[1] Modesty in Spending...

[1] Modesty in Spending: المحاسن أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رُبَّمَا أَطْعَمَنَا الْفَرَانِيَّ وَ الْأَخْبِصَةَ ثُمَّ يُطْعِمُ الْخُبْزَ وَ الزَّيْتَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ دَبَّرْتَ أَمْرَكَ حَتَّى يَعْتَدِلَ (The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from one of his companions who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws would sometimes feed us ‘Al-Farany’ and ‘Al-Akhbisa’, then (at other times) he -asws would feed us the bread and the oil.

It was said to him -asws , ‘If you -asws could arrange your -asws affairs until you -asws equate (rich food with normal food)’. فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا تَدْبِيرُنَا مِنَ اللَّهِ إِذَا وَسَّعَ عَلَيْنَا وَسَّعْنَا وَ إِذَا قَتَّرَ قَتَّرْنَا. He -asws said: ‘But rather, our -asws arrangement is from Allah -azwj . When He -azwj Expands upon us -asws , we expand, and when He -azwj Contracts, we contract’’.

[2] أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنِ اقْتَصَدَ فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ بَذَّرَ حَرَمَهُ اللَّهُ Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sayrafiy from ibn Sinan who has said: ‘Abu Abd Allah -asws has said that the Messenger of Allah -saww has said: ‘Whoever maintains moderation, Allah -azwj Grants him sustenance, but He -azwj Deprives one who spends excessively.’ [3] Rizk (Sustenance) is in accordance with Expenses: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ تَنْزِلُ الْمَعُونَةُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْمَئُونَةِ Mohammed ibn Ali ibn al-Hussain reports with references from Ishaq ibn Ummar: Imam -asws Al-Sadiq -asws said: Sustenance comes from (the skies) in accordance with the burden of expenses.

[4] Always be Hopeful of Good Rizk from an Unknown Source: ثُمَّ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع- إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَرْزَاقَ الْمُتَّقِينَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُونَ وَ لَا يُقْبَلَ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ شَهَادَةٌ فِي دَوْلَةِ الظَّالِمِينَ. Then Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj has Refused except that He -azwj would Make the sustenance of the pious to be from where they were not anticipating, nor does He -azwj Accept a testimony of His -azwj friend in the government of the oppressors’’.