Is it considered stinginess for a person to be generous with their family, charitable, and hospitable, yet extremely frugal in spending on themselves, always seeking the cheapest option and saving, even if it costs them time, effort, and health, provided they do not restrict themselves to the point of harm?
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This is not blameworthy miserliness if he does not restrict himself and suffer. Rather, its doer is praised and rewarded for it if he does it out of humility, asceticism in the world, reducing his worldly possessions, and avoiding extravagance.
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