Ghurar al-Ḥikam

Renunciation of Worldly Pleasures

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hadith 4130
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the better of the two comforts.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ أفْضَلُ الراحَتَينِ
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hadith 4131
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the attribute of the God-wary and the quality of the repentant.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ شِيمَةُ المُتَّقينْ وَ سَجيَّةُ الأوَّابينَ
Tags AsceticismGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 4132
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures means cutting short [ones] aspirations and performing actions with sincerity.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ تَقْصيرُ الآمالِ وإخْلاصُ الأعْمالِ
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hadith 4133
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is rarely found [among the people] and is the loftiest thing that is observed; it is praised by everyone but left [unpractised] by the majority of people.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ أقَلُّ ما يُوجَدُ وَ أجَلُّ ما يُعْهَدُ وَ يَمْدَحُهُ الكُلُّ ويَتْرُكُهُ الجُلُّ
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hadith 4134
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renounce the pleasures of this world and [divine] mercy will descend upon you.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِزْهَدْ فِي الدُّنيا تَنْزِلْ عَلَيْكَ الرَّحْمَةُ
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hadith 4135
Imam Ali (AS) said, Turn away from your [vain desires in this] world and you will be happy with your place of return [in the Hereafter] and will reform your [final] abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِعْزِفْ عَنْ دُنياكَ تَسْعَدْ بِمُنْقَلَبِكَ وتُصْلِحْ مَثْواكَ
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hadith 4136
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renounce [vain] pleasures in this world and Allah will show you its flaws, and do not be negligent, for you are not neglected.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِزْهَدْ فِي الدُّنيا يُبَصِّرْكَ اللّهُ عُيُوبَها وَ لا تَغْفُلْ فَلَسْتَ بِمَغْفول عَنكَ
Tags AsceticismHeedlessness/Negligence
hadith 4137
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best act of worship is renouncing worldly pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ العِبادَةِ الزَّهادَةُ
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hadith 4138
Imam Ali (AS) said, The first step of asceticism is renouncing worldly pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أوَّلُ الزُّهدِ التَّزَهُّدُ
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hadith 4139
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best [form of] renunciation of worldly pleasures is concealing [ones] asceticism.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أفْضَلُ الزُّهْدِ إخْفاءُ الزُّهدِ
Tags AsceticismBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)
hadith 4140
Imam Ali (AS) said, The best garment (or better than wearing the garment) of this world is renouncing it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحْسَنُ مَلابِسِ (مِنْ مُلابَسَةِ) الدُّنيا رَفْضُها
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hadith 4141
Imam Ali (AS) said, The one who is most deserving of renouncing worldly pleasures is he who knows the flaws of this world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أحَقُّ النَّاسِ بِالزَّهادَةِ مَنْ عَرَفَ نَقْصَ الدُّنيا
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hadith 4142
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the renunciation of ignorance is proportionate to the desire for [knowledge and] intelligence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الزُّهْدَ فِي الجَهْلِ بِقَدْرِ الرَّغبَةِ فِي العَقلِ
Tags AsceticismIntellect/Reason
hadith 4143
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the renunciation of a tyrants reign is to the extent of the desire for the reign of a just ruler.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الزُّهدَ فِي وِلايَةِ الظّالِمِ بِقَدْرِ الرَّغْبَةِ في وِلايَةِ العادِلِ
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hadith 4144
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily, renunciation of worldly pleasures means shortening aspirations, being grateful for blessings and keeping away from that which is forbidden; and if this [practice] leaves you then let not the forbidden overcome your patience and do not forget to be thankful for your blessings, for Allah, the Glorified, has left no room for excuse through manifest and clear proofs and books that are open and unambiguous.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الزَّهادَةَ قَصْرُ الأمَلِ وَ الشُّكْرُ علَى النِّعَمِ وَ الوَرَعُ عَنِ المَحارِمِ فإنْ غَرَبَ ذلِكَ عَنْكُمْ فلا يَغْلِبِ الحَرامُ صَبْرَكُمْ وَلا تَنْسَوا عِنْدَ النِّعَمِ شُكْرَكُمْ فَقَدْ أعْذَرَ اللّهُ سُبْحانَهُ إلَيْكُم بِحُجَج مُسْفِرَة ظاهِرَة وَ كُتُب بارِزَةِ العُذرِ واضِحَة
Tags AsceticismGratitudeGod-consciousness/PietyPatience
hadith 4145
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is affluence.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الزُّهدُ ثَرْوَةٌ
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hadith 4146
Imam Ali (AS) said, The root of renunciation of worldly pleasures is the desire for that which is with Allah.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أصْلُ الزُّهْدِ حُسْنُ الرَّغْبَةِ فيما عِندَ اللّهِ
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hadith 4147
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the fruit of religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ ثَمَرَةُ الدِّينِ
