Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: Detestability of Over-Spending and Living in Austerity 2ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠ْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ أَبَانٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الأَوَّلَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ النَّفَقَةِ عَلَى الْعِيَالِ فَقَالَ ٠َكْرُوهَيْنِ الإِسْرَافِ وَالإِقْتَارِ. 2.

It is narrated from him (narrator of previous Hadith) from his father from Muhammad ibn ‘Ammar from ‘Abd Allah ibn Aban who has said the following: “Once I asked abu al-Hassan, the 1st (a.s.), about the expenses of one’s dependents. He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is between the two detestable limits: namely, excessive spending and severe austerity.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/186))