Did I -azwj not Command you with the righteousness?
Did I -azwj not Command you with the righteousness?” Then He -azwj Says: And those, when they spend, are not being extravagant and are not stingy, and are moderate between that [25:67] ; and a man who did have wealth for him, but he lent it without any evidence, so He -azwj would Say to him: “Did I -azwj not Command you with the witnessing?’ [14] Moderation in Spending: وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامًا {67} And those, when they spend, are not being extravagant and are not stingy, and are moderate between that [25:67] وعنه: عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن محمد بن علي، عن محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الحسن (عليه السلام) في قوله عز و جل: وَ كانَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ قَواماً، قال: «القوام هو المعروف، عَلَى الْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُ وَ عَلَى الْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُ على قدر عياله، و مؤنتهم التي هي صلاح له و لهم و لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا ما آتاها».
And from him, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan -asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: and are moderate between that [25:67] , he -asws said: ‘The moderate – It is the reasonable: the affluent is in accordance to him, and upon the (financially) straitened is in accordance to him [2:236] – in accordance with his dependants. And their provision is that which is correct for him and for them.
And Allah does not Encumber a soul except what He has Given it [65:7] ’. [15] عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: «قوله: وَ الَّذِينَ إِذا أَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَ لَمْ يَقْتُرُوا إذا أسرفوا سيئة، و أقتروا سيئة، وَ كانَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ قَواماً حسنة، فعليك بالحسنة بين السيئتين». From Jabir, from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘His -azwj Words: And those, when they spend, are not being extravagant and are not stingy [25:67] .
When they are extravagant it is an evil deed, and (when they are) stingy it is an evil deed, and are moderate between that [25:67] – is a good (deed). So, it is upon you to do good deeds (and be) between the two evil ones’. [16] وعنه: عن عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن عمرو، عن عبد الله بن أبان، قال: سألت أبا الحسن الأول (عليه السلام) عن النفقة على العيال، فقال: «ما بين المكروهين: الإسراف، و الإقتار».