Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: The Excellence of Moderation َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ْرُؤٌ فِي اقْتِصَادٍ. 9.

Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn Ali from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), once said, ‘With moderation, one does not suffer poverty.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/184))