The Excellence of Moderation
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 39
13ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ الرِّفْقُ نِصْفُ الْعَيْشِ وَمَا عَالَ امْرُؤٌ فِي اقْتِصَادِهِ.
13. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Hassan from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “I heard abu al-Hassan, Musa عليه السلام, say, ‘Easing off in spending is half of one’s sustenance, and with observance of moderation, one does not become poor.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/185)
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