Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 1
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 1
Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
وَ سَأَلَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: عَنْ أَدْنَى اَلْإِسْرَافِ فَقَالَ "ثَوْبُ صَوْنِكَ تَبْتَذِلُهُ وَ فَضْلُ اَلْإِنَاءِ تُهَرِيقُهُ وَ قَذْفُكَ اَلنَّوَى هَكَذَا وَ هَكَذَا".
Ishaq ibn Ammar asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about the least form of extravagance. Imam عليه السلام replied: "Wearing your garment of dignity for ordinary tasks, spilling the excess of what is in your vessel, and carelessly throwing away date pits like this and that."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 212