Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Lifestyle

Volume 1 22 narrations
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Contentment (Qana'ah) 6 Death 5 Wisdom 4 Envy (Hasad) 2 Humility 2 Etiquette 1 Generosity 1 Marriage 1 Good Deeds 1 Trials and Afflictions 1 Good Temper 1 Enemies/Hostility 1 Professions and Occupations 1

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hadith 7518
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most pleasant life is [a life of] contentment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أطْيَبُ العَيْشِ القَناعَةُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 7519
Imam Ali (AS) said, The person with the worst lifestyle of all people is the jealous one.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أسْوَءُ النّاسِ عَيْشاً الحَسُودُ
Tags Envy (Hasad)
hadith 7520
Imam Ali (AS) said, The most felicitous lifestyle is achieved by abandoning unnecessary constraints [and formalities].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أهْنَى العَيْشِ إطْراحُ الكُلَفِ
Tags Etiquette
hadith 7521
Imam Ali (AS) said, Of all the people, the person who has the best lifestyle is one in whose grace other people live.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسَنُ النّاسِ عَيْشاً مَنْ عاشَ النّاسُ في فَضْلِهِ
Tags Generosity
hadith 7522
Imam Ali (AS) said, The person with the most blessed lifestyle is one who has been granted contentment by Allah, the Glorified, and who has been given a good wife.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أنْعَمُ النّاسِ عَيْشاً مَنْ مَنَحَهُ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ القَناعَةَ وَ أصْلَحَ لَهُ زَوْجَهُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Marriage
hadith 7523
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the person who has the happiest life of all people is one who is satisfied with what Allah has apportioned for him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أهْنَأَ النّاسِ عَيْشاً مَنْ كانَ بِما قَسَمَ اللّهُ لَهُ راضِياً
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 7524
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the person with the best lifestyle is one through whose life the lives of others are improved.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ أحْسَنَ النّاسِ عَيْشاً مَنْ حَسُنَ عَيْشُ النّاسِ في عَيْشِهِ
Tags Good Deeds
hadith 7525
Imam Ali (AS) said, Death is preferable to abasement.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَنِيَّةُ وَ لاالدَّنِيَةُ
Tags HumilityDeath
hadith 7526
Imam Ali (AS) said, Death is preferable to succumbing to disgrace (or giving up freedom).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلمَوْتُ وَ لاابْتِذالُ الخِزْيَةِ (الحُرِّيَةُ)
Tags Death
hadith 7527
Imam Ali (AS) said, Having less is preferable to humiliation.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلتَّقَلُّلُ وَ لاالتّذَلُّلُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)Humility
hadith 7528
Imam Ali (AS) said, Management [and planning] makes life good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : صَلاحُ العَيْشِ التَّدْبيرُ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 7529
Imam Ali (AS) said, The mainstay of life is good estimation and its basis is good management.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قِوامُ العَيْشِ حُسْنُ التَّقْديرِ وَ مِلاكُهُ حُسْنُ التَّدْبيرِ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 7530
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who lives, dies.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عاشَ ماتَ
Tags Death
hadith 7531
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who lives [a long life], loses his loved ones.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ عاشَ فَقَدَ أحِبَّتَهُ
Tags Death
hadith 7532
Imam Ali (AS) said, Early death is better than a wretched life.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَوْتٌ وَحِيٌّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَيْش شَقِّي
Tags Death
hadith 7533
Imam Ali (AS) said, Life has sweetness and bitterness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلعَيْشُ يَحْلُو وَ يَمُرُّ
Tags Trials and Afflictions
hadith 7534
Imam Ali (AS) said, The bane of livelihood is mismanagement.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : آفَةُ المَعاشِ سُوءُ التَّدْبيرِ
Tags Wisdom
hadith 7535
Imam Ali (AS) said, Three things dont let their possessor enjoy a happy life: malice, jealousy and bad character.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَلاثٌ لايُهْنَأُ لِصاحِبِهِنَّ عَيْشٌ: اَلحِقْدُ والحَسَدُ وَ سُوءُ الخُلْقِ
Tags Envy (Hasad)Good Temper
hadith 7536
Imam Ali (AS) said, The beauty of life is [in] contentment.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : جَمالُ العَيْشِ القَناعَةُ
Tags Contentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 7537
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who stays in the company of his enemy does not enjoy a happy life.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَمْ يَهْنَأِ العَيْشَ مَنْ قارَنَ الضِدَّ
Tags Enemies/Hostility
hadith 7538
Imam Ali (AS) said, Good estimation with sufficiency is better than striving in extravagance.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُسْنُ التَّقْديرِ مَعَ الكَفافِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّعْيِ فِي الإسْرافِ
Tags WisdomContentment (Qana'ah)
hadith 7539
Imam Ali (AS) said, Preferring comfort [over hard work] cuts off the means of profit [and benefit].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إيثارُ الدَّعَةِ يَقْطَعُ أسْبابَ المَنْفَعَةِ
Tags Professions and Occupations