The Virtue of Moderation

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 17

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

The Virtue of Moderation

2 hadiths · 1 commentary

Hadith #1

وَ قَالَ أَبُو اَلْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَا عَالَ اِمْرُؤٌ فِي اِقْتِصَادٍ ».

Abu al-Hasan Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim said: "A person who practices moderation will never face poverty.

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh

Hadith #2

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «ضَمِنْتُ لِمَنِ اِقْتَصَدَ أَنْ لاَ يَفْتَقِرَ ».

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq said: "I guarantee for the one who practices moderation that they will not face poverty."

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh

Commentary #1

وقال الله عز وجل: " يسألونك ماذا ينفقون قل العفو " والعفو الوسط. وقال الله عز وجل: " والذين إذا أنفقوا لم يسرفوا ولم يقتروا وكان بين ذلك قواما " والقوام الوسط.

Allah , the Glorified and Exalted, said: "They ask you what they should spend. Say: 'What is surplus.'" (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:219) – and 'surplus' refers to moderation. And Allah , the Glorified and Exalted, also said: "And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor miserly, but keep to a balance between those extremes." (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:67) – 'balance' refers to moderation.