The Excellence of Moderation
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 39
11ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مَرْوَكِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ إِذَا جَادَ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَجُودُوا وَإِذَا أَمْسَكَ عَنْكُمْ فَأَمْسِكُوا وَلا تُجَاوِدُوا الله فَهُوَ الأَجْوَدُ.
11. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Marwak ibn ‘Ubayd from Rifa’ah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said that when Allah, the most Blessed, the most High, gives to you generously, be generous to yourselves; when He withholds, you should also do so, but do not try to surpass Him; He is more generous than you are.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/185)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 55