Hadith on Wasting
12 sayings
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Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Woe betide the wasteful person, how far he is from self-improvement and from redressing his situation.
Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 10092; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 985 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Wasting leads to stagnation [of wealth] whereas thriftiness causes it to thrive.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 192, no. 9; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 985 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The giving of wealth to an undeserving cause is squandering and wasting.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 126; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 985 · permalink
Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in one of his supplications, ' hold me back from wastefulness, fortify my provision against ruin, increase my possessions through blessing them, and set me upon the path of guidance through piety in what I spend of it.
al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, Supplication 20; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 985 · permalink
There are four characteristics distinguishing a wasteful person: pride in his wrongdoing, eating that which does not belong to him, refraining from acts of courtesy, and refusal to acknowledge anyone who is of no use to him.
Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, no. 22; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 985 · permalink
Im?m Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-S?diq (a.s.), was once asked by Isq b. `Aammar, 'Can a believer own ten shirts?' To which he replied, 'Yes.' 'What about twenty?' to which he replied, 'Yes. And no, that would not be wasting, for indeed wasting is when you wear your formal finery as casual wear at home.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 317, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 986 · permalink
The lowest degree of wastefulness is to spill out the remains of a container [instead of finishing it], to wear one's formal finery as casual wear at home, and to throw away fruit pits.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 303, no. 7; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 986 · permalink
There is nothing of good to be found in waste, and nothing of waste to be found in good.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 77, p. 165, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 986 · permalink
There is no waste in anything that improves the body rather waste is found in all that squanders away wealth and harms the body.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 75, p. 303, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 987 · permalink
Generosity has a set limit, and if taken to extremes becomes squandering.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 69, p. 407, no. 115; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 986 · permalink
Eating anything and everything that one desires is wasting.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 7366; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 986 · permalink
Im?m M?s? ibn Ja'far al-K??im (a.s.), when asked about whether owning ten shirts was considered a waste, replied, 'No, and in fact that is more conducive to longer wear of your clothes. Waste is when you wear your formal finery to unclean places [as casual wear].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 79, p. 317, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 987 · permalink