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From him, from Nuh Bin Shuayb, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , said, ‘I asked him -asws about the man affluent man taking many clothes, new ones, and the pallium, and an abundance of shirts making each other last longer, beautifying by these, would he happen to be an extravagant?’ He -asws said: ‘No, because Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Saying [65:7] Let him who has abundance spend out of his abundance ’.
[47] APPENDIX I: Esoteric Meanings of Israf: قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنْفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ {53} Say: ‘O My servants, those who have been extravagant upon themselves! Do not despair from Mercy of Allah, surely Allah Forgives the sins altogether.
Surely, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful [39:53] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكاً قَالَ يَعْنِي بِهِ وَلَايَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Salma Bin Al Khattab, from Al-Husayn Bin Abdul Rahman, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [20:124] And whoever ignores My Guidance will live a woeful life .
He -asws said: ‘It Means ignoring the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen -asws ’. قُلْتُ وَ نَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ أَعْمى قَالَ يَعْنِي أَعْمَى الْبَصَرِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَعْمَى الْقَلْبِ فِي الدُّنْيَا عَنْ وَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ وَ هُوَ مُتَحَيِّرٌ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِي أَعْمى وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ بَصِيراً قالَ كَذلِكَ أَتَتْكَ آياتُنا فَنَسِيتَها قَالَ الْآيَاتُ الْأَئِمَّةُ ( عليهم السلام ) فَنَسِيتَها وَ كَذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنْسى يَعْنِي تَرَكْتَهَا وَ كَذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُتْرَكُ فِي النَّارِ كَمَا تَرَكْتَ الْأَئِمَّةَ ( عليهم السلام ) فَلَمْ تُطِعْ أَمْرَهُمْ وَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ قَوْلَهُمْ I said, ‘ and We will Resurrect him on the Day of Judgement, blind ?’ He -asws said: ‘It Means blind of vision in the Hereafter, and blind of the heart in the world from the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen -asws .
And he would be confused on the Day of Judgment [20:125] He shall say: Lord!
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