّما الإسرافُ فيما أتلَفَ المالَ وأضَرَّ بالبَدَنِ.

11– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There is no waste in anything that improves the body…rather waste is found in all that squanders away wealth and harms the body.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 303, no. 6]
 

12ـ الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ وقد سُئلَ عَن عَشَرَةِ أقْمِصَةٍ هَل ذلكَ مِنَ السَّرَفِ ـ: لا ، ولكن ذلكَ أبقى لِثِيابِهِ ، ولكنَّ السَّرَفَ أن تَلبَسَ ثَوبَ صَونِكَ في المكانِ القَذِرِ .

12– Imam al-Kazim (AS), when asked about whether owning ten shirts was considered a waste, replied, 'No, and in fact that is more conducive to longer wear of your clothes. Waste is when you wear your formal finery to unclean places [as casual wear].’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 317, no. 1]