Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْجَا٠ُورَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ِنِ عَشَرَةُ أَقْ٠ِصَةٍ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ عِشْرُونَ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ قُلْتُ ثَلَاثُونَ قَالَ نَعَ٠ِنَ السَّرَفِ إِنَّ٠َا السَّرَفُ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ ثَوْبَ صَوْنِكَ ثَوْبَ بِذْلَتِكَ.

This is not profligacy and lavishness. Profligacy is when you make your dress to maintain your dignity the cloth of your disgraceful condition.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/316))