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hadith 4148
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the fruit of certitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ ثَمَرَةُ اليَقينِ
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hadith 4149
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the root of religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ أصْلُ الدِّينِ
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hadith 4150
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the foundation of certitude.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ أساسُ اليَقينِ
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hadith 4151
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is a profitable trade.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ مَتْجَرٌ رابِحٌ
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hadith 4152
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is a quality of the sincere.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ سَجِيَّةُ المُخلِصينَ
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hadith 4153
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the key to goodness.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الزُّهْدُ مِفْتاحُ صَلاح
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hadith 4154
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures means shortening aspirations.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهدُ قَصْرُ الأمَلِ
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hadith 4155
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures leads to asceticism.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلتَّزَهُّدُ يُؤَدّي إلَى الزُّهدِ
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hadith 4156
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures means not seeking that which is absent until that which is present [and available] perishes.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الزُّهْدُ أنْ لاتَطْلُبَ المَفْقُودَ حتّى يَعْدُمَ المَوْجُودُ
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hadith 4157
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renunciation of worldly pleasures is the greatest comfort.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اَلزُّهْدُ فِي الدُّنيا اَلرَّاحَةُ العُظْمى
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hadith 4158
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you desire the eternal, then renounce the pleasures of the evanescent world.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي البَقاءِ راغِبينَ فَازْهَدُوا في عالَمِ الفَناءِ
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hadith 4159
Imam Ali (AS) said, If you renounce worldly pleasures, you will be free from the wretchedness of this world and prosperous in the everlasting abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنْ كُنْتمْ زَهَدْتُمْ خَلَصْتُمْ مِنْ شَقاءِ الدُّنيا وَ فُزْتُمْ بِدارِ البَقاءِ
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hadith 4160
Imam Ali (AS) said, Through renunciation of worldly pleasures, wisdom is brought forth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : بِالزُّهدِ تُثْمِرُ الحِكْمَةُ
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hadith 4161
Imam Ali (AS) said, The fruit of renouncing worldly pleasures is repose.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ثَمَرَةُ الزُّهدِ الرّاحَةُ
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hadith 4162
Imam Ali (AS) said, Complete renunciation of worldly pleasures is from the best [act of] faith while desire for this world corrupts conviction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حُسْنُ الزُّهْدِ مِنْ أفْضَلِ الإيمانِ وَ الرَّغْبَةُ فِي الدُّنيا تُفْسِدُ الإيقانَ
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hadith 4163
Imam Ali (AS) said, The foundation of generosity is renunciation of worldly pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : رَأسُ السَّخاءِ الزُّهْدُ فِي الدُّنيا
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hadith 4164
Imam Ali (AS) said, Your renunciation of this world will save you and your desire for it will cause you to fall into destruction.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زُهْدُكَ فِي الدُّنيا يُنْجيكَ وَ رَغْبَتُكَ فيها تُرْديكَ
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hadith 4165
Imam Ali (AS) said, A persons renunciation of that which perishes is proportionate to his certainty about that which is everlasting.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : زُهْدُ المَرْءِ فيما يَفْنى على قَدْرِ يَقينِهِ بِما يَبْقى
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hadith 4166
Imam Ali (AS) said, Restraining the soul from the pleasures of this world is the praiseworthy asceticism.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : ظَلَفُ النَّفْسِ عَنْ لَذَّاتِ الدُّنيا هُوَ الزُّهْدُ المَحْمُودُ
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4167
Imam Ali (AS) said, Espouse the renunciation of worldly pleasures, for indeed it helps the religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : عَلَيكَ بِالزُّهْدِ فَإنَّهُ عَوْنُ الدّينِ
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hadith 4168
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who does not know the value of the Hereafter renounce worldly pleasures?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيْفَ يَزهَدُ فِي الدُّنيا مَنْ لا يَعْرِفُ قَدْرَ الآخِرَةِ ؟!
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hadith 4169
Imam Ali (AS) said, How can one who has not killed off his lustful desires reach the essence of asceticism?!
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كَيفَ يَصِلُ إلى حَقيقَةِ الزُّهدِ مَنْ لَمْ يُمِتْ شَهْوَتَهُ؟!
