Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: The Excellence of Moderation ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ الرِّفْقُ نِصْفُ الْعَيْشِ وَ٠ْرُؤٌ فِي اقْتِصَادِهِ. 13.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Hassan from Musa ibn Bakr who has said the following: “I heard abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), say, ‘Easing off in spending is half of one’s sustenance, and with observance of moderation, one does not become poor.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/185))