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Hadith 230
Hadith #
230
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
4
Section
40
Part
The Book of Zakat
Chapter
Detestability of Over-Spending and Living in Austerity
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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10. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn Isma‘il ibn Bazi’ from Salih ibn ‘Uqbah from Sulayman ibn Salih who has said the following
“Once, I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘What is the minimum limit of excessive spending?’ The Imam replied, ‘It is when you give away your clothes that you need for protection, burning the leftovers in your cooking utensils, and eating dates and scattering the stones inside them here and there.’”
10ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ
قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَدْنَى مَا يَجِي‏ءُ مِنْ حَدِّ الإِسْرَافِ فَقَالَ ابْتِذَالُكَ ثَوْبَ صَوْنِكَ وَإِهْرَاقُكَ فَضْلَ إِنَائِكَ وَأَكْلُكَ التَّمْرَ وَرَمْيَكَ النَّوَى هَاهُنَا وَهَاهُنَا.
Tags Spending in God's Path

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