Tags AsceticismSoul (Nafs)
hadith 4170
Imam Ali (AS) said, Let your renunciation be of that thing which perishes and disappears, for indeed neither will it remain for you nor will you remain for it.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لِيَكُنْ زُهْدُكَ فيما يَنْفَدُ وَ يَزُولُ فَإنَّهُ لا يَبْقى لَكَ وَلا تَبْقى لَهُ
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hadith 4171
Imam Ali (AS) said, He who renounces worldly pleasures will never become poor.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَنْ يَفْتَقِرَ مَنْ زَهِدَ
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hadith 4172
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever renounces worldly pleasures, tribulations become easy for him [to bear].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ هانَتْ عَلَيْهِ المِحَنُ
Tags AsceticismTrials and Afflictions
hadith 4173
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who renounces pleasures in this world fortifies [and protects] his religion.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنيا حَصَّنَ دينَهُ
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hadith 4174
Imam Ali (AS) said, Whoever renounces this world, it will not elude him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنيا لَمْ تَفُتْهُ
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hadith 4175
Imam Ali (AS) said, By renouncing worldly pleasures, the fruit of wisdom comes forth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَعَ الزُّهْدِ تُثْمِرُ الحِكْمَةُ
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hadith 4176
Imam Ali (AS) said, Never renounce anything until you know what it is.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لاتَزْهَدَنَّ في شَيء حَتّى تَعْرِفَهُ
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hadith 4177
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no asceticism like refraining from that which is forbidden.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لا زُهْدَ كَالكَفِّ عَنِ الحَرامِ
Tags AsceticismGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 4178
Imam Ali (AS) said, There is no benefit in the asceticism of one who does not renounce avarice and adorn himself with piety.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لايَنْفَعُ زُهْدُ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَخَلَّ عَنِ الطَّمَعِ وَ يَتَحَلَّ بِالوَرَعِ
Tags AsceticismGreed/StinginessGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 4179
Imam Ali (AS) said, Verily the hearts of those who renounce worldly pleasures weep even when they laugh, and their sadness intensifies even when they are [apparently] happy, and their self-loathing increases even though they are [apparently] delighted with what they are given.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ الزّاهِدينَ فِي الدُّنيا لَتَبْكي قُلُوبُهُمْ وَ إنْ ضَحِكُوا وَ يَشْتَدُّ حُزْنُهمْ وَ إنْ فَرِحُوا وَ يَكْثُرُ مَقْتُهُمْ أنْفُسَهُمْ وَ إنِ اغْتُبِطُوا بِما أُوتُوا
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hadith 4180
Imam Ali (AS) said, When the one who renounces worldly pleasures flees from the people, seek him out.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا هَرَبَ الزّاهِدُ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَاطْلُبْهُ
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hadith 4181
Imam Ali (AS) said, When the one who renounces worldly pleasures seeks people, flee from him.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إذا طَلَبَ الزّاهِدُ النَّاسَ فَاهْرُبْ مِنْه
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hadith 4182
Imam Ali (AS) said, Be one who renounces that which the ignorant ones desire.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : كُنْ زاهِداً فيما يَرْغَبُ فيهِ الجَهُولُ
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hadith 4183
Imam Ali (AS) said, Blessed be the ones who renounce pleasures in the world and desire the [bounties of the] Hereafter. These are the ones who have taken the earth as their carpet, its dust as their beds, its water as their perfume, the Quran as their inner garment and supplication as their outer garment, and have subscribed themselves to the ways of the Messiah, Isa son of Maryam (‘a).
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : طُوبى لِلزّاهِدينَ فِي الدُّنيا الرّاغِبينَ فِي الآخِرَةِ أُولئكَ اتَّخَذُوا الأرْضَ بِساطاً وَ تُرابَها فِراشاً وَ مائَها طيباً وَ القُرآنَ شِعاراً وَ الدُّعاءَ دِثاراً وَ قَرَضُوا الدُّنيا على مِنهاجِ المَسيحِ عيسَى بْنَ مَريَمَ
Tags AsceticismProphet Isa (Jesus)SupplicationQur'an
hadith 4184
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who neither despairs over the past nor becomes overjoyed with the future has taken asceticism from both its sides.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يَأْسَ عَلَى الماضي وَلَمْ يَفْرَحْ بِالآتي فَقَدْ أخَذَ الزُّهْدَ بِطَرَفَيْهِ
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hadith 4185
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who renounces [the pleasures of] this world makes light of the tribulations [he faces in it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنْيا اِسْتَهانَ بِالمَصائِبِ
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hadith 4186
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who renounces [the pleasures of] this world frees himself and pleases his Lord.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنيا أعْتَقَ نَفْسَهُ وَ أرْضى رَبَّهُ
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hadith 4187
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who renounces [the pleasures of] this world will be delighted by the garden of the abode [of perpetual bliss in the Hereafter].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنيا قَرَّتْ عَيْنُهُ بِجَنَّةِ المَأوى
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hadith 4188
Imam Ali (AS) said, One who does not renounces [the pleasures of] this world will not have a share in the Garden of the Abode.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَنْ لَمْ يَزْهَدْ فِي الدُّنيا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ نَصيبٌ في جَنَّةِ المَأوى
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hadith 4189
Imam Ali (AS) said, Repose is in renouncing worldly pleasures.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : الرَّاحَةُ فيِ الزُّهدِ
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hadith 4190
Imam Ali (AS) said, Look at the world with the eyes of the abstinent, parting one and do not look at it with the eyes of the adoring, attached one.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : أُنْظُر إلى الدُّنيا نَظَرَ الزّاهِدِ المُفارِقِ وَ لا تَنْظُرْ إلَيْها نَظَرَ العاشِقِ الوامِقِ
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hadith 4191
Imam Ali (AS) said, Renounce the pleasures of this world and turn away from it, and be careful that death does not descend upon you (while you are a runaway from your Lord in its pursuit thereby becoming wretched or) while your heart is attached to anything of it as a result of which you are destroyed.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اِزْهَدْ فِي الدُّنيا وَ اغْزِفْ عَنْها وَ إيّاكَ أنْ يَنْزِلَ بِكَ المَوْتُ (وأنْتَ ابِقٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ في طَلَبِها فَتَشْقى) وقَلْبُكَ مُتَعَلِّقٌ بِشَيء مِنْها فَتَهْلِكَ
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