188 - الاسراف‏

188. WASTING

937 - ذَمُّ الإسرافِ‏

937. DENOUNCING WASTING

(يا بَنِي آدَمَ خُذُوا زِينَتَكُم عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَكُلُوا واشرَبُوا وَلا تُسْرِفُوا إنَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ المُسْرِفِينَ) .¹

"O Children of Adam! Put on your adornment on every occasion of prayer, and eat and drink, but do not waste; indeed Allah does not like the wasteful." ²

2984.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : وَيحَ المُسرِفِ ، ما أبعَدَهُ عن صَلاحِ نفسِهِ واستِدراكِ أمرِهِ !³

2984.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Woe betide the wasteful person, how far he is from self-improvement and from redressing his situation.' ⁴

2985.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : السَّرَفُ مَثواةٌ ، والقَصدُ مَثراةٌ.⁵

2985.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Wasting leads to stagnation [of wealth] whereas thriftiness causes it to thrive.' ⁶

2986.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام - في الدعاءِ - : وامنَعْني مِنَ السَّرَفِ ، وحَصِّنْ رِزقي مِن التَّلَفِ ، ووَفِّرْ مَلَكَتِي بالبَرَكَةِ فيهِ ، وأصِبْ بِي سَبيلَ الهِدايَةِ لِلبِرِّ فيما اُنفِقُ مِنهُ .⁷

2986. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said in one of his supplications, '...hold me back from wastefulness, fortify my provision against ruin, increase my possessions through blessing them, and set me upon the path of guidance towards good causes in what I spend of it.' ⁸

936 - ثَوابُ التَّفريجِ عَنِ المُؤمِنِ‏

936. The Reward for Alleviating a Fellow Believer of His Sorrows

2981.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : مَن نَفَّسَ عَن مؤمنٍ كُربَةً نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنهُ كُرَبَ الآخِرَةِ ، وخَرَجَ مِن قَبرِهِ وهُو ثَلِجُ الفُؤادِ.¹

2981.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever alleviates a fellow believer's anguish, Allah will alleviate him of the anguish of the Hereafter, and will bring him out of his grave with a light heart.' ²

2982.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إذا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ المؤمنَ مِن قَبرِهِ خَرَجَ مَعهُ مِثالٌ يَقدُمُ أمامَهُ ، كُلَّما رَأى المؤمنُ هَوْلاً مِن أهوالِ يَومِ القِيامَةِ قالَ لَهُ المِثالُ : لا تَفزَعْ ولا تَحزَنْ... فيقولُ لَهُ المؤمنُ :... مَن أنتَ ؟ فيقولُ: أنا السُّرورُ الذي كُنتَ أدخَلتَ على‏ أخيكَ المؤمِنِ.³

2982.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When Allah will raise the believer out of his grave, another presence will also come out with him and walk ahead of him, and whenever the believer will come across one of the terrors of the Day of Resurrection, the presence will console him saying, 'Do not worry or be saddened...' and the believer will ask, 'Who are you?, at which it will reply, 'I am the happiness that you used to bring upon your fellow believer.' ⁴

2983.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : مَن فَرَّجَ عن مُؤمِنٍ فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عن قَلبِهِ يَومَ القِيامَةِ.⁵

2983.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, 'Whoever alleviates a believer's worries, Allah will alleviate his heart on the Day of Resurrection.' ⁶

(اُنظر) الحاجة : باب 589 .

(See also: THE NEED: section 589)