Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Extravagance

Volume 1 23 narrations
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hadith 4351
Imam Ali (AS) said, Extravagance is blameworthy in everything except in doing good deeds.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلإسْرافُ مَذْمُومٌ في كُلِّ شَيْء إلاّ في أفْعالِ الخَيْرِ
Tags Spending in God's PathGood Deeds
hadith 4352
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily giving this wealth where it has no right to be given is wastefulness and extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ألا وَ إنَّ إعْطاءَ هذا المالِ في غَيرِ حَقِّهِ تَبْذيرٌ وَ إسْرافٌ
Tags Spending in God's PathWealth/Materialism
hadith 4353
Imam Ali (AS) said, The ugliest [form of] giving is extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أقْبَحُ البَذْلِ السَّرَفُ
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hadith 4354
Imam Ali (AS) said, The refusal of the economizer is better than the granting of the extravagant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ مَنْعَ المُقْتَصِدِ أحْسَنُ مِنْ عَطاءِ المُبَذِّرِ
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hadith 4355
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the withholding of preserver is more graceful than the giving of the squanderer.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ إمْساكَ الحافِظِ أجْمَلُ مِنْ بَذلِ المُضَيِّعِ
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hadith 4356
Imam Ali (AS) said, Extravagance wipes out the plentiful.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلإسْرافُ يُفْنِى الجَزيلَ
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hadith 4357
Imam Ali (AS) said, Extravagance depletes the abundant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلإسْرافُ يُفْنِي الكَثيرَ
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hadith 4358
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wastefulness is the symbol [and cause] of poverty.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلتَّبْذيرُ عُنْوانُ الفاقَةِ
Tags Spending in God's PathThe Poor and Needy
hadith 4359
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wastefulness is a penniless companion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلتَّبْذيرُ قَرينٌ مُفْلِسٌ
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hadith 4360
Imam Ali (AS) said, Abandon extravagance by economizing, and recall [your] tomorrow today.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذَرِ الإسْرافَ مُقْتَصِداً وَ اذْكُرْ فِي اليَوْمِ غَداً
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hadith 4361
Imam Ali (AS) said, Eschew extravagance, for neither is the generosity of the extravagant praised nor is his indigence sympathized [with].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ذَرِ السَّرَفَ فَإنَّ المُسْرِفَ لا يُحْمَدُ جُودُهُ وَ لا يُرْحَمُ فَقْرُهُ
Tags Spending in God's PathGenerosity
hadith 4362
Imam Ali (AS) said, The cause of poverty is extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : سَبَبُ الفَقْرِ الإسْرافُ
Tags Spending in God's PathThe Poor and Needy
hadith 4363
Imam Ali (AS) said, You must abandon wastefulness and extravagance, and adopt the qualities of justice and equity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلَيْكَ بِتَرْكِ التَّبْذيرِ وَالإسْرافِ وَالتَّخَلُّقِ بِالعَدْلِ والإنْصافِ
Tags Spending in God's PathJustice
hadith 4364
Imam Ali (AS) said, Extravagance is censured in everything except in performance of virtuous acts and excessiveness in obedience [and worship of Allah].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في كُلِّ شَيْء يُذَمُّ السَّرَفُ إلاّ في صَنايِعِ المَعْرُوفِ وَ المُبالَغَةُ فيِ الطَّاعَةِ
Tags Spending in God's PathGood Deeds
hadith 4365
Imam Ali (AS) said, Then shun extravagance by economizing, and recall today [what you will need] tomorrow; hold on to wealth [only] to the extent of your necessity and send forth the surplus for the day when you will need it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَدَعِ الإسْرافَ مُقْتَصِداً وَ اذْكُرْ فِي اليَوْمِ غَداً وَ أمْسِكْ مِنَ المالِ بِقَدْرِ ضَرُورَتِكَ وَقَدِّمِ الفَضْلَ لِيَوْمِ حاجَتِكَ
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hadith 4366
Imam Ali (AS) said, Wastefulness is enough of an extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَفى بِالتَّبْذيرِ سَرَفاً
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hadith 4367
Imam Ali (AS) said, Too much extravagance destroys.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَثْرَةُ السَّرَفِ تُدَمِّرُ
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hadith 4368
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no honour in extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَيْسَ في سَرَف شَرَفٌ
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hadith 4369
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who takes pride in wastefulness will be humiliated by indigence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنِ افْتَخَرَ بِالتَّبْذيرِ اِحْتَقَرَ بِالإفْلاسِ
Tags Spending in God's PathBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)
hadith 4370
Imam Ali (AS) said, That which is above sufficiency is extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ما فَوْقَ الكَفافِ إسْرافٌ
Tags Spending in God's PathContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 4371
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no ignorance like wastefulness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاجَهْلَ كَالتَّبْذيرِ
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hadith 4372
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no affluence with extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا غِنى مَعَ إسْراف
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hadith 4373
Imam Ali (AS) said, Woe be to the extravagant! How far he is from reforming himself and setting right his affair!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : وَيْحَ المُسْرِفِ ما أبْعَدَهُ عَنْ صَلاحِ نَفْسِهِ وَاِسْتِدْراكِ أمْرِهِ